drunkenness

Example Sentences

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But no complaints of drunkenness had been made by local residents, and indeed the licence was renewed the following month.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023

“Limit noise and drunkenness, clean up your mess and don’t pee in the canals. Keep in mind the locals and they will welcome you with open arms.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Big swaths of the novel take place in the liminal spaces between consciousness and sleep, drunkenness and sobriety, life and death.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2021

While the authorities willfully ignore many violations, foreigners have on occasion been arrested for such crimes as posting satirical videos online, public drunkenness or kissing.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020

Haiyi felt his drunkenness fade as he stared into the steady black eyes of the Old Man of the Moon.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin