drunkard

Example Sentences

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As the stock market alternatively displays the grace of a boxer and the oafishness of a drunkard, investors are once more confronting that which they fear most: volatility.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

All to communicate that this was a vigorous, healthy man of action, not an ailing drunkard.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

With imaginative sympathy Tolstoy becomes a general in battle, a young girl at her first ball, a disillusioned prince, a drunkard, a lover—often amid a backdrop “laden with snow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Franklin Pierce, although a Northerner, fiercely defended slavery while signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act; he was a drunkard to boot.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

Instead of a bumbling drunkard there now stood in the path of the mob a giant man.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya