delirium tremens
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
An autopsy later found that she had been experiencing delirium tremens caused by withdrawal from diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication that P.T.S. staff members said they were never informed she was taking.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016
The book records a period of acute psychological and spiritual disorientation, delirium tremens, the near-destruction of a literary intelligence, starring Kerouac as Jack Duluoz, “bloody ‘King of the Beatniks.’”
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2013
Europe, which does not see well the causes, shudders at this delirium tremens of despotism in America.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
Horr′or-strick′en, -struck, struck with horror.—The horrors, extreme depression: delirium tremens.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The disease, when this symptom is marked, especially if there is at the same time low, muttering delirium and a moist skin, presents a considerable degree of resemblance to delirium tremens.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
