- present participle of intoxicate.
intoxicating
Example Sentences
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No one captured the intoxicating possibilities of the 1980s better than Tyler.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
She described the first No Kings protest, which she had been initially nervous to attend, as an intoxicating experience.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Rock ’n’ roll, with its roots in black American music, offered something urgent and liberating: a sense of community and the intoxicating possibility that nothing was inevitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Besson innovates with a subplot about Dracul’s foray into the world of perfume as he develops an intoxicating fragrance in Florence using French lavender, testing the potion on the pre-Revolution socialites in towering white-powdered wigs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
For the first time since he was fifteen, Pollard was deprived of the intoxicating rush of riding.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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