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chiefly British

rum

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rum
Adjective
The whiskey was distilled in 1989 and matured in ex-rum casks before being finished for three years in barrels that previously contained Pedro Ximénez (PX) Sherry. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
Noun
This rum scent is one of their best-sellers—androgynous, herbal, crisp. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025 This summer, a Florida man stumbled on a wrecked vessel while fishing with his grandson – possibly a 19th-century ship designed to carry rum. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rum
Adjective
  • Thomas Wentworth Higginson spent his leisure time writing down the strange new lyrics in his journal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The place was a dump, with paint chipping from the ceilings, floors slanted at strange angles, rodent droppings situated along the floorboards, and paper-thin walls that welcomed in bitter winter air.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 1919 the United States Congress passed an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 14 Oct. 2025
  • What the discount excludes is deli, meat, beer, wine, liquor and tobacco.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His writing is lavishly detailed and sharply intelligent, nuanced and lyrical but also funny and sometimes surreal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The dudes-rock montage that followed the execution sketch had some genuinely funny bits.
    T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, the bags don’t actually hide anything; in fact, they are reserved specifically for, and definitively signal, the drinking of alcohol.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Brian reportedly had 187 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood while being examined after her death.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the film, Credenza runs the bizarre amusement park of Twitlandia alongside her husband — delighting in dirty pranks, filth and cruelty along the way.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • However, an anonymous NFL general manager has urged the team to target a bizarre position instead.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Later, when Doyle comes into some mysterious bags of cash, and heads toward the mainland with a bottle of booze, a boat, and one last chance to go out in a blaze of self-immolation, Farrell manages to mix dread and adrenaline into every silent expression.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Raw, sweaty, and steeped in debauchery, the track chronicles a spiral of booze, heartbreak, and nights lost in a haze of resistol fumes, all layered with his signature gritty rap flow.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The new record is almost defiantly curious, searching rather than authoritative.
    Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • For the past 35 years, a row of four vacant 19th-century townhouses on Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn has drawn curious looks from passerby.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cucumber water isn’t just a refreshing spa drink; it’s also packed with vitamins, antioxidants, and nutrients that can boost your health.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Behind the front counter reach-in cooler with drinks were at least 30.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Rum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rum. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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