How to Use barfly in a Sentence

barfly

noun
  • The barfly eyed the rangy blond man who was circling the pool table.
    — oregonlive.com, 22 July 2019
  • In most landmark cases, the plaintiff doesn’t stick around like an ornery barfly at closing time, making trouble for all sides.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Hawke renders Hart as the most erudite barfly to buzz around mid-century Manhattan.
    — Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Marvel is the kind of universe where a random barfly on Crime Island jokes about Bucky's new haircut.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Jayme Hoskins has turned into a baseball barfly and let the free beers fly during recent Phillies' postseason games.
    — Dan Gelston, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
  • McLean was last seen on screen as a barfly in a season 7 episode of Netflix's Virgin River.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026
  • The barfly comedy wasn’t the only show honored during Monday’s broadcast.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Keith arrives for one assignation shortly after seeing Paula’s husband thump a barfly for a mild insult.
    — oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2020
  • This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.
    — Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
  • Yet, despite such catering to an affluent customer base, the barfly willing to spend $500 on a single shot is rare — even at Alexander’s.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • In King’s Landing, there’s the hardworking blacksmith, Hugh, and the slightly less hardworking barfly, Ulf.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 July 2024
  • George Wendt, the actor best known for playing lovable barfly Norm Peterson on the iconic sitcom Cheers, has died at age 76.
    — Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
  • Harry kept their dinner reservation while Doris stayed home, and he immediately got hit on by Mickey (Macaulay Culkin), the local gay barfly.
    — Andrea Reiher, Variety, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Rose, a grudging slash of red lipstick on her unsmiling mouth as a concession to coquettishness, picks up a random barfly in a local pub and, staring into the middle distance, briskly masturbates him in a restroom.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The actor, who most recently starred as a barfly on Virgin River, was last seen May 15 at his Lions Bay home in British Columbia.
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • Most recently, McLean played a barfly on a 2026 episode of Virgin River, the Netflix drama that films in British Columbia.
    — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • In his interview with The Canadian Press, Seymour said that McLean, who played a barfly in a season 7 episode of Virgin River, visited him in Los Angeles last month.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026

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