How to Use watering hole in a Sentence

watering hole

noun
  • What is the best Theater District watering hole and the drink to get?
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • This space has been a Davis Square watering hole for 75 years.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
  • The best Theater District watering hole and the drink to get.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Can’t watch from your couch or your favorite watering hole when the games are played?
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • And there are places here, such as the python watering hole, too sacred to be shared with outsiders.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • But the decor was inspired by a good old-fashioned watering hole.
    Jennifer Blaise Kramer, House Beautiful, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The tavern was a favorite watering hole on the Ridgeland strip.
    Bob Bong, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The watering hole was been in existence since the early 1922.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Among the glitz and glam of Old Town, this little neighborhood watering hole offers cold beer and a lot of lights.
    Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The town claims the most famous watering hole/café for dealmakers, Bucks.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • In its short run, The Branch became a watering hole for Spring Branch residents.
    Megha McSwain, Chron, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Pub opened its doors, the trio behind the fictional watering hole plan to start selling some booze of their own.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022
  • The beloved Arizona watering hole opened its doors for the season on the first weekend of October.
    Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2021
  • In its more than 175-year history, this restaurant has been a town store, inn and watering hole.
    Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 13 June 2023
  • Mosey on up to this watering hole filled with a cast of characters.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022
  • The beverage menu at these watering holes isn't as large as Cress Bar's, but the drinks deliver on taste.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Next door, find Moe's Tavern, the iconic watering hole from the series, serving up Duff Beer and more.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2021
  • And while most fans will be home (or at a favorite watering hole) over the weekend, don’t be surprised if some slip away in the early part of next week.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • In many places in the world, including parts of India, the local watering hole or river is still the spot to clean one’s body—and clothes, and dishes.
    Rory Satran, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Um, who was single and had no children, worked at the local watering hole seven days a week.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 20 June 2023
  • Customers at Caruso’s stroll in to find a small watering hole to the right of the host stand and a drinks list that has some of us rubbing our eyes at the welcome sight of $10 cocktails.
    Washington Post, 16 July 2021
  • More people flock to their neighborhood watering hole than any other time of the year.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Saloon, a beloved watering hole that used to offer $1 beers, was rumored to be sold for millions.
    Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Rent the back room at a special restaurant or just keep things simple with drinks at your favorite watering hole.
    Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Despite the recent rain across the region, the Guadalupe River and a popular watering hole are in a sorry state.
    Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • On Wednesday, Esquire unveiled its 2022 roundup of the best bars in America and one Cincinnati watering hole made the list.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 15 June 2022
  • For a decade, Twitter was the premier watering hole for the chattering classes.
    Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The guests looked sometimes like drowsy animals by a watering hole: lolling around, moving their bodies only from their loungers to the pool.
    Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Right now, the two artists are spending a July evening sipping drinks out of tiny disco balls in a funky watering hole in Montreal.
    Tara Catherine Reid, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The idea for Ineos Automotive was hatched at the bar, and the first model is named after the former watering hole for soldiers.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024

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