ale

Example Sentences

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The ginger ale is flatly branded Canada Dry.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

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

The Puzzle Hall Inn is a "real ale pub" in Sowerby Bridge that supports "local people, suppliers and independent business", according to its website.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 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

He ordered us not ale, but lifewater’ He meant to waste no time.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin