How to Use digestif in a Sentence

digestif

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  • The bar will cover wines by the glass, cocktails and digestifs.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
  • Your host, sensing the need for a digestif, offers up one last drink.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Because, of course, your digestif should come in $310 crystal, to go.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2017
  • For extra, diners can start with caviar and Champagne or conclude a meal with a digestif and sweets.
    — The Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020
  • There will also be six beers on tap, one cider and a tap that pours the minty digestif Fernet Branca Menta.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021
  • My own introduction to the joys of the digestif came many years ago at Restaurant Hélène Darroze in Paris.
    — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Served as an apéritif or a digestif, a negroni is a go-to cocktail for any season, no matter the meal.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 June 2016
  • A visit should include a drink on the terrace and afterwards, enjoy a digestif in the bar.
    — David Coggins, CNT, 25 June 2017
  • End the night with a traditional Savoyard après-ski digestif served in a Grolle.
    — Vogue, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Be sure to save room for the chocolate fondue dessert and a digestif from the traditional schnapps wagon.
    — Christie Fitzpatrick, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The city’s active vibe is also in evidence: The tasting menu might begin with apps in the hotel courtyard and end with a digestif on the roof.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Alongside fine bourbon, the Fuente is a mellow digestif.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Puzzle 6 is a digestif, a satisfying end to a full day.
    — Barbara Bourland, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • This was the perfect digestif after eating too much for three people.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 June 2021
  • For all the French digestif culture, Chartreuse’s biggest market is the United States, thanks largely to the resurgence of cocktail bars.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Order a cocktail—perhaps the Old-Fashioned Date with banana bitters and coconut palm sugar—or an amaro flight as a digestif, and muster up the courage to play a round of pool.
    — Emily Wilson, Bon Appétit, 21 July 2022
  • The fruit-forward is a powerful one, ideal for pairing with food or even serving as a digestif after a meal.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2019
  • All the wines will pair well with the food, Alonso says, and the cocktail list is deliberately small, with a focus on digestifs and aperitifs.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • This local take on the classic Italian digestif is the bottle that first landed the Asheville distillery on shelves beyond the Carolinas.
    — Mark Johanson, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The bars were full, ships in the harbor shimmered with a scaly bounty, and life was a contented pastiche of French habits, from fresh morning croissants to nightly digestifs.
    — Dan Levin, New York Times, 4 May 2017
  • An index of wine world misconceptions and best practices make for the perfect digestif.
    — Molly Gallagher, ELLE Decor, 12 July 2012
  • From morning coffee to after-dinner digestif, here are the best refreshing drinks to order in Italy.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Bernardini now sells L’Orvietan as a digestif — a liqueur that’s likely much more palatable than the original mixture, which would have been sold as a powder, paste or syrup.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Imbibers enjoy digestif here in front of the roaring fireplace, in a setting that feels very more like home library than watering hole.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 29 May 2022
  • Purists will sip C neat after dinner as a digestif, in the European tradition.
    — Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2017
  • Although the store offers wines at almost any price point, plus a handful of liquors and digestifs, for a truly memorable splurge, take the two-hour Carte Blanche wine-pairing class ($147 per person).
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Out on the patio, chic bistro tables overlook the super-yachts on the water, wisteria vines frame the terrace, and digestifs are assembled on an antique bar cart.
    — Amy Louise Bailey, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Technically, my bartender told me, Chareau is an eau de vie from California, a light, clear brandy made from aloe vera, which can be sipped straight as a digestif.
    — Kurt Soller, Bon Appetit, 1 June 2017
  • Go for a recipe that uses red wine, red vermouth, lavender bitters or a grapey-tasting aperitif or digestif (such as Byrrh or Mirto).
    — Amanda Schuster, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The sweet and citrusy digestif came in a diminutive and delicate vessel, however.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 17 July 2019

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