vermouth
Americannoun
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vermouths
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of vermouth
1800–10; < French (now vermout ) < German Wermuth (now Wermut ) absinthe, wormwood
Example Sentences
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But for most of my life, they felt like the domain of grandfathers, finance bros and people who knew what vermouth was without having to Google it.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
I just look at the vermouth — I don’t put it in the martini; I glance at it, and that’s enough vermouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Add the vermouth, and deglaze the pan by scraping any brown bits off the bottom of the pan and incorporating them back into the onions.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
The salmon is drizzled with dry vermouth, then roasts in a foil-wrapped baking dish with shallot, carrot, celery and thyme.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
I lowered the vermouth bottle to the other side of the bed when she came in.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
So why not experiment with different Italian vermouths and find the one that enhances and deepens your experience with the cocktail?
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2021
The red and white vermouths on tap are made with local botanicals and mixed with soda or tonic — the perfect pre-dinner drink.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2020
As a result, bartenders will replace high-alcohol liquors like gin with lower-alcohol wines like prosecco in mixed drinks, and make more use of shrubs, craft vermouths, botanicals and distilled nonalcoholic spirits like Seedlip.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2019
At cocktail bar Doppelgänger, owner Guillermo Federico Blumenkamp leans heavily on Argentina’s long-held love for bitters and vermouths, once a common post-work libation for laborers, many of Italian descent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2018
As we sat over our vermouths he glorified the Company's business, and by and by I expressed casually my surprise at him not going out there.
From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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