How to Use root beer in a Sentence

root beer

noun
  • Look for croissant beignets and root beer floats.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Request a scoop of soft serve in your root beer and voila—dessert!
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The space serves a full menu, plus wine, cocktails and root beer.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • There’s iced tea and root beer and snacks served on very fine china.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
  • Guests can make an ice cream sundae, pie a la mode or a root beer float.
    — Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 26 June 2018
  • Also check out their flip side float, a boozy take on a root beer flip.
    — Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 21 June 2026
  • The root beer floats is confirmed in your text messages.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • With notes of root beer and molasses, this one seems perfect for fall.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Dairy Kastle serves ice cream, chili dogs, root beer floats and more.
    — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Fans of old-fashioned root beer floats have got to try this summer treat.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 29 July 2023
  • Your blood tastes like root beer, and some of your bones appear to have vanished.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2020
  • That’s right, there are root beer float and Froot Loops Peeps.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Regular root beer can be swapped out for diet root beer.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Sipping on a root beer float can transport you to simpler times.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
  • If Dad loves a root beer float, put these popsicles on the menu.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • People who say change is good are ignorant of a great root beer snow cone.
    — Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2014
  • Don't limit your choices to just vanilla and root beer, though.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Dads and granddads will receive a free root beer float with the purchase of any meal.
    — Weldon Johnson, azcentral, 10 June 2019
  • Your ticket includes a beer (or root beer) tasting and bratwurst or hot dog.
    — Sarah Kuta, The Know, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The result is said to make for a creamy and rich drink, similar to a root beer float.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
  • Scoops of ice cream in a glass of fizzy soda, often root beer, never go out of style.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 10 May 2021
  • While the beer is top-notch, the housemade creamy root beer is another can’t-miss.
    — Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2024
  • Add the frozen root beer cubes to a blender, then add the milk, ice cream, soda water, lime juice, and whiskey.
    — Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2018
  • The fourth senior John Starzyk walked out of that gym with all the root beer, that ringer.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Food consisting of doritos and root beer finished up the scene.
    — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 9 July 2018
  • Some of the taps also will pour red and white wines, prosecco, water and root beer.
    — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 20 June 2018
  • Being able to enjoy your burger with a frosty mug of the restaurant's house-recipe root beer.
    — Nate Chute, Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Apple pie milk, chocolate cherry milk, french toast milk and the classic root beer milk.
    — Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Slowly add 4 to 6 oz of premium root beer.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Ask for a Nunan’s root beer and a side of ice cream to make your own Noonan’s root beer float.
    — Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2023

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