plural sherries
: a Spanish fortified wine with a distinctive nutty flavor
also
: a similar wine produced elsewhere
Examples of sherry in a Sentence
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The latest release was something of a sherry bomb, with nearly half of the whiskey spending about four years in Pedro Ximenez casks.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
Add the lemon juice, lemon verbena tea, sherry and Galliano L’Autentico.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2024
For example, the Cash and Curry is a creamy milk punch made from gin, sherry, lychee and curry leave, then shaken with a rice-miso-coconut horchata.
—Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Order the restaurant’s signature dry, 5-finger Martini, a delicious concoction made with two kinds of sherry and blanc vermouth, garnished with three plump olives on a thin skewer.
—Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
El Milanese, for instance, is made with rye whiskey, Fino sherry, hydroalcoholic shallot and saffron.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024
For quick Easter place-setting touches, put an egg in a sherry glass and add a few sprigs of grass or greenery.
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The Bois, Bois, Bois combines Maison Rouge cognac with Amontillado sherry, chamomile, and sparkling wine.
—Vivienne Peters; Photos By Judy Revenaugh, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
Toss cucumbers with cherry, grape, and pear tomatoes, plus a tangy sherry vinegar and fresh ginger dressing.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
Add the lemon juice, lemon verbena tea, sherry and Galliano L’Autentico.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2024
For example, the Cash and Curry is a creamy milk punch made from gin, sherry, lychee and curry leave, then shaken with a rice-miso-coconut horchata.
—Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Order the restaurant’s signature dry, 5-finger Martini, a delicious concoction made with two kinds of sherry and blanc vermouth, garnished with three plump olives on a thin skewer.
—Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
El Milanese, for instance, is made with rye whiskey, Fino sherry, hydroalcoholic shallot and saffron.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024
For quick Easter place-setting touches, put an egg in a sherry glass and add a few sprigs of grass or greenery.
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The Bois, Bois, Bois combines Maison Rouge cognac with Amontillado sherry, chamomile, and sparkling wine.
—Vivienne Peters; Photos By Judy Revenaugh, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
Toss cucumbers with cherry, grape, and pear tomatoes, plus a tangy sherry vinegar and fresh ginger dressing.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Sherry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sherry. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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Etymology
named for Xeres (now spelled Jerez), a city in Spain where the wine was originally made
Word Origin
It is common to name wines after the part of a country where they are made. The wine called sherry today was first made in a town originally called, in Spanish, Xeres. The English approximation of the Spanish pronunciation was \ˈsher-ēz\, spelled sherris. After a time, people thought that sherris was a plural and so made a singular form, sherry, by cutting off the supposed plural ending. The \sh\ sound symbolized by x in Spanish (later by j) changed to a \ḵ\ or \h\, so that the modern Spanish pronunciation of Jerez is even less like English sherry.
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