How to Use digestif in a Sentence

digestif

noun
  • Your host, sensing the need for a digestif, offers up one last drink.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The bar will cover wines by the glass, cocktails and digestifs.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
  • And should the mistral kick up, sip your digestif at the bar on a velvet couch by a crackling fire.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • This was the perfect digestif after eating too much for three people.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 June 2021
  • Because, of course, your digestif should come in $310 crystal, to go.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The dessert and digestif tops off the savory feast and keeps the party ticking further into the night.
    — Nicola Blaque, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Served as an apéritif or a digestif, a negroni is a go-to cocktail for any season, no matter the meal.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 June 2016
  • Unlike the lighter versions served elsewhere, this one leans decadent—more dessert than digestif.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
  • End with a gin nightcap that riffs on the carom-seed digestif found in every Bengali pantry.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • For extra, diners can start with caviar and Champagne or conclude a meal with a digestif and sweets.
    — The Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020
  • 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 fruit-forward is a powerful one, ideal for pairing with food or even serving as a digestif after a meal.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2019
  • An index of wine world misconceptions and best practices make for the perfect digestif.
    — Molly Gallagher, ELLE Decor, 12 July 2012
  • End the night with a traditional Savoyard après-ski digestif served in a Grolle.
    — Vogue, 1 Nov. 2017
  • In my house, this candle is doing double-duty as aperitif and digestif.
    — Kyle Beeche, SELF, 16 July 2021
  • Just ask and they’ll be brought to your table by white-gloved waiters for your reading pleasure over coffee, a digestif, and mellow jazz.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Some bunked in the triangular houses equipped with bottles of Amaro digestif.
    — New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Easton suggests an herbaceous spritz with the starter, floral mezcal moment with the main, and a chilled digestif to close the evening.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Imbibers enjoy digestif here in front of the roaring fireplace, in a setting that feels very more like home library than watering hole.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 29 May 2022
  • There’s also a trolley holding spirit casks that gets wheeled out for guests to enjoy a brandy or cognac poured straight from the cask as a post-dinner digestif.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
  • There will also be six beers on tap, one cider and a tap that pours the minty digestif Fernet Branca Menta.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021
  • The sweet and citrusy digestif came in a diminutive and delicate vessel, however.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 17 July 2019
  • From morning coffee to after-dinner digestif, here are the best refreshing drinks to order in Italy.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Grappa is enjoyed as a digestif, though its ability to aid digestion after a large meal is debatable.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Customers don’t have to dine at Shōgun to drink at Secreto, but why not kill two birds with stone and treat yourself to a mezcal digestif?
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
  • All the wines will pair well with the food, Alonso says, and the cocktail list is deliberately small, with a focus on digestifs and aperitifs.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • My own introduction to the joys of the digestif came many years ago at Restaurant Hélène Darroze in Paris.
    — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Go for a recipe that uses red wine, red vermouth, lavender bitters or a grapey-tasting aperitif or digestif (such as Byrrh or Mirto).
    — Amanda Schuster, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The bars were full, ships in the harbor shimmered with a scaly bounty, and life was a contented pastiche of French habits, from fresh morning croissants to nightly digestifs.
    — Dan Levin, New York Times, 4 May 2017
  • Technically, my bartender told me, Chareau is an eau de vie from California, a light, clear brandy made from aloe vera, which can be sipped straight as a digestif.
    — Kurt Soller, Bon Appetit, 1 June 2017

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