How to Use watering hole in a Sentence

watering hole

noun
  • Best watering hole near your theater and the drink to get?
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Best watering hole near your theater and the drink to get?
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Now the little street is home to adorable watering holes for some old west nightlife.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Can’t watch from your couch or your favorite watering hole when the games are played?
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The horses are gathered around the watering hole of the green cup.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
  • But the decor was inspired by a good old-fashioned watering hole.
    — Jennifer Blaise Kramer, House Beautiful, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Parisians have made a watering hole of its public spaces too.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This historic watering hole is a hub for live music, food, and drinks.
    — Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Couldn’t go to the neighborhood watering hole to grab a drink with friends?
    — Jane Morice | [email protected], cleveland, 3 June 2020
  • When Enkidu meets Shamhat at the water hole, there is no talk of love boxes.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Best watering hole near your theater — and what should people drink?
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Nunez had just stepped out of the bar when he was hit by bullets fired from inside the watering hole.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • From cocktail havens to historic haunts, here's which watering holes made the cut.
    — Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • And there are places here, such as the python watering hole, too sacred to be shared with outsiders.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • As is the case with many parties, the kitchen was a popular watering hole.
    — Carly Olson, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
  • As such, the restaurant serves as a popular watering hole for the space set.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2020
  • This space has been a Davis Square watering hole for 75 years.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
  • The tower’s viewing deck overlooks a water hole used by turtles, fish and birds.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 16 Dec. 2017
  • My antelope was feeding with another buck along the edge of a big water hole in a sage flat.
    — John B. Snow, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2020
  • What's your favorite watering hole near the theater, and what should people drink?
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • These are not your ordinary watering holes.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • As with Quarry Lakes, this is a former water hole for a quarry.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The Knot Club is the new name for the tenants-only watering hole.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
  • What is the best Theater District watering hole and the drink to get?
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Pub opened its doors, the trio behind the fictional watering hole plan to start selling some booze of their own.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022
  • The rangers stake out water holes and game trails, regularly camping out overnight in the thickets.
    — New York Times, 16 June 2018
  • The best Theater District watering hole and the drink to get.
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • While there’s no shortage of watering holes, here’s a list of unique pools and water parks for your kids to splash around in and beat the heat.
    — Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, 23 July 2019
  • The tavern was a favorite watering hole on the Ridgeland strip.
    — Bob Bong, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And, of course, with regular gatherings of the homies at the ol’ watering hole.
    — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2021

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'watering hole.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: