chartreuse
Example Sentences
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It isn’t quite brat—more akin to the Yellow Chartreuse liqueur.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
According to Chartreuse Diffusion, the business arm of the monks’ operation, it took more than 150 years for the Carthusians to “unravel the secret of the manuscript.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023
“There’s only so much Chartreuse you can make without ruining the balance of monastic life,” said the Rev. Michael K. Holleran, a former monk who oversaw Chartreuse production from 1986 to 1990.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023
The high temperatures aren’t helping firefighters battling a wildfire in the Chartreuse Mountains, near the Alps in eastern France, where authorities have evacuated around 140 people.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2022
This was like the light in Chartreuse liqueur, like the green flash, and I kept wondering, How did I escape?
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
