How to Use bottle in a Sentence

bottle

1 of 2 noun
  • We drank a bottle of wine.
  • Has the baby finished her bottle yet?
  • He says he's lost too many years to the bottle, and that he's giving up alcohol.
  • Her struggles with the bottle affected her entire family.
  • Do cans or bottles keep beer fresh longer?
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
  • There are two bottles in the fridge, have fun.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • On the counter, there are some bottles and a book.
    — New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Hair stylists around the world should get their dye bottles ready.
    — Alice Park, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Half a bottle of olive oil was glugged down into it.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Somebody threw a bottle at him and hit him in the head.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Why not just grab the cheapest bottle on the store shelf?
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Sami thanked him and held the ice-cold bottle.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Lots of babies don’t even take a bottle.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Use a mister or spray bottle to keep the soil moist but not wet.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
  • There's almost a whole bottle worth of beer.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Mix one part bleach with three parts water in a clean spray bottle.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Fruit flies were found inside three liquor bottles.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado april 10, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Mix in a spray bottle and spray the nest opening and along the ant trail.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 10 June 2026
  • Fruit flies were found inside the eight liquor bottles by the bar area.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Fill your bottle with fresh spring water.
    — Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
  • There's no plastic in this bottle.
    — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • There are books and wine bottles as decor on the ledges, and a glow of warm lighting.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • Like finding a message in a bottle in your own house.
    — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 12 May 2026
  • The cleaner bottle on the handle clicks on and off with ease.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2023
  • Bill nudges a bottle to the center of the table.
    — David Cook, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Why bother to rank the taste of dozens of bottles of still water?
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
  • How long unopened bottles of wine last depends on the type of wine.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
  • Linden grabs a bottle of water from our minifridge and hands it to me.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Fans can meet Fieri, take photos and get their bottles signed.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Use a squirt bottle to add a small dollop of the herbed crema to the top.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026

bottle

2 of 2 verb
  • Near the top of the mountain, the climbers relied on bottled oxygen to breathe.
  • The restaurant bottles its own ginger ale.
  • But bottling that up wasn’t easy.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This whiskey is bottled at 99 proof and is just over six years old.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Maria had to use the creek near her house to wash clothes and bottle water.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • It is aged in large oak barrels for six years and then bottle aged for at least one year.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Use lime juice, or bottled Key lime juice, in place of lemon juice for a twist.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • The perfumes rest for up to two years before they are bottled.
    — ELLE, 2 June 2023
  • Right now there are three that are entirely vine to bottle wines.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2022
  • How to push it all down and bottle it up until the tea party is over.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This bourbon was aged for eight years and bottled at 90 proof.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The bourbon is non-chill-filtered and bottled at cask strength.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Injuries have bottled Thomas up, too.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Once the wine was bottled, things snowballed rather quickly.
    — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Each is a 6-year bourbon whiskey, bottled at 94 proof.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • There are plenty of brands on the market, from boxed to bottled to canned to bagged — yes, bagged.
    — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • ThermoFlask bottles for about the same price as one of Takeya’s.
    — Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The pipeline runs to a roadside tank, and the water is trucked to a bottling plant.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Since it is bottled at the source, the types and quantities of microbes may vary.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Old Forester then took those barrels and bottled it under the brand name.
    — Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Leon said the quake knocked frames off the walls and bottles off the shelves in the restaurant and the stockroom next door.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • My fine hair does not fare well against my love of bouncy blowouts and bottle blonde highlights on my dark, inky roots.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 26 June 2026
  • The still wine stays 10 months in oak barrels before bottling.
    — Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • But the sight of reddish faces, bottling it up on the touchline for one week, is a sign of weekends to come.
    — Laura Williamson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Zoo staff have been working around the clock to bottle feed and care for the infant gorilla.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
  • It’s also bottled at a slightly higher proof.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • The six-year-old expression was bottled at 100 proof.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Guests can also bottle their own whiskey straight from the barrel and dine at the onsite restaurant.
    — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The rarest of all, often bottled in collectable glass, sell for hundreds of dollars apiece.
    — Martha Irvine and Dar Yasin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • This whisky is bottled without chill filtration and has no color added.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 June 2026

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