Example Sentences

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A Chilean sauvignon blanc adds a richer, bigger flavor when combined with grapey pisco, while switching to riesling makes for a drier cocktail.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020

American consumers may know gamay mostly because of Beaujolais nouveau, that grapey marketing gimmick that hits shelves every November as a celebration of the recent harvest.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2015

It tends to be effusively grapey and almost sweet; impressive and fun for the money, if one-dimensional.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2015

Cleopatra's auburn waves had turned to a vivid magenta: Biddy's black tresses had a blue, grapey bloom on them: and Anthony's dark eyes were a sinister green, with red lights.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Frederic was not the watery man for that,—Glen had more grapey blood in him.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman