How to Use speakeasy in a Sentence

speakeasy

noun
  • The door closed as if the place were a speakeasy.
    — Bob Morris, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Kees is part speakeasy in vibe, but built to skirt any pretense.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The basement is now supposed to feel more like a speakeasy lounge.
    — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Martin imagines an at-home lounge with a speakeasy vibe.
    — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The complex would have a restaurant, event space and a speakeasy.
    — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2022
  • There are restaurants and bars and speakeasies, and great cafes and shopping.
    — Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Think jazz clubs, speakeasy lounges, bookstores, and movie theaters.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There's also a two-car garage with a hydraulic lift and a speakeasy-style card room.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • That restaurant and its speakeasy opened in 2020.
    — Julie Tremaine, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The swanky new decor is spot-on, more stylish vigor than the speakeasy verboten of the past.
    — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Too many speakeasy-type places still reek of the Gatsby remake.
    — Wesley Case, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2018
  • And then there’s a speakeasy in the alley or access to the alley.
    — AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
  • The group ambled to a speakeasy—orange lights, a wall of old speakers.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • That’s Fred and me being filmed while painting the side of this speakeasy.
    — Paula Aceves, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Find the Ebenezer speakeasy in the basement.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Many jazz legends came to fame in the neighborhood’s speakeasies and clubs.
    — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The step-down living room has vaulted ceilings and a speakeasy-style wet bar.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Concerts, speakeasies and escape rooms have played with the format, too.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The speakeasy vibe of Maude’s will feel right in line with the night’s previous event.
    — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 21 July 2017
  • The look of the restaurant’s speakeasy evokes the black and gold hues of Incan gold mines.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • Later in the night, the newlyweds and a few guests went to a speakeasy at a hotel.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Melanie and Sincere do not kiss in the speakeasy, but only barely.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • This speakeasy inside The Venetian is all about food, friends and fun.
    — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Customers had to know the secret password to gain access to the speakeasy.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Inside the speakeasy, Stewart got behind the bar and poured shots.
    — Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Across town, Lincoln’s is an exception to the speakeasy rule.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The plans also include adding a rooftop lounge, a basement speakeasy and a coffee shop.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Stills, who is based in Los Angeles, says that the space has a speakeasy feel.
    — Dan Ouellette, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Initially designed as a late night speakeasy, the bar now opens at the same time as the restaurant.
    — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Upon entering the funky speakeasy, soak up the neon lights and take a seat at the swings that stand in for bar chairs.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Country Living, 24 Apr. 2017

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