snifter

Example Sentences

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Phileas Fogg, played by David Tennant, utters these words in disbelief but also in celebration over a snifter of brandy in the finale of "Around the World in 80 Days."

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2022

Initially, the brandy snifter portrait took off for weddings, according to David Ziser, a photographer based in Cincinnati, who took his first brandy snifter portrait of a couple at their wedding in 1978.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2022

Eaton did piano bar work in hotel lounges, too, what he calls “saloon playing”: a greenback-stuffed snifter displayed prominently.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2019

That was a good delivery from Anderson, an excellent line and length outside off with a snifter of movement; Azhar felt for it and edged it through to Jonny Bairstow.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2015

He leans forward and lifts a snifter from the table.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen