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How to use whiskey in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Whiskey means a liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley). Example: “The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.”

More sentences with whiskey

  • The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.From the entry cut
  • After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.From the entry drop off
  • The hunter exchanged twenty deerskins for a bottle of whiskey at the trading post.From the entry deerskin
  • Divide in half to relate proof to ABV: whiskey that is 80 proof is 40% ABV.From the entry abv
  • A nice shot of whiskey would really scratch the itch right about now.From the entry scratch the itch
  • We age the whiskey for five years.From the entry age
  • Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.From the entry bring
  • He tapped the ten-year-old whiskey from its barrel.From the entry tap
  • He likes any whiskey, but his favorite is rye.From the entry rye
  • I bought a bottle of top shelf whiskey.From the entry top shelf
  • I'll drink any whiskey you've got.From the entry any
  • He had a nip of whiskey.From the entry nip
  • Lindt met us at the front door with a glass of whiskey.2025, David Perlstein, Ride the Tyger. From the entry Lindt
  • From nurses and healthcare workers to people who make cereal, tractors, and whiskey.2021 October 21, Jesus Chuy Garcia, quotee, “Rep. Garcia Honors Workers Around the Nation During ‘Striketober’”, in Targeted News Service. From the entry Striketober
  • Only about 25% of Scotch whiskies have any peat smoke character at all.2021, Margarett Waterbury, Scotch: A Complete Introduction to Scotland's Whiskies. From the entry peat smoke
  • They were advertising Japanese whiskeys, Macau casino-resorts, and skin-whitening creams for women.2018, Ling Ma, chapter 8, in Severance, →ISBN. From the entry Eurasian
  • The Irishman ordered an Irish whiskey and a pint of Gat which were brought to him.2018, Team Golfwell, Absolute Best Adult Party Jokes, page 26. From the entry gat
  • “Angel, hit me with a shot of whiskey,” he said without preamble.2011, Mary Sullivan, Beyond Ordinary, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry hit me
  • I'm useta meetin' mens in a nice way, all dressed up, silky dress, perfume, whiskey.2011, Sapphire, The Kid: A Novel, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry useta
  • Bustling kopitiams sprouted around derelict whiskey bars like toadstools around rotting logs.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 23. From the entry kopitiam
  • He had said, “Sorry,” for the one-hundredth time for the whiskey shower.2006, Judy C. Andrews, An Ocean of Jewels, The Harlem Writers Guild Press, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 190. From the entry one-hundredth
  • When my treble whiskey finally came it was actually a stingy double, so I said so.2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 167. From the entry ferrety
  • If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey.2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks, page 108. From the entry Gallo
  • Another goat roper with an attitude, tanked up on cheap whiskey.1998, Catherine Anderson, Forever After, page 18. From the entry goat roper
  • We said our adióses and Chulo left, leaving me sitting, waiting, and drinking whiskey.1994, Giles Tippette, Wilson’s Gold, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 63. From the entry adiós
  • It was my first whiskey and it tasted harsh and medicinelike.1994, Allen Say, The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice. From the entry medicinelike
  • Smoking shacks yellow with coal-oil light and areek with the sweetmold smell of splo whiskey.1993, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in The Orchard Keeper, Vintage Books, page 29. From the entry splo
  • The carafe of water was emptied by nine, and we were drinking our whiskey neat.1988, Thomas Flanagan, Novel, The Tenants of Time Chapter 20. From the entry neat
  • After you left, we found an empty whiskey bottle, glass all cracked, under the body.1988, David Stout, Carolina Skeletons, Mysterious Press.com/Open Road Integrated Media (2011), unnumbered page. From the entry hooched up
  • Most people like to drive on speed or cocaine with plenty of whiskey mixed in.1979 March, P. J. O'Rourke, “How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink”, in National…. From the entry 'lude
  • Doorman John Healy comes to work Sunday morning bringing a partly finished bottle of whiskey.1927 December 11, “Vandals”, in Time. From the entry nightman
  • “Gimme a shot of rye.” The whiskey stung his throat hot and fragrant.1925, John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, 2nd section, page 146. From the entry rye
  • Made with cold tea, whiskey and dried fruit, this traditional Celtic teacake has an extra edge of fun.2021 February 25, Orange Hippo!, The Little Book of St Patrick's Day: A compendium of craic about Ireland's famous festival, Hachette UK…. From the entry teacake
  • We sat in our jockey shorts and t-shirts drinking whiskey.2018, C. Dale Young, The Affliction, page 14. From the entry jockey shorts
  • And he had a penchant for whiskey and barroom brawls.2017, Sam Shepard, Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry barroom brawl
  • He pours the merest smidgen of water into the whiskey and takes a gigantic gulp that shakes him to his foundations.2015, Paul Drury, Flann O'Brien would find much to mock in this deluded effort to tackle our drinking. From the entry ball of malt
  • “I drink whiskey and I drink beer.2011 July 29, Nalisha Kalideen, “Binge drinking rife at universities”, in Mail & Guardian. From the entry dumpy
  • The mill agents, it was rumored, supplied the knobsticks with beer and whiskey, fearing to let them walk the streets.2009, Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, Immanuel Ness, The encyclopedia of strikes in American history, page 324. From the entry knobstick
  • Anvil's whiskey glass sailed, unspilling, straight up.c. 1995, L. Ron Hubbard, Under the Diehard Brand. From the entry unspilling
  • She kept a supply of pepsinated milk on hand and insisted that he use it to dilute his whiskey.1994, Terry Reksten, The Dunsmuir Saga. From the entry pepsinated

Meaning of whiskey

  1. noun A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
  2. noun A drink of whiskey.
  3. noun A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse.

Full definition of whiskey

Questions about whiskey in a sentence

How do you use whiskey in a sentence?
Whiskey is used as a noun. For example: “The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.”
What is a short sentence with whiskey?
“He had a nip of whiskey.”
What does whiskey mean?
Whiskey means a liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).

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