high-proof
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The trifecta of sugar, low moisture ingredients and some high-proof spirits make fruitcakes some of the longest-lasting foods in the world.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
But distilleries that make high-proof spirits remain heavily regulated at both the federal and state level.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
What emerged from all this compression was a high-proof distillation of the genre with a hell of an after-kick.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2020
And 16 years was a pretty good run for a liver, considering how many shots of high-proof bad faith and doublespeak our culture knocks back on a daily basis.
From Time ● Aug. 5, 2015
Everybody declares we must have a new patent fire escape, an automatic engine switch, or a high-proof non-combustible sort of lamp oil.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Stratton D. Brooks
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