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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In Happy’s Place, Bobbie (McEntire) inherits her father’s tavern, Happy’s Place.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Culinary pleasures include Ristorante La Pace alla Scarrupata, a casual, wear your best cover-up kind of tavern reachable from the water.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
That usually meant going to taverns and bars, and enduring long travel days by horse and buggy.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
Over the years, it has been used by different factories, a tavern and GFiber.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Culinary pleasures include Ristorante La Pace alla Scarrupata, a casual, wear your best cover-up kind of tavern reachable from the water.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
That usually meant going to taverns and bars, and enduring long travel days by horse and buggy.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
Over the years, it has been used by different factories, a tavern and GFiber.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 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 2 Oct. 2025.
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