drunks

Example Sentences

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Otto von Bismarck’s special providence for “fools, drunks, and the United States of America” may be coming to the aid of the current incumbent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“Peacemaker” creator James Gunn is fully aware of the music’s association with stinky Spandex, spittle and sloppy beer drunks.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

"Both my daughters are young doctors and they tell me that hospital campuses are overrun by anti-social elements, drunks and touts," she says.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

The leader of a grass roots group supporting servicemen and women, Brigadier General pilot Dariusz Wronski, said soldiers were really outraged by the film, which he said showed them as drunks and thugs.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023

“Kote, sir,” Kote replied in an indulgent tone that mothers use on children and innkeepers use on drunks.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss