Get to know Pub better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like saloon or taphouse.
Pub in a sentence
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Pub meaning
A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
Using Pub
- The main meaning on this page is: A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- Useful related words include: public house, saloon, pothouse, gin mill.
- In the example corpus, pub often appears in combinations such as: the pub, pub in, pub is.
Context around Pub
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 10 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pub
- In this selection, "pub" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sustainable, include, year, brand, chef and bar stand out and add context to how "pub" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a great pub again, about the pub s future, community pub and irish pub. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pub" sits close to words such as ali, architecture and invasion, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pub
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
PUB: A city centre chain pub is reducing food and drink prices for one day. (15 words)
It is a family run pub and restaurant that serves traditional pub food and has a suntrap beer garden. (19 words)
Willy's Pub Willy's Pub is Rice's undergraduate pub run by students located in the basement of the Rice Memorial Center. (23 words)
The cellar of a pub was cold and so the law required the remains of the dead to be taken to a pub and then the publicans thought it would make sense if they set up a funeral business to run in tandem with the pub they owned,” Kieran relates. (50 words)
National Geographic Traveller included the Flushing pub in its 13 best breakfasts in the UK list and Muddy Stilettos cited the pub opening as a key reason for Flushing and Falmouth being included in their recent Best Places to Live in Cornwall list. (43 words)
A council planning officer, recommending the scheme be approved, noted the demolition of the pub would be the loss of a community facility, but the pub has been vacant "for some time" and the deterioration on the site "is clear". (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
At the grand final other awards that will be up for grabs include Pub Brand of the Year, Bar Brand of the Year, Pub Chef of the Year, and Sustainable Pub & Bar of the Year.
The cellar of a pub was cold and so the law required the remains of the dead to be taken to a pub and then the publicans thought it would make sense if they set up a funeral business to run in tandem with the pub they owned,” Kieran relates.
Willy's Pub Willy's Pub is Rice's undergraduate pub run by students located in the basement of the Rice Memorial Center.
A council planning officer, recommending the scheme be approved, noted the demolition of the pub would be the loss of a community facility, but the pub has been vacant "for some time" and the deterioration on the site "is clear".
An average turkey dinner will set you back £12.05 with a soft drink, or £13.52 with an alcoholic drink, with prices varying from pub-to-pub.
A plan to build flats at the back of a pub near Reading town centre has been torpedoed over concerns about the pub’s future.
A vacant former pub in north could be transformed into have been lodged with Liverpool Council to convert the old Queen Victoria pub on Rice Lane into a series of one and two-bed apartments.
Chris Tulloch, managing director of Blind Tiger Inns, says the pub will be “unrecognisable” inside and he “can’t wait” to show pub-goers their new-look local.
Derbyshire Live featured the plight of Neptune pub landlord Steve Kirk, who was having trouble getting beer delivered for the regulars who still find their way through the maze of barriers to his pub on The Spot.
Husband and wife team, Dottie and Russell Blakey, from Upwell, will be jointly running the existing pub and tearoom with long standing landlady Kay Butler who has been at the helm of the pub for the past six years.
In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Services Agreement, and as consideration for the services provided by PUB, the Company has agreed to pay PUB a cash fee of USD$50,000.
It is a family run pub and restaurant that serves traditional pub food and has a suntrap beer garden.
James was a regular fixture at the Drayton pub, and last night a number of regular quizzers made their way to the pub in Cosham’s High Street to show their support.
Mike Powell from Stroud Brewery said: "We are proud to be shortlisted in the Great British Pub Awards for 2023 for most sustainable pub.
National Geographic Traveller included the Flushing pub in its 13 best breakfasts in the UK list and Muddy Stilettos cited the pub opening as a key reason for Flushing and Falmouth being included in their recent Best Places to Live in Cornwall list.
Next to the Ark was a pub called the Coach and Horses; this last pub was situated where the bookies now stand and was opened in 1869 and demolished like many Winsford pubs in 1907.
Now, the pub itself is located in a Marriot Hotel, but don't let the modern hotel fool you, this Irish pub is the real deal.
PUB: A city centre chain pub is reducing food and drink prices for one day.
Samantha said: "We're going to apply all of our skillsets to build back the Fleming Arms into the community pub and bring it back for the local residents as they deserve to have a great pub again.
THE landlady and landlord at an Oswaldtwistle pub hope becoming the Lancashire Telegraph Pub of the Year would be a great way for them to mark their 10th anniversary since they went behind the bar.
Phrases with pub
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with pub
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the pub 77×
- pub in 27×
- pub is 25×
- pub and 23×
- pub of 11×
- pub has 9×
- pub on 8×
- pub was 7×
- pub will 7×
- pub the 7×