high-proof
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Still, the inverted rum placement made me wonder: what's the philosophical justification for the float of high-proof rum?
From Salon • Aug. 13, 2022
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
No doubt Daniels and writer Danny Strong, who collaborated on The Butler, want us to know they’re serving up high-proof melodrama.
From Time • Jan. 7, 2015
Wood alcohol, which is much cheaper than high-proof spirits, answers just as well the purpose of heating, but has an unpleasant odor.
From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary
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