How to Use raki in a Sentence

raki

noun

• At Yeni Meyhane in Kadıköy, Ildız pours glass after glass of raki, a grape brandy flavored with anise and diluted with ice.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2022
• One server, who poured both me and himself a shot of the clear liquid one evening, shared that his yia yia lived to be 100 by drinking raki with her mountain tea each morning, before heading to the olive grove to work.
  — Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
• As green light through the plane tree ripples across the swept marble of the pavement, like scales of a grass snake, the waitress bowls up with raki in a plastic bottle, rolling her eyes in amusement at our worried talk of traffic jams and septic tanks.
  — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2022
• Fresh seafood is abundant thanks to the proximity to the sea, while traditional Turkish meze (washed down with raki, of course), and local specialties like şiş köfte and tantuni await.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• As well a wine list with plenty of Cretan and Grecian options, refreshing cocktails and mocktails capture the flavors of the mountain slopes, think tea, mint and lemongrass, with olive sugar and soda, or Tsikoudia (raki) infused with pineapple tea and spices.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026