How to Use highball in a Sentence

highball

noun

• For each drink, fill a highball glass with the crushed ice and set aside.
  — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
• Serve in a highball glass filled with ice cubes and top it off with the cider.
  — Megan Murphy, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2021
• Combine 1 ½ ounces gin and the juice of half a lime in a highball glass.
  — AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The recipe is straightforward: Fill a highball glass to the brim with ice.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 15 Nov. 2018
• Fill a highball glass to the top with ice, and then pour in the orange juice mixture.
  — Julia Turshen, sacbee, 20 Feb. 2018
• To make a lilac gin and tonic: Fill a highball glass with ice.
  — Maya Wilson, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 June 2017
• Combine gin with the juice of half a lemon and simple syrup in a highball.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 27 June 2022
• Shake to chill and strain into a highball glass with ice.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2023
• In a tall highball glass, combine the lime slices and juice with the sugar and three mint leaves.
  — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022
• Rub the rim of a highball glass with cut side of lime wedge, then dip rim into salt.
  — Odette Williams, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
• The bar's policy is to keep highballs around $5 and draft beers around $5 or $6.
  — Tim Carman, ajc, 7 May 2017
• Side by side on the bar was his pack of menthol Marlboros and a Visa to keep the highballs coming.
  — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Pour into a highball full of ice cubes. Garnish with a grapefruit twist over the top of the drink.
  — Talia Abbas, SELF, 6 Dec. 2018
• Pour the Lyre’s Apéritif Dry into a highball glass filled with ice cubes. Squeeze over and then drop in the lemon wedges.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
• Half fill a balloon wine glass or highball glass with ice cubes.
  — Tina Danze, Dallas News, 30 June 2020
• Served as a highball, the boozy flavors aren't very condensed.
  — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
• The drink is served in a highball glass and is a yellowish green color at the bottom.
  — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2022
• Pass the drinkers and their highball glasses, up some stairs, past a tiny, crowded kitchen and into the small patio in the back.
  — Cleon Arrey, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• When ready to drink, stir in the apricot ale and serve in highball glasses over ice, garnished with mint.
  — Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2017
• Place 3 cucumber wheels and 5 mint leaves in the bottom of each highball glass.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 28 June 2013
• Fill a highball glass nearly to the top with rocks cracked from a solid ice block, or 1-inch ice cubes, or a frozen spear of ice.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022
• Strain into a highball with ice and top with the tonic water.
  — Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• WhistlePig recommends drinking this on the rocks or in a highball.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 June 2023
• Place ice cubes in a tall highball glass, add 1 ounce vodka and half of cocktail mixture to each glass.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022
• But the real secret to the highball’s staying power lies in the bubbles.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2020
• Drinks are clever and a little indulgent, like desserts in a highball.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
• Is the highball a forgiving, splash-it-and-done, perfect-for-lazy-summer-evenings sort of drink?
  — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 18 June 2019
• The two-serving cans come with a bag of ice — enough to fill a couple of highball glasses with a little extra to spare.
  — Dominic Armato, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2020
• So get out your best Collins glass, make some clear ice, top it with a fancy garnish, and your glass of ginger ale magically becomes an elegant highball.
  — Tony Sachs, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
• Moët Hennessy is expanding from cases and bottles into highballs and coupes.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024