ale

Example Sentences

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The ginger ale is flatly branded Canada Dry.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

I took a seat beneath Singapore’s second-oldest edifice, Caldwell House, built in 1841 for a clerk to the magistrates, and in Anglo spirit, ordered fish and chips with an ale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

The stolen items, which included steak and ale pies, turkey and cranberry pies and butternut squash pies, would have been enough to stock Tommy's Pie Shop for a week, according to the chef.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

He has a fondness for knitting, for starters, and prefers peppermint tea over ale.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

“Supper, sir? Cold beef and the best bread in the county? A jug of ale or some Rhenish wine?”

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman