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How to use stein in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Stein means a beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass. Example: “He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!”

Examples of stein by meaning

nounA beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.

  • I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein—coloring and all.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, “Zollenstein”, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40
  • A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, page 305

More sentences with stein

  • He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!From the entry Rhenish
  • Stein hopes to capitalize on the presence of Sanders backers who won’t back Clinton.2016 August 8, David A. Graham, “The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet”, in The Atlantic. From the entry vaxxer
  • I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC. From the entry picture
  • Stein, with the full dish in her hands, leant over the yard to count them.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry unitedly
  • Stein now was swiftly but surely removing the egg-trays from the incubator.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry eggtray
  • STEIN Did either of you know God?2013 February, Alan Baggett, God’s Will, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry madonna
  • Back at the hotel bar, the locals are partying, an egofest of oom-pah music and bottomless steins of beer.2011, James O'Reilly, Sean O'Reilly, Tim O'Reilly, The Road Within: True Stories of Transformation and the Soul. From the entry egofest
  • Neighbors roasted chestnuts, kartoffels and bratwurst, raised steins of black beer and stamped over the floorboards of the tiny apartment.1980, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, “Rock & Roll Heaven”, in Joe David Bellamy, editor, Moral Fiction: An Anthology, Canton, N.Y.: Fiction…. From the entry kartoffel
  • Young, three beer steins held out in one hand and a plate of German-style food in the other, while in the background lederhosed dancers cavort.1973 July 7, “[Canadians] Grandma with gemutlichkeit”, in Canadian Panorama (Star Weekly), Toronto, Ont., page 8, column 4. From the entry lederhosed
  • And when you've got this silver piece, Just order up a stein— Got to with songsome black-bird pies— The frosty stein for mine!1907, Puck, volume 62. From the entry songsome

Meaning of stein

  1. noun A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.

Full definition of stein

Questions about stein in a sentence

How do you use stein in a sentence?
Stein is used as a noun. For example: “He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!”
What is a short sentence with stein?
“STEIN Did either of you know God?”
What does stein mean?
Stein means a beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.

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