crapulous
Example Sentences
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In those crapulous times, 50 years ago, he was no nicer than others, and far more energetic.
From Time Magazine Archive
I dreamed I saw three demi-gods who in a cafe sat, And one was small and crapulous, and one was large and fat; And one was eaten up with vice and verminous at that.
From Ballads of a Bohemian by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
We traversed unhindered a camp sunk in sleep, where we heard no sound but crapulous snorings.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White
"Well, sir," said the rear-admiral, sternly, for he was no longer disposed to trifle with any of the crapulous set; "well, sir, what impertinence has brought you here?"
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
In 1900, directed against the crapulous exoticism of contemporary literature, it was an antidote, childhood was being used as a medicine against an assumed attack of second childhood.
From G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study by Julius West
