How to Use bartender in a Sentence

bartender

noun
  • Guest bartenders take the reins here, and the soundtrack is heavy on hip-hop.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
  • Note to the bartenders out there: This could be great as a cocktail.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In the hands of a skilled bartender, the tap creates wet and dense foam that is full of beer.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Robin leaps from his barstool and high-fives a bartender.
    — cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
  • A couple of miles north in Hell’s Kitchen is the land of the glossy bar and the shirtless bartender.
    — Curbed, 9 Dec. 2022
  • If a guest walks in and the front desk staff is away, the bartender can handle check in.
    — Edmund Lowman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • At the Triple Down, the bartender had a shot of vodka already poured.
    — Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • That was deputy trainee, Joey Cruz, who showed the photos on his phone to the bartender.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
  • There’s an amaro flight on offer, or ask the bartender to try any of them by the glass.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The bartender turns on green, white, and gold Christmas lights.
    — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Jessie Reyez has been a whiskey girl since her pre-fame life as a bartender.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2021
  • At last, the servers slowly filtered out, then the bartender, the barback, the cooks.
    — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
  • After a few drinks, and the help of bartender Wes Price, the Moscow Mule was born.
    — Dallas News, 17 June 2021
  • My friend who is a bartender, and who therefore has to wash their hands a lot.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2024
  • And the bartender turned away patrons throughout the night.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The glitter was still on the floor, even as the bartender was sweeping up the remnants of a good time.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Many of the bartenders and restaurant owners to this day are great friends.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2025
  • The bartender and waitresses cleaned and wiped and washed, the last guests wound scarves around their necks and left.
    — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Where there isn’t one, bartenders can craft something on the spot.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The man, 42, of South Euclid, argued with the bartender and then refused to leave.
    — cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022
  • For a few bucks more, the bartender on board will pour mimosas and hot cocoa.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Guests need to bring their own beverages, but a bartender is on board to serve the drinks.
    — Hannah Drown, cleveland, 18 May 2021
  • Ask your bartender or server if a drink is made with syrup or from a mix.
    — Jaclyn London, M.s., R.d., Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023
  • So Meyers finds Aidy Bryant in the crowd, borrows some cash from her, and runs back to tip the bartender.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The bartender, Sharon, serves May a beer and comments on his sad demeanor.
    — Randall Lane, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Myoshi Smith worked four years as a bartender in Brooklyn.
    — John-John Williams Iv, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
  • And Tony began to sing, and said the bartender, who was cleaning up, said, 'Damn, if you guys record that.
    — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 July 2023
  • The bartender told me the lounge still gets busy, and still has a community vibe.
    — oregonlive, 12 July 2021
  • Take the coaster or napkin a bartender gives you and put it over your drink when not sipping.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • Six bartenders were asked to mix certain cocktails in a bid to beat the robotic system in a taste-test challenge.
    — Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025

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