How to Use tavern in a Sentence

tavern

noun
  • If the tavern was not on 33rd Street, how did the house come to have the plaque?
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • In the past, the tavern has only been open in the evenings, Shimunek said.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2018
  • The tavern from Day of the Duchess is in Covent Garden.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2021
  • This tavern’s space goes back to the 1960′s when it was known as Napoleon’s Nook.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 4 July 2023
  • Frank Sinatra was, and David Mamet is, a fan of the tavern.
    — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • The blast rained debris up and down the street and leveled the Barr House, a tavern Barr owned.
    — Todd Richmond, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • Now, Miller, who lives about a dozen miles away in St. Charles, meets up with her friends at the tavern.
    — Freep.com, 17 July 2019
  • The tavern is used as a base by some Trump supporters and the Proud Boys.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Pick a fight, pick a fight, pick a fight.’ The street, pool hall, tavern, didn’t matter.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2019
  • Early in the movie, Marty heads to a tavern to find his friends.
    — George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022
  • To buy tickets, go to the tavern’s website, fatlittlebuddies.com.
    — cleveland, 24 July 2022
  • The shooting happened inside the tavern and the first call came in at 12:42 a.m., said Wright.
    — Alta Spells, CNN, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The Cobweb Palace was the most popular tavern in town through the 1860s.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Two lonely and self-loathing strangers are seated in the tavern on a snowy evening.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Housed in a stylish tavern, Bar Le Côte is a must-dine for uni and oyster lovers alike.
    — Ariel Okin, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
  • That night, at a tavern on North Avenue, 43rd Ward Ald.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2022
  • Most of the six people at the tavern had never heard of Willard Motley.
    — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The Inn isn’t big – 15 guest rooms and suites, a tavern, dining room and that wine cellar round it out.
    — Moira McCarthy, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
  • The tavern is less than half a mile north of Carthage College on Sheridan Road.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The tavern is open daily at 1401 First St. in Napa; normanrosetavern.com.
    — Ben Davidson, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The two owned a pizza place and a tavern in Evanston, Illinois, that closed in late 2020.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The bar shootings come two weeks after 21 teenagers were found dead in a tavern in the city of East London.
    — Mogomotsi Magome, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2022
  • After dinner, nick the inn’s Scrabble set and move downstairs to the tavern for a drink or two in front of the fire.
    — Elizabeth Dunn, WSJ, 15 June 2018
  • But the rustic woodwork and vintage photos in the tavern offer hints of the old days.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • The tavern’s top amenity is a 7,000-square-foot, fully fenced dog park.
    — Allyson Reedy, The Know, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Badly parked on the street, in front of a beer tavern, gleamed a yolk-yellow Ferrari.
    — Eduardo Halfon, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The shooting in the Soweto bar comes two weeks after 21 teenagers were found dead in a tavern in the city of East London.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2022
  • The gunfire followed a fist fight at the tavern, the News reported.
    — Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Miles Teller and Zac Efron were seen hanging out in the back of the tavern, socializing and taking photos with Barkley amid his circle.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Alongside that stretch of Grand Avenue, a bartender at a tavern said his business has been down 30% to 50% since October and was slumping during the first phase.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025

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