Guinness is an English word with synonyms like actor or player. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Guinness in a sentence
Guinness meaning
- A surname from Irish.
- A brand of dark stout beer from Ireland, one of the most widely recognised brands of beer in the world, named for Arthur Guinness who first brewed it.
- Guinness World Records.
Synonyms of Guinness
Using Guinness
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Irish. | A brand of dark stout beer from Ireland, one of the most widely recognised brands of beer in the world, named for Arthur Guinness who first brewed it. | Guinness World Records.
- Useful related words include: alec guinness, sir alec guinness, actor, histrion.
- In the example corpus, guinness often appears in combinations such as: guinness world, the guinness, guinness book.
Context around Guinness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Guinness
- In this selection, "guinness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, jonathan, dublin, world, storehouse and nigeria stand out and add context to how "guinness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new guinness world record and pint of guinness. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "guinness" sits close to words such as breezy, controversies and dearly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with guinness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A pub is selling what it claims is the cheapest pint of Guinness in the UK – for just £2. (19 words)
A stunning watch created by Les Ateliers Louis Moinet has set a new Guinness World Record for incorporating most meteorite inserts. (21 words)
A shrine to the black stuff, the Storehouse is built around a central atrium that is shaped like a pint of Guinness. (22 words)
A British cycling Guinness World Records holder is to make his “dream” a reality by taking on the first three stages of the Tour de France 2023 to raise money to buy bikes for victims of modern slavery. (38 words)
Simply put, they will be tasked with visiting a handful of Dublin pubs, ordering a pint of Guinness and taking a photo of it before moving on to the best bit: drinking said pint of Guinness. (36 words)
Meticulously developed thanks to inspiration from the Guinness archives and brewed at the famous St. James’s Gate brewery in Dublin, Guinness Extra Stout is crafted from the finest quality malt, hops, and Irish barley. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mary is the youngest child and only daughter of James Charteris and his first wife Catherine, who is the daughter of Guinness heir Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne.
Meticulously developed thanks to inspiration from the Guinness archives and brewed at the famous St. James’s Gate brewery in Dublin, Guinness Extra Stout is crafted from the finest quality malt, hops, and Irish barley.
In the Times report, they note that Guinness's parent company, Diageo, has even limited the amount of Guinness that businesses can buy due to "exceptional customer demand," according to a company statement.
Though these increases affect Guinness less than, say, higher end craft beers, as the hops used for Guinness are of a lower quality and not as expensive.
Reflecting on the numbers, Paul Carty, Managing Director of the Guinness Storehouse hailed 2019 was “another incredibly successful year for the Guinness Storehouse”.
Simply put, they will be tasked with visiting a handful of Dublin pubs, ordering a pint of Guinness and taking a photo of it before moving on to the best bit: drinking said pint of Guinness.
Commenting on the results, Baker Magunda, Managing Director/CEO, Guinness Nigeria Plc, said: “Over the year ending 30 June 2018, despite continued challenges in the operating environment, Guinness Nigeria delivered a strong performance.
For example, in 1961 Guinness published an entire book of parodies of Gilbert and Sullivan lyrics, illustrated with cartoons, to advertise Guinness Stout.
A British cycling Guinness World Records holder is to make his “dream” a reality by taking on the first three stages of the Tour de France 2023 to raise money to buy bikes for victims of modern slavery.
According to The Guinness Book of World Records, it is the highest-selling sci-fi racing game of all-time, with an estimated 3.12 million sales worldwide.
A chef, Adeyeye Adeola, has joined the race to displace Hilda Baci and set a new Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon (individual).
A dog named Rocky from Illinois, US, set a Guinness World Record for the longest tongue on a dog, measuring 5.6 inches.
An Akwa Ibom teacher, John Obot, who set a new Guinness World Record (GWR) for reading aloud for 145 hours had over 5 million online viewers worldwide.
An internet star has set a strange new Guinness World Record for stretching and holding his lower lip over his nose — called “” — for longer than anyone else.
A pub is selling what it claims is the cheapest pint of Guinness in the UK – for just £2.
A shrine to the black stuff, the Storehouse is built around a central atrium that is shaped like a pint of Guinness.
As per World Cube Association (WCA) rules, the fastest and slowest times are discounted when calculating the average, noted Guinness World Records.
A stunning watch created by Les Ateliers Louis Moinet has set a new Guinness World Record for incorporating most meteorite inserts.
A torrid opening 20 minutes ultimately proved costly for Scotland as their perfect start to the Guinness Six Nations campaign came to an end with a 32-21 defeat by France in Paris.
A Wokingham man is now the proud owner of a Guinness World Record (GWR) after completing 22 Olympic distance triathlons in seven days in memory of his brother.
Common combinations with guinness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- guinness world 74×
- the guinness 48×
- guinness book 16×
- of guinness 14×
- guinness six 13×
- new guinness 11×
- alec guinness 7×
- guinness and 6×
- by guinness 6×
- guinness is 5×