cocktail
Example Sentences
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‘Prawned cocktail, coronation chicken, Black Forest gateau, onion soup. Done properly, they’re all delicious. Where’s all that kind of food gone?’
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
"It has been a very difficult season so far heat-wise. We have changed to late afternoon ceremonies, for the first time ever this year, we have moved outdoor cocktail receptions indoors."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
In one, it sat on a tiny plate beside a chilled vermouth cocktail garnished with a pearl onion on a spear.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
During group activities, cocktail hours and meetings in small cohorts of two or three attendees and facilitators, participants sought insight and support from each other about starting new businesses and career shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In the morning, the bartender calls me up to the crow’s nest to make me my cocktail.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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