How to Use schnapps in a Sentence

schnapps

noun
  • But why are there schnapps stands placed along this trail?
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Come for the wiener schnitzel — stay for some fireside schnapps.
    Todd Plummer, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2018
  • The house drink is the Pootie Tang, a blend of Pearl coconut vodka, peach schnapps and Tang.
    Ava Garcia, azcentral, 3 July 2019
  • Pair it with the Dark Phoenix ($12), made with vodka, peach, schnapps, Sprite and cranberry juice.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2019
  • It's made up of Brut champagne (get it?!?), peach schnapps and cranberry.
    Sarah Riley, The Courier-Journal, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Peach schnapps has been used, and grapefruit juice got an audition as well.
    Tim Hackett, SI.com, 3 May 2018
  • Denny's now has Crown [Royale], Jack [Daniels], vodka, schnapps...
    Colin Stutz, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Prior to 90-minute rehearsal at Turner Hall, a few warmed their voices with a shot of peach schnapps.
    Barry Adams, The Seattle Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Combine that with pineapple juice, Don Papa rum, and peach schnapps.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2020
  • Not to be missed is the large selection of German schnapps and liqueurs and traditional desserts.
    William Li, Town & Country, 5 Dec. 2022
  • An endless cascade of cold beer and homemade fruity schnapps keeps spirits abuzz.
    Danielle Bernabe, National Geographic, 15 Sep. 2019
  • On the eve of the wedding, the bride and groom brought the out-of-towners to Stockholm’s Pelikan restaurant, for a classic Swedish meal of herring and meatballs washed down with shots of schnapps.
    Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Over meals of schnitzel and schnapps in Vienna, his team sought to bridge the gap between European concerns and Mr. Trump’s demands.
    Gardiner Harris, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2018
  • In a shaker, combine 1 ounce of peach puree with pineapple juice, Don Papa 7-year rum and finally peach schnapps.
    Fox News, 25 May 2020
  • The bar was almost empty as well—no gin, no prosecco, but plenty of bottles of liqueur like curaçao and schnapps.
    Brittanie Shey, Chron, 16 May 2023
  • Be sure to save room for the chocolate fondue dessert and a digestif from the traditional schnapps wagon.
    Christie Fitzpatrick, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The molten Gruyere — placed in a ceramic bowl on a wire rack over a flaming tea candle — is redolent of white wine, cherry schnapps and garlic on the backbeat.
    James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The drink was fruity, primarily consisting of vodka and peach schnapps.
    Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 5 June 2018
  • Perhaps a sequel might suggest that Adolf Hitler’s teetotalism put him in a tetchy mood; a relaxing glass of schnapps might have kept him out of Poland.
    New York Times, 30 May 2018
  • Half a dozen Cathedrals, canals, piazzas, beer and genever (a close relative of schnapps but a lot sexier) all in a few blocks.
    Charlton Pettus, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2019
  • One day some old piss-schnapps-cabbage man at the factory called her into an office and gave her an official warning.
    Hari Kunzru, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
  • The bar does its own thing, too, with some cocktail classics, like a brandy Old Fashioned made with blood orange, or a fruity but balanced Manhattan goosed with apple schnapps.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In that case, head for Oga’s Cantina, where delights like the Fuzzy Tauntaun ($16) not only tickle the palate with citrus and peach flavors (the vodka and schnapps help) but tingle the lips – literally.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Tuesdays are for fondue, of either the Swiss or Bourguignonne persuasion—and a visit wouldn’t be complete without a restoring Jägertee, or tea with a shot of schnapps.
    Elisabeth Vincentelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Or head to Pixar Pier to try Lamplight Lounge’s butterscotch apple mule, with spiced rum, butterscotch schnapps, apple-spiced simple syrup, lemon juice and ginger beer.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The first sip had a sharp bite: peach schnapps doused with mineral water, heavily carbonated.
    Eric Westby, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • DoThe Tegernsee Arkaden boutique is full of regional specialties like homemade teas, wild honey, and schnapps.
    Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2018
  • No peppermint schnapps and certainly no combination of mint + Ovaltine, Chocolate syrup, and please, please no mint-chocolate liquors of any kind.
    Southern Living, 2 June 2011
  • No peppermint schnapps and certainly no combination of mint + Ovaltine, Chocolate syrup, and please, please no mint-chocolate liquors of any kind.
    Evan Farmer, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • Her father styled himself as gruff and imposing, with a mangy beard, broad shoulders built by swinging a sledgehammer on the rig and a stomach rounded out by peppermint schnapps.
    Eli Saslow, Washington Post, 18 May 2018

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