gin

Example Sentences

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After World War I, Woodrow Wilson barnstormed the country to gin up support for a treaty that would have seen the U.S. join the League of Nations.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

It was a charming and funny aside that some users of social media naturally used to criticize Cannavale and try to gin up a controversy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Last month, the company halted production of gin and vodka brands at its distillery in Elgin, Aberdeenshire, in order to "sharpen" the businesses focus.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

After the 2024 election, he was “barking up every tree,” said his friend Brock Pierce, a fellow ultrawealthy crypto investor who tried to gin up sympathy for Ver in Trump’s orbit.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

I thought of the doddering old war veterans who sat along the gallery in front of the cotton gin and spat their tobacco and bored everybody with the same stories they’d been telling for decades.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly