Sentence examples for the mulled from inspiring English sources
verb
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.
- To mull a thought or a problem
"We need the new constituency boundaries in place," one Tory insider confided over the mulled wine.
Of all the mulled possibilities, my favourite has got to be "Rum Bumpo".
Time, then, to get out the mulled wine, or boil the kettle for a nice cup of tea, and settle down to a festive favourite.
The mulled red wine is a signature beverage at the Igloo Bar, a snow-sculptured outdoor hangout right on the ski slope.
As well as the mulled wine and the dough chimneys, there's Central European sausage and cider, schnitzel and sauerkraut with black pudding, vast waffles washed down with hot chocolate.
You may want to hold off on the mulled wine and cocktails this holiday season, according to a new report that looked at the number of calories Americans get from alcoholic beverages.
On a Saturday the 11-year-old son of the owner, dressed in a trim suit with a name tag, greeted regulars with polite kisses when not tending the mulled-wine stand outside.
And as I've stood in the crush and the chaos and the warm, mulled air, the one that has lodged in my mind is a Waterstone's poster with an Alan Bennett quotation: "The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you," it says.
How true, how true, but not much help to the embattled civil servants and ministers dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's of the green paper over the festive mulled wine and cigars.
They enjoy the foods they associate with the season: mulled cider, hot chocolate, pot roast.
I didn't meet the pair, but the friendly staff ensured a warm welcome during my December visit – bolstered by the hot mulled wine on offer in the snug reception.
