How to Use liquor in a Sentence

liquor

1 of 2 noun

• He drinks beer and wine, but he doesn't drink any hard liquor.
• In a nearby liquor store, bottles shimmied off their shelves and smashed to the floor.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
• The owner of a liquor store is probably Asian or maybe white.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2023
• Jackson bought the restaurant’s liquor license and plans to open a bar on the sixth and seventh floors.
  — Erick Trickey, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• An East Chicago man was shot and killed in a liquor store late Thursday night.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
• The white vans sometimes stopped at liquor stores on the way to Phoenix to ply people with alcohol.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• The liquor and wine store is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day except Sunday.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• When the rapper did not show up, Davis and the others went to a liquor store, where Davis got out of a van and into the Cadillac.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• The $1 million winning ticket was sold at a liquor store in Queens, the New York Lottery said.
  — Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
• The swag bag included Skims goods, liquor, hot sauce, makeup items and more.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
• The victim told police he, his child’s mother, and her sister left for a liquor store.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
• The drink menu offers wine, beer and liquor, including more than 400 rare whiskeys and Scotches.
  — Annabelle Cokinos, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
• The small amount of triple sec required is definitely worth the extra bottle at the liquor store.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• That money, the audit found, is being paid out two years after the liquor sales happen.
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2023
• The service works with liquor stores within your area to source their selection of beer, wine, and spirits.
  — Rich Manning, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• In the same way an alcoholic can’t drink enough liquor, Lopez can’t have enough followers.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
• His father, Raymond, owned a grocery store and later a liquor store.
  — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
• Bars, liquor stores and restaurants can sell to-go cocktails with the proper licenses.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
• Those days are over, and most halfway decent liquor stores carry at least one brand of cassis.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2023
• The spiced liquor adds holiday flavor to any number of cocktails.
  — Inés Anguiano, Bon Appétit, 15 Nov. 2023
• Six of the panel’s seven members voted in favor of forcing liquor stores to close at 6 p.m. ET.
  — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• Around the school the sidewalks are strewn with garbage, empty liquor bottles and even discarded syringes.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• Trone, the wealthy founder of a chain of liquor stores called Total Wine & More, has poured $23 million of his own money into his campaign so far.
  — Brian Witte The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024
• There is a lot of modernity that needs to come into liquor retailing.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 5 May 2023
• The board voted in late July to allow the restaurant to reopen with its liquor license intact.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2023
• Utahans come to Dinosaur for lottery tickets, liquor, and pot.
  — Markian Hawryluk, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• This recipe calls for a trifecta of alcohols: dry white wine, orange liquor, and brandy.
  — Ali Ramee, Southern Living, 2 July 2023
• Vos compared the model to states that control the wholesale retail of alcohol or run their own liquor stores.
  — Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• Some of that is our implementation of a liquor program.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
• So grab a few bottles from these rum brands, and see for yourself why rum is poised to become the next liquor to appeal to sippers worldwide.
  — Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 11 Apr. 2023

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liquor

2 of 2 verb

• Looking down in South Florida, Key West ranked 13th with 4.0% of such posts being at least a little liquored up.
  — David Selig, sun-sentinel.com, 29 July 2019
• Here, select a fruity (liquored) popsicle to be plopped into a giant glass of rosécco.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 15 June 2018
• Fearing the bars would liquor up more potential dissidents, the chief made the arbitrary decision to order the bars closed.
  — Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 1 May 2020
• Drescher, who starred in seasons 5 and 6, said the show’s production team could go too far with their eagerness to liquor up the cast and alleged she was once pressured to take a shot of alcohol while filming.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 18 June 2018
• Because there are always a handful of jerks in just about any ballpark who get themselves liquored up and allow that filter that hides their real selves to stop functioning?
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2017
• Rich Exner took a stab at it with 28 numbers, everything from cases, deaths, hospitalizations and jobs to liquor sales and the amount of weight people gained while spending more time at home.
  — cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021
• From the bride and groom’s perspective, the anticipation of getting all your guests adequately liquored up without going overboard—or spending all your money—can seem like a tall order.
  — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit, 3 Aug. 2017
• And there would be questions about which workers are truly essential to creating the public health benefits and should receive the higher pay – should liquor employees be included?
  — Leigh Osofsky, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2020
• The continued restrictions on bars have hurt many establishments that primarily rely on sales of beer, wine, and liquor ― from old-school neighborhood joints to dance clubs to Veterans of Foreign Wars posts.
  — Andy Rosen, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• From the bride and groom’s perspective, the anticipation of getting all your guests adequately liquored up without going overboard—or spending all your money—can seem like a tall order.
  — Bon Appetit, 24 July 2017
• The votes on the Liquor Division budget were sharply divided, with members with religious objections to liquor consumption, including Martin, generally opposing adding the two new state liquor stores.
  — Betsy Z. Russell, idahostatesman, 8 Mar. 2018
• Looking down in South Florida, Key West ranked 13th with 4.0% of such posts being at least a little liquored up.
  — David Selig, sun-sentinel.com, 29 July 2019
• Here, select a fruity (liquored) popsicle to be plopped into a giant glass of rosécco.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 15 June 2018
• Fearing the bars would liquor up more potential dissidents, the chief made the arbitrary decision to order the bars closed.
  — Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 1 May 2020
• Drescher, who starred in seasons 5 and 6, said the show’s production team could go too far with their eagerness to liquor up the cast and alleged she was once pressured to take a shot of alcohol while filming.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 18 June 2018
• Because there are always a handful of jerks in just about any ballpark who get themselves liquored up and allow that filter that hides their real selves to stop functioning?
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2017
• Rich Exner took a stab at it with 28 numbers, everything from cases, deaths, hospitalizations and jobs to liquor sales and the amount of weight people gained while spending more time at home.
  — cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021
• From the bride and groom’s perspective, the anticipation of getting all your guests adequately liquored up without going overboard—or spending all your money—can seem like a tall order.
  — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit, 3 Aug. 2017
• And there would be questions about which workers are truly essential to creating the public health benefits and should receive the higher pay – should liquor employees be included?
  — Leigh Osofsky, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2020
• The continued restrictions on bars have hurt many establishments that primarily rely on sales of beer, wine, and liquor ― from old-school neighborhood joints to dance clubs to Veterans of Foreign Wars posts.
  — Andy Rosen, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• From the bride and groom’s perspective, the anticipation of getting all your guests adequately liquored up without going overboard—or spending all your money—can seem like a tall order.
  — Bon Appetit, 24 July 2017
• The votes on the Liquor Division budget were sharply divided, with members with religious objections to liquor consumption, including Martin, generally opposing adding the two new state liquor stores.
  — Betsy Z. Russell, idahostatesman, 8 Mar. 2018

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