Pint is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pint in a sentence
Related words
Pint meaning
- A unit of volume, equivalent to:
- one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
- 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).
Synonyms of Pint
Using Pint
- The main meaning on this page is: A unit of volume, equivalent to: | one eighth of a gallon, specifically: | 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).
- Useful related words include: british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit, dry pint.
- In the example corpus, pint often appears in combinations such as: pint of, pint in, for pint.
Context around Pint
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pint
- In this selection, "pint" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, half, imperial, four, sized, glass and blood stand out and add context to how "pint" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 36p a pint and a 12 pint seemed outrageous. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pint" sits close to words such as airpods, asthma and brittany, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pint
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A pint is a pint - it's always been a pint. (11 words)
Among these pint-sized utes, the remains one of our favorites. (11 words)
The larger quart jars come in less frequently than the pint and half-pint jars. (15 words)
Brown and mild A popular drink in the West Midlands, "brown and mild" (also known as a " boilermaker ") is a half pint of draught mild served mixed with a half pint of bottled brown ale in a pint glass. (39 words)
Pint-sized driver surprises Utah trooper during traffic stopA Utah Highway Patrol trooper got a pint-sized surprise when he pulled over a 5-year-old driver who was swerving so badly he thought the driver needed medical. (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)
After a long day at the football or whatever else a Saturday afternoon brings, you can't beat going down your local and catching up with some familiar faces over a pint or two (or ten! (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A pint is a pint - it's always been a pint.
Brown and mild A popular drink in the West Midlands, "brown and mild" (also known as a " boilermaker ") is a half pint of draught mild served mixed with a half pint of bottled brown ale in a pint glass.
Just to give you a picture of how much the price of a pint has gone up over the years - the average price of a pint in 2019 was £3.73.
Meanwhile, a four pint of milk at Tesco currently costs £1.45 which is around 36p a pint.
Pubs also pay about 25 pence per pint in business rates, whereas supermarkets pay a fraction of this amount - perhaps two pence a pint or so.
The Pint For A Pint Blood Drive is happening on July 19, and it's the first time the blood bank is implementing new guidelines for Gay and bisexual men.
Pint-sized driver surprises Utah trooper during traffic stopA Utah Highway Patrol trooper got a pint-sized surprise when he pulled over a 5-year-old driver who was swerving so badly he thought the driver needed medical.
The larger quart jars come in less frequently than the pint and half-pint jars.
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.
A US pint is 473 mL, while a UK pint is 568 mL, about 20% larger.
Draught beer and cider must be sold by the imperial pint, and milk in returnable bottles can be sold by the imperial pint.
In the North West of England a mixture of half a pint of mild and half a pint of bitter is known as a "mixed".
According to social trading business eToro, the biggest rise was in the price of a pint of milk, which is up by 50 per cent.
A doctored image was viewed more than 600,000 times after it was shared by Labour MP Karl Turner showing Mr Sunak holding a pint with a thick, white head – as a bartender looked on disapprovingly.
After a long day at the football or whatever else a Saturday afternoon brings, you can't beat going down your local and catching up with some familiar faces over a pint or two (or ten!
Also memorable was the putrid swamp planet of Dagobah, where Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) receives instruction in the mystical Force from the wizened, gnome-like, pint-sized guru Yoda (Frank Oz).
Among these pint-sized utes, the remains one of our favorites.
And after a day on the beach, you can pop into The Ship and enjoy a pint and locally-sourced meal in Dunwich’s dog-friendly pub.
And beer lovers will remember not too long ago a $12 pint seemed outrageous but punters at pubs were recently complaining of near $20 pints of the amber ale.
Anyway, I was going to try a pint of Brixton Low Voltage 4.3% IPA but it was off so, on an impulse, I selected a Theakston Mild instead.
Common combinations with pint
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pint of 48×
- pint in 13×
- for pint 13×
- of pint 12×
- pint and 12×
- pint or 11×
- the pint 9×
- pint is 7×
- pint glass 7×
- pint with 6×