inebriated

Example Sentences

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While he testified that Depp became increasingly inebriated, he said he witnessed an argument between the couple, and Depp “was kind of cowering and seemed almost afraid,” which was “odd to see.”

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

Cuomo defended the food-with-drinks rule over his concerns about inebriated people mingling at bars without social distancing.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2021

Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum came out as bisexual in an interview with Tamron Hall that aired Monday, six months after he was found inebriated and vomiting in a Miami hotel room.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2020

Various characters retreat into the building’s labyrinthine corridors and side rooms where further harrowing mischief awaits, the camera lurching after them like an inebriated ghost.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2019

What Disraeli said of Gladstone was also true of Churchill: he was “a sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith