cocktail

Example Sentences

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To one traveler, a beach is a place to be horizontal, big hat on head, cocktail straw in mouth.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Who said that wakes and funerals are the cocktail parties of the old?” one character asks.

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At Nitehawk Cinemas in Brooklyn, New York, where I live now, concessions include cocktails, mocktails, specialty coffee drinks and full meals.

From Salon

A little retro, fancy but never fussy, shrimp cocktail is festive food guests go ga-ga for.

From The Wall Street Journal

Only a fool would meddle with the classic cocktail sauce recipe.

From The Wall Street Journal