Examples of gin in a Sentence
Ryan J. Rusak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024
The gin martini with lemon expression was a perfect, botanical and citrusy drink — incredibly smooth and icy cold.
—Ronnie Koenig, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
All the breads are made from scratch, all the produce and dry goods are organic, and everything served at Great Bear—including the Nelson Brewing Co. beers and Sheringham craft gin—is sourced as locally as possible.
—John Briley, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
From prosecco to flavorful gin to vodka, there are so many options for ushering in the new season and hosting your guests in a fun way.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
Allen Katz and Tom Potter founded New York Distilling Company in 2011, and have released a range of gins and rye whiskeys over the past 13 years.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2024
Extra dirty, gin and a twist, shaken or stirred—martinis are undeniably one of the most classic drinks of all time.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
Or keep the gin but exchange the sweet vermouth for dry to make a Cardinale.
—Rebekah Peppler, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
In the early 20th century, the Bee’s Knees (gin, honey, lemon) and the Brown Derby (bourbon, grapefruit, honey) made their mark, and the former is still a regular at many bars today.
—M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
To gin up activity in France and Germany, Reddit staffers quietly scraped popular English-language submissions and translated them.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
As the most traditional of award shows returned to its roots as a glorified trade affair (ginned up 96 years ago as a way of pacifying above-the-line talent in the wake of the unionizing then gaining a foothold in moviedom), praise was near universal for the return to old Hollywood glamour.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
To gin up enthusiasm, certain public celebrations — including scenes on social media of supporters of local candidates dancing outside to loud music — were permitted in a country where such displays are often restricted.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
Now, most of them turn to a distributor, so he’s been trying to gin up interest among home cooks.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
In recent weeks, conspiracy theories have swirled around the Grammy Award winner, with some conservative commentators and other prominent Republicans speculating Swift is some sort of Pentagon plant, ginned up by liberal forces while also boosting the fortunes of the Kansas City Chiefs.
—USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Part of it is that this is just how the tradition works: Jews are commanded to practice, not to believe, so each successive generation is required to gin up some plausible reasons why, exactly, the balls ought to be kept in the air.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
In 1990, as a local BJP leader in his native Gujarat, Modi helped organize a religious rally that aimed to gin up support for the construction of a temple to Lord Ram on the site of the Babri Mosque.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Noun (1)
by shortening & alteration from geneva
Noun (2)
Middle English gin, from Anglo-French, short for engin — more at engine entry 1
Conjunction
perhaps by contraction from dialect gif if + an if
Verb (2)
Middle English ginnen, short for beginnen
Noun (1)
1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb (1)
1583, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Conjunction
1580, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing gin
Dictionary Entries Near gin
Cite this Entry
“Gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gin. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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3 of 3 nounNoun
Middle English gin "a mechanical device, skill, trick," from early French engin (same meaning), from Latin ingenium "natural ability or desire to do something, inborn ability," from in "in" and -genium, from gignere "to father, beget" — related to engine, genius, ingenious
Noun
an altered form of earlier geneva "gin (liquor)," from obsolete Dutch genever, literally, "juniper"
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