ALE in a Sentence

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25 example sentences for ALE, such as:

1. I sometimes enjoy a pint of ale.
2. There's half a pint of ale for you.
3. My aunt being resolute, I went out and got the ale myself.
4. I warmed the ale and made the toast on the usual infallible principles.
5. My aunt's tears of pleasure were positively trickling down into the warm ale.

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 Meanings and Examples of ALE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ale
 n.  a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  We had luncheon in the dining-room, darkened, too, against the heat, and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  His hand, trembling with his effort at self control, bore to his lips the last of his glass of ale.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  We were all irritable now with the fading ale and, aware of it, we drove for a while in silence.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  They were her countrywomen: and the beef and ale of their native land, with a moral diet not a whit more refined, entered largely into their composition.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
6  There's half a pint of ale for you.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
7  There was wine, and there was strong ale; and after dinner Mrs. Micawber made us a bowl of hot punch with her own hands.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
8  My aunt being resolute, I went out and got the ale myself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
9  I warmed the ale and made the toast on the usual infallible principles.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
10  My aunt went on with a quiet enjoyment, in which there was very little affectation, if any; drinking the warm ale with a tea-spoon, and soaking her strips of toast in it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
11  My aunt's tears of pleasure were positively trickling down into the warm ale.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
12  He would have nothing stronger than ale; and while it was being brought, and being warmed at the fire, he sat thinking.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40. THE WANDERER
13  Finally, there arose betwixt Isaac and his satellites a deadly feud, concerning the quantity of wine and ale to be allowed for consumption at each meal.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
14  So the Prior of Saint Botolph's hobbled back again into the refectory, to preside over the stockfish and ale, which was just serving out for the friars' breakfast.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
15  In one place cooks were toiling to roast huge oxen, and fat sheep; in another, hogsheads of ale were set abroach, to be drained at the freedom of all comers.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence:
1  Flat prose and flat ginger ale are equally insipid: both lack sparkle.
2  As we quaff our ale, we listen to the lively songs of the students in the tavern.
3  I sometimes enjoy a pint of ale.