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

Fat, untidy and crapulous, �vejk is a natural disaster as a soldier.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And what conclusion do you draw from the fact that the crime is a crapulous one?" the magistrate proceeded to enquire.

From Fantômas by Metcalfe, Cranstoun

The gentleman in question, a battered and crapulous cab-tout, presented himself for inspection, and one of the policemen offered to accompany him and impress the reported keeper with the urgency of the situation.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

This wretched monk, he concluded, must have possessed a damnably intimate knowledge of Nepenthean conditions, and a cantankerous and crapulous turn of mind, into the bargain.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman