ale

Example Sentences

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He brews his own ale at home and once considered buying a brewery.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

If your people are beer people, think versatile: an amber ale or clean lager, plus a solid N/A counterpart.Athletic makes good ones, though many skew hoppy, so keep your audience in mind.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

I took a seat beneath Singapore’s second-oldest edifice, Caldwell House, built in 1841 for a clerk to the magistrates, and in Anglo spirit, ordered fish and chips with an ale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Everything made my stomach turn—water, crackers, a hopeful sip of ginger ale; the things you’re supposed to try when you are sick.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2024

As I reach into my purse for a tissue to blow the ginger ale out of my nose, I can't figure out what just happened.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King