1
: an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold to be drunk on the premises
2
: inn
Examples of tavern in a Sentence
a seedy section of the city's waterfront that was rife with cheap taverns, tattoo parlors, and run-down flophouses
a colonial-era tavern that has been serving weary travelers for two and a half centuries
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Cunningham said the difference is a nightclub imposes a cover charge on all patrons while a tavern offering entertainment does not.
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
The Main Street block is known as the scene of an 1887 shootout where Wild West gambler and tavern owner Luke Short gunned down detective and former city marshal Jim Courtright, who was stepping onto the street near what is now Riscky’s.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025
With flavors that riff on Tokyo’s casual taverns and yatai stalls combined with L.A. creativity (like a tasty spin on McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish) and fresh-from-the-land-and-sea Hawaiian ingredients, Ototo’s outpost is practically a tri-coastal flavor summit.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Hilariously, though, just as the two whip the entire tavern up into an enthusiastic frenzy, someone bursts through the door to declare the war is over and the enemy has been vanquished.
—Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 30 May 2025
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
The Main Street block is known as the scene of an 1887 shootout where Wild West gambler and tavern owner Luke Short gunned down detective and former city marshal Jim Courtright, who was stepping onto the street near what is now Riscky’s.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025
With flavors that riff on Tokyo’s casual taverns and yatai stalls combined with L.A. creativity (like a tasty spin on McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish) and fresh-from-the-land-and-sea Hawaiian ingredients, Ototo’s outpost is practically a tri-coastal flavor summit.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Hilariously, though, just as the two whip the entire tavern up into an enthusiastic frenzy, someone bursts through the door to declare the war is over and the enemy has been vanquished.
—Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for tavern
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“Tavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tavern. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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