bartender

Example Sentences

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The son of a bartender and a liquor salesman, he was raised in Portland, Ore. — which he and his family still called home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

A tech bro was telling the bartender his worries about AI and job security.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Instead of texting the bartender, as you might have done 20 years ago, you’re expected to plan ahead enough to book a two-top on Resy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Nguyen Van Giảng, a bartender at the historic Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel, is said to have invented the drink during a midcentury milk shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

“That’s what we mostly get at the falls,” the bartender said.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck