barroom

Example Sentences

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“Politics is the fighting of the barroom, and the law is more like a boxing match — there are some rules.”

From New York Times

He was paroled in 1972 and stabbed to death four years later in a barroom fight.

From New York Times

On “None of My Jelly Roll,” from a 1963 recording, Barrett sings an old blues lyric full of playful double entendre and shows off her rolling barroom piano style.

From New York Times

By the time Hae Sung gets in touch and tells Nora he’s coming to New York for a visit, you can see the pieces of that barroom prologue being moved into position.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s never in a headline about yachts, barroom dustups or traffic offenses.

From Washington Times