sangria
noun
san·gria
saŋ-ˈgrē-ə 
san-
: a usually iced punch typically made of red wine, fruit or fruit juice, and soda water
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Perry’s will also open early for Easter brunch, serving the full dinner menu alongside $14 cocktails including bloody marys, rosé sangria and mimosas.
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Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
There was an open bar with two signature drinks – The Bubbly Rose, which featured blackberry, seltzer and vodka, and a red sangria – hors d'oeuvres and background music from a jazz trio made up of members of the Bluewater Kings Band, who would play the reception.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 17 Mar. 2026
There are dry and sweet sherries (by the pour or bottle), wine flights, white and red sangria, and 13 cocktails, among them Alebrijes (mezcal, quinquina, salted honey syrup, dragonfruit and tangerine powders) and Laird’s Way (scotch, vermouth, amaro, walnut bitters).
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
And don’t forget to wash everything down with El SIboney’s dangerously potent sangria.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
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Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
There was an open bar with two signature drinks – The Bubbly Rose, which featured blackberry, seltzer and vodka, and a red sangria – hors d'oeuvres and background music from a jazz trio made up of members of the Bluewater Kings Band, who would play the reception.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 17 Mar. 2026
There are dry and sweet sherries (by the pour or bottle), wine flights, white and red sangria, and 13 cocktails, among them Alebrijes (mezcal, quinquina, salted honey syrup, dragonfruit and tangerine powders) and Laird’s Way (scotch, vermouth, amaro, walnut bitters).
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
And don’t forget to wash everything down with El SIboney’s dangerously potent sangria.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sangria
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“Sangria.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sangria. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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