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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This charming resort, which includes a main house, a spa, a timber-frame barn, a stand-alone tavern restaurant, and a beachside bar, is perfect for those who’d prefer not to venture from hotel grounds.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
There were only three working business establishments, all of them taverns that loudly disgorged their patrons at 2 a.m.
—Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
In the play, Marlowe and Shakespeare, the two preeminent writers of their generation, are thrown together in a secluded tavern to work on what would become Shakespeare’s history cycle trilogy Henry VI.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
There were only three working business establishments, all of them taverns that loudly disgorged their patrons at 2 a.m.
—Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
In the play, Marlowe and Shakespeare, the two preeminent writers of their generation, are thrown together in a secluded tavern to work on what would become Shakespeare’s history cycle trilogy Henry VI.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Apr. 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 1 May. 2025.
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