alehouse

Example Sentences

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Friends and family members gathered Saturday at a Federal Way alehouse to celebrate what would have been Katya’s 40th birthday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021

We visit a medieval English alehouse and discover that our image is largely culled from romantic novels and cheesy Robin Hood films.

From New York Times • May 30, 2018

"It seems that coffeehouses weren't completely different establishments as they are now - they were perhaps at the genteel end of a spectrum that ran from alehouse to coffeehouse."

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2017

“I gave my word I would find you and protect you,” Brienne says to Sansa when they meet by happenstance at an alehouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2015

The same way you avoid meeting the eye of an old lover at a formal dinner, or that of an old enemy sitting across the room in a crowded alehouse late at night.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss