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.
  • Black residue buildup found in this liquor store.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado june 12, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • Hard liquor is free-poured at home and in many bars.
    — Justin Kissinger, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • Davis and his crew got bored and went to the liquor store.
    — Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Bars, liquor stores, and knick-knack shops all love koozies.
    — Joe Salas october 29, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The town prohibits the sale of beer, wine, and liquor.
    — Oset Babür-Winter, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Serve punch with sparkling wine or liquor on the side, if desired.
    — Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
  • To be fair, the amount of liquor in these drinks is not a secret.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • How is that going to help the liquor store owner?
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The caller saw the man enter a liquor store.
    — Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • But line dances got danced, liquor got drunk, and the run of show got scrambled.
    — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • West Fort Worth will soon be home to a new liquor store.
    — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Dec. 2025
  • At least keep him out of the liquor cabinet.
    — Kevin Sherrington feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This drink calls for a hefty range of liquor, with gin just being one of the crowd.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
  • Beer, wine and a full liquor bar will also be available.
    — Helen Freund, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Fruit flies were found inside three liquor bottles.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado april 10, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Come get this liquor, come get these drugs, come get this whatever.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 15 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
  • Cigarettes, cheap liquor, and shabu would have to do.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There are beer stands, dessert carts and liquor bars throughout the ballpark.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • What about other boozy drinks—say, wine, liquor, and cocktails?
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 14 Aug. 2025
  • There’s no liquor license yet, but that’s pending.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
  • And in the largest liquor market in the country, that’s sure to be a lot of pieces.
    — Jeff Burkhart, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
  • There is no letup in the decline of liquor sales in this country.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There’s no liquor or wine — just a few beers on tap, with one bartender working the shift.
    — Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • My mom says Mingus used to be the only place around with liquor stores.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • For a boozy twist, stir a little of your favorite liquor into the pot.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Scene of the crash and a photo of a bottle of liquor police say was found at the scene.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In a nearby liquor store, bottles shimmied off their shelves and smashed to the floor.
    — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
  • But don’t worry, liquor stores and cannabis shops would be excluded (for now).
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026

liquor

2 of 2 verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nearly half of the country bans liquor sales on Christmas Day, according to VinePair, a cocktail culture website.
    — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The card that millions of people use to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver's licenses.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 May 2021
  • The card that millions of people use to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver’s licenses.
    — al, 8 May 2021
  • Since the pandemic began, bars and other premises selling alcohol have been hit hard by Covid-19 restrictions, causing sales -- and liquor tax revenues -- to plummet in the world's third-largest economy.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Chinese investors noted that a large European China mutual fund is increasing its exposure to liquor stock Kweichow Moutai.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • 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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