How to Use bartender in a Sentence

bartender

noun
  • The bartenders are the true artists.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Among them are bartenders, wait staff and food servers.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The same for the bartenders, whom the servers tip out, and the bussers.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
  • My bartenders at my wedding will have tip jars!
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The bartender is annoyed and goes for a smoke.
    E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This is quite early for my bartender boyfriend.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 1 Sep. 2025
  • That was your idea, to also play the bartender?
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2026
  • Where there isn’t one, bartenders can craft something on the spot.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Ask your bartender or server if a drink is made with syrup or from a mix.
    Jaclyn London, M.s., R.d., Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Guest bartenders take the reins here, and the soundtrack is heavy on hip-hop.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
  • My friend who is a bartender, and who therefore has to wash their hands a lot.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Jessie Reyez has been a whiskey girl since her pre-fame life as a bartender.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2021
  • If a guest walks in and the front desk staff is away, the bartender can handle check in.
    Edmund Lowman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • There’s an amaro flight on offer, or ask the bartender to try any of them by the glass.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2021
  • With friends, with colleagues, with their book club, with bartenders; even with strangers.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There’s no liquor or wine — just a few beers on tap, with one bartender working the shift.
    Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • In the hands of a skilled bartender, the tap creates wet and dense foam that is full of beer.
    Don Tse, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • See the bartender at any of the bars to purchase tickets.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Gil Hampton … was one of the first bartenders when the bar was opened.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Many of the bartenders and restaurant owners to this day are great friends.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2025
  • The bartender turns on green, white, and gold Christmas lights.
    Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • For a few bucks more, the bartender on board will pour mimosas and hot cocoa.
    Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In other words, the robot bartender is the hook.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
  • The owners say the bartender wasn’t working that day.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
  • Licking their fingers, they were soon joined by the bartender, on a smoke break.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Hazel tries to stop him but can’t do it alone; she is assisted by … the bartender!
    Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Guests need to bring their own beverages, but a bartender is on board to serve the drinks.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 18 May 2021
  • Customers pick a case, bring it to a bartender, and that bartender makes the drink.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This bartender’s solution keeps stemware stored in style.
    Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Order a cocktail at the bar and chat with a lively bartender.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2024

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