How to Use barfly in a Sentence

barfly

noun

• The barfly eyed the rangy blond man who was circling the pool table.
  — oregonlive.com, 22 July 2019
• The barfly's secret: Hold the cork horizontally and drop it from a height 1.5 times its length.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2008
• Marvel is the kind of universe where a random barfly on Crime Island jokes about Bucky's new haircut.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2021
• In most landmark cases, the plaintiff doesn’t stick around like an ornery barfly at closing time, making trouble for all sides.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• Yet, despite such catering to an affluent customer base, the barfly willing to spend $500 on a single shot is rare — even at Alexander’s.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• Harry kept their dinner reservation while Doris stayed home, and he immediately got hit on by Mickey (Macaulay Culkin), the local gay barfly.
  — Andrea Reiher, Variety, 25 Aug. 2021
• Keith arrives for one assignation shortly after seeing Paula’s husband thump a barfly for a mild insult.
  — oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2020
• Fan-favorite songs are shamelessly shoehorned into the narrative, often to laughably literal effect: During namesake Margaritaville, which closes Act 1, Tully and his barfly buddies eat spongecake and search for a lost shaker of salt.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024