How to Use claret in a Sentence

claret

noun
  • This season's away shirt was more of a claret colour, a theme City has used in the past.
    — SI.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • No longer in the shadows of Irish golf, Shane Lowry now has his name etched on the base of the silver claret jug.
    — Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 22 July 2019
  • Not many would’ve picked Lowry to become the fifth Irishman to hoist the old claret jug at the start of this season.
    — Alistair Tait, USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
  • Potential to improve in the future but so far, Ajeti has flopped in claret and blue.
    — SI.com, 12 Oct. 2019
  • All in claret and blue could look forward with confidence to the next game – Sheffield United away.
    — Michael Walker, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
  • In the past two games, the claret and blues have shown a level of passion and desire which has been lacking in recent years.
    — SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Cameras caught the Prince of Wales, 41, and his son, 10, standing up and clapping, with George sporting a claret and blue team scarf around his neck.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Unfortunately not the shade of claret and blue, which is closest to my heart.
    — James Masters, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
  • No one has ever won the claret jug twice at Royal Liverpool.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
  • Flanking Alan Pardew, the team’s manager, Tevez and Mascherano held up claret-and-blue shirts and smiled for the news media.
    — Alex Duff and Tariq Panja, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2017
  • My father liked to drink red Burgundy with beef and Yorkshire pudding, and claret with lamb and roast new potatoes.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
  • The Argentine adorns a number of staples to his head after what appeared to be a sizeable amount of claret on show.
    — SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Even with so many players in contention early, the engraver was able to get to work early on those 16 letters across the base of the silver claret jug.
    — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024
  • Made of Egyptian cotton and dyed a rich claret color, this dressing gown is perfect for those who want to feel regal.
    — Isiah Magsino, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2021
  • By the final whistle there are thousands of empty white and claret seats and the mood is one of quiet resignation.
    — Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • And yet here Downton is, stuffed to the gills with good claret and Mrs. Patmore’s rissoles, ready to remind us that things worked better when everyone knew their place.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Watching on helplessly with Adomah are nine others in the claret and blue of Aston Villa.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Having scored twice in West Ham's win over Watford, Haller is clearly repaying this faith but believes his best is yet to come in claret and blue.
    — SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Much like the claret and blues, Fulham have recovered from an indifferent start to the season and will be a tricky opponent.
    — SI.com, 8 Oct. 2017
  • The gown, designed by Herve Pierre in collaboration with Mrs. Trump, featured a slit skirt, ruffled accent trim from the neckline to the hem and a claret ribbon around the waist.
    — Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Monica arrives in her most form-fitting claret-hued dress, but something’s off.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The young American rallied to put together a remarkable final few holes, carding three birdies and one eagle in the process, to snaffle the claret jug for the first time.
    — CNN, 26 Dec. 2017
  • That creation is vanilla silk crepe off-the-shoulder gown with a slit skirt, a ruffled trim from neck to hem, and a claret ribbon around the waist is housed at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • If one of the players can break through and claim a green jacket or a claret jug or one of golf’s other great prizes, LIV will have achieved its mightiest measure of vindication to date.
    — Alan Blinder, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The Substance, meanwhile, goes several steps further, unleashing such a ridiculous amount of claret that Fargeat apologized to her cast and crew in the end credits.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This has led some scientists to predict the extinction of wines that are nearly synonymous with the liquid itself, such as Burgundy’s pinot noirs or Bordeaux clarets.
    — The Economist, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Thick draperies and sumptuous colours of claret and terracotta frame the interiors, awarding warmth and comfort.
    — Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
  • This is a history of Western civilization viewed through the prism of a glass of claret, minus the wars and boring treaties, but full of culture, commerce, art, literature and religion.
    — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The Brazilian ran towards the box, but recognising he was surrounded by claret and blue shirts, played a sublime pass to a sprinting, unmarked Sadio Mané, who coolly slotted the ball into the bottom corner.
    — SI.com, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Scott’s new movie has been competing not only with fond, nightmarish memories of his original bloody masterpiece, but with a long parade of other releases that spray the claret like a bunch of drunken Xenomorphs.
    — The Mercury News, 24 May 2017

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