delirium tremens

Example Sentences

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Saying that delirium tremens, which is often fatal, can result from missing baseball or that video of old games is like methadone, a horrid drug, was cruel.

From Washington Post

Now you are suffering something akin to delirium tremens.

From Washington Post

I sat with her through her delirium tremens, and held her hand, or kept my hand on her arm, while she shook.

From The New Yorker

Instead of sobering up, he started to get delirium tremens.

From Literature

By the end, he’s shed his expensive suit for his underwear and a ratty blanket, shivering in ways that equally suggest delirium tremens and mortal terror.

From New York Times