sherry
noun
a fortified, amber-colored wine of southern Spain or any of various similar wines made elsewhere.
sherry
1 American
[sher-ee]
/ ˈʃɛr i /
noun
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sherries
plural
Sherry
2
American
[sher-ee]
/ ˈʃɛr i /
noun
sherry
British
/ ˈʃɛrɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sherry
1590–1600; back formation from sherris, construed as a plural
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I’ve slowly amassed a little lineup — rice, red wine, sherry, white balsamic — but the current star is CABI’s Sweet Yuzu Vinegar.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025
"What do you get for that, poet laureate? £70 a year and a barrel of sherry? Not interested."
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
Du Beke told them it was like his "favourite sherry trifle at Christmas".
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
For our take, we cook pancetta and shallots with Dijon mustard, olive oil and sherry vinegar for a bright yet comforting dressing to drizzle onto the greens just before serving.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
She rocks by the fire, sipping her sherry, counting the money in the purse on her lap, entering payments in her ledger before she locks everything in the trunk under her bed upstairs.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Since the Thursday rampage, Sherry Lauer, 56, has been watching her five-year-old granddaughter for signs of how she is processing the tragedy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Slate’s Nitish Pahwa talked to psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle about how “modern technology is scrambling our ability to live in the real world”—and what we can do about it.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
Sherry Turkle could have sworn the writer Susan Sontag had an anecdote about death and technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“We were scared to death to do it, but he convinced us that he was able to do it,” Sherry Kent says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The night of Sherry Heller’s New Year’s Eve party, I still had that fourth-grade picture in my wallet.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Spain dominates the wine list, and there are sherries, gins, vermouths and ciders.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
I also love fino sherries with oysters, and if you like sake, junmai sake and oysters are terrific.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
This week’s recommendations include two sherries from a label new to the U.S. market, through Grapes of Spain importers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2020
In the meantime, look also for sherries from Lustau and González Byass, more established labels that offer wide availability and reliable quality.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2020
The Spaniards call it Manzanilla, from a little apple, and they give the same name to one of their lightest sherries flavoured with this plant.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
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