Examples of moonshine in a Sentence
Everything they said was just a load of moonshine.
during Prohibition, moonshine and “bathtub gin” were made secretly
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Fans in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky haven’t been this excited since the invention of moonshine.
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Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
In his office at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Wheeler kept several jars of brownish-red homemade moonshine that were natural conversation pieces when the talk turned to NASCAR’s roots.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2025
The downtown distillery and bar uses the original Great Depression-era recipe for its moonshine, but has also expanded to produce vodka, whiskey, sorghum rum, and beer.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Although the corn had historically been famously used in making the best illicit moonshine, its legal use in bourbon was novel.
—Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
In his office at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Wheeler kept several jars of brownish-red homemade moonshine that were natural conversation pieces when the talk turned to NASCAR’s roots.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2025
The downtown distillery and bar uses the original Great Depression-era recipe for its moonshine, but has also expanded to produce vodka, whiskey, sorghum rum, and beer.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Although the corn had historically been famously used in making the best illicit moonshine, its legal use in bourbon was novel.
—Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Moonshine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonshine. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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moonshine
noun
moon·shine
ˈmün-ˌshīn 
2
: meaningless talk : nonsense
3
: alcoholic liquor
especially
: illegally produced whiskey made from corn
moonshiner
noun
-ˌshī-nər
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