How to Use vodka in a Sentence

vodka

noun
  • Pour the vodka or brandy over the herbs, filling the jar three-quarters of the way full.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The room should feel creaky, sticky with spilled vodka stingers; the walls should thrum with the ghosts of chanteuses past.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Add the vodka, lime juice, simple syrup, and half the crushed ice.
    — Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2022
  • The couple brought a bottle of Smirnoff vodka and drank it with the girls by the pool.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
  • At the Triple Down, the bartender had a shot of vodka already poured.
    — Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Add peach syrup, vodka, beers, and lemon juice to the syrup in a pitcher.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2022
  • Add liquor and juice, then ice: Add vodka and lime juice.
    — Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Rob grabbed a six-pack of vodka lemonade and a pint of rum.
    — Meg Kissinger, jsonline.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Place the split vanilla beans in the jar and add enough vodka to cover.
    — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
  • So sit back, kick your feet up and order a vodka on the rocks . . .
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • Simply add a cup of vodka to two cups of water and spray on the area.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
  • When the cops showed up, there was a half-empty bottle of vodka in the front seat.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Add two or three ice cubes, pour in the vodka, and fill with cold ginger beer.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The students tucked the IDs back in their purses and hit the bar for vodka and sodas.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • To those playing along with vodka Stingers at home: drink to that.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • The shakes can be spiked with Baileys, Kahlúa, vodka or whiskey.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2022
  • In a large punch bowl, combine the lemon juice, half the cranberry syrup, the vodka, and the Champagne.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The audience was served a full meal and vodka was for sale.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2021
  • So a zero-proof vodka would have to taste like no-taste.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Leave out the vodka for a refreshing drink any time of year.
    — Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The Idea of You is Skittles-infused vodka in movie form.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 May 2024
  • Besides taking a good shot of vodka … Here’s the thing.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 June 2022
  • Smirnoff vodka, lime and lavender syrup — was based on this film.
    — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Pop the bubbly, crack an ice-cold beer, uncork a crisp white wine or pull the vodka out of the freezer.
    — WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The vodka sauce recipe calls for an entire cup of vodka.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The San Jose Dumpling Time will have a full bar, with cocktails focused on sake, vodka and gin.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2021
  • At the start of the clip, the chef grabbed a few jars of the restaurant’s famous spicy vodka sauce, which first hit grocery stores in July.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • During a search of the Ford, police found an open bottle of vodka.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
  • To drink: the Red Eye, a cocktail made with vodka, espresso, and something called pearl dust.
    — Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
  • The restaurant chain this year launched its Golden Goose drink, made with Grey Goose vodka, triple sec, mango and lemon sour and finished with a gold sugar rim.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025

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