drunk

Example Sentences

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That is a sign of a healthy market, not one drunk on euphoria.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Another called it “bewilderingly nice” to hang with Scots, noting, “Even when they were drunk they were nice, not smarmy.”

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

Participants reported everything they had eaten and drunk during the previous 24 hours and answered whether they routinely added salt to food at the table.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Prosecuting barrister Nicholas Lobbenberg KC said Digwa had a "weapons obsession", adding that his depiction to police of Nowak as a "racist, drunk, violent aggressor compounds the natural grief and loss of the deceased's family".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Children, who are particularly vulnerable to the effects of iodine 131, had drunk the cows’ milk.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland