the bar

Example Sentences

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Dick Fosbury flopping over the bar in the high jump.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

"They'd be more likely at the gym on a Friday night than at the bar," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Nikki’s interiority ceases only a moment after that fateful conversation about love and romance on the way home from the bar.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Now, Fidelity is lowering the bar for participation.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The soft music of her voice was even more remarkable in the relative quiet of the bar.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell