How to Use public house in a Sentence

public house

noun
  • Staying only in inns and public houses served both of these goals.
    — Rachel Bernstein, JSTOR Daily, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The parish hall on Sunday nights was most like a bar, an actual public house, a place to go, a habit.
    — Sam Sifton, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Jonathan Nichols first hung the white horse outside — a universal sign of a public house — and gave the tavern its name.
    — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • In many cases, the local pub or eatery is still truly a public house, a pillar of the community.
    — Jon Taffer, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Some of them opened public houses on the merits of their reputation; others took to the stage or the circus.
    — Longreads, 8 May 2018
  • Bristol Pub Crawl tours taverns and public houses and pours four alcoholic drinks, one at each pub.
    — Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2018
  • At this time, public houses were gathering places for residents and travelers.
    — Courant Community, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The menu is inspired by English public houses, with a mix of British and Indian fare.
    — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
  • Pub is an abbreviation of public house—a meeting place for all comers (children and dogs are admitted, too).
    — Oliver Smith, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2020
  • This was a public house in the truest sense—the kind of establishment that is increasingly rare in American life.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The London-style public house is a unique offering that complements its rooftop neighbor, the Monarch Club.
    — Annalise Frank, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Cole’s, the city’s longest-running public house and alleged creator of the French dip sandwich, will shut its doors March 29.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Their style, the main calling card, was loosely based on English public houses from the late Middle Ages through early modern eras.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, Maplewood is in the process of opening a public house in west suburban Glen Ellyn as its second location.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The pub is owned by Amber Taverns, who reopened in four years ago after the building was previously a public house but had been vacant for a number of years.
    — Kate Samuelson / London, Time, 4 May 2018
  • This provoked what became known as the Aston Riot, with nearby public houses wrecked and violent brawls ensuing.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Project developer Thompson Thrift announced that its latest tenant will be the Havana Lounge, a cigar and whiskey public house.
    — John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Scruton is a philosopher and conservative thinker of great renown, and he had been put on a government commission dedicated to the building of more beautiful public houses.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 3 Sep. 2019
  • For something more relaxed, The Wigmore serves as the hotel’s tavern, styled after a Victorian public house but refined.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Cunningham helped transform Northside by creating a public house-like bar that spearheaded a Northside renaissance.
    — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Where is the reader to turn for more information about the travesty birth, staged in a public house in 1810, in which, with the assistance of a pair of bellows, a man was delivered of a Cheshire cheese?
    — Caleb Crain, New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • Both The Dining Room and the pub are true gathering places, reminiscent of the building’s days as a Revolutionary War-era public house.
    — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This fall, beer in hand, patrons at some of Sacramento’s finest public houses might legally wander out the front door and onto the city’s streets and plazas, moving freely between outdoor festivals and indoor hospitality.
    — Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Much like Captain Kidd and Johanna, the quartet moves from place to place, navigating saloons, hotels, dance halls, public houses and other places trying to string together a meager wage.
    — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Beer- and kid-friendly Opening this weekend on the Boise Bench, Chits & Chats essentially is part restaurant, part pub, part neighborhood public house — with a library of games for rent.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Customers can now fill out another Metra survey specifically on the possible changes, which is available online if people cannot attend the other public houses held in other municipalities this month.
    — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Listen to Live Music Cedar Mountain Outpost is a little bit of everything—deli, wine shop, public house, and live music venue, improbably set within a gas station.
    — Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
  • This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Cunningham wanted the Comet, which was named after Burchfield's 1963 Mercury, to be a classic public house where everyone could come together and discuss just about anything.
    — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025

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