ardent spirits
Example Sentences
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Yet the nation's most famous glutton spurned ardent spirits for orange juice and lemon pop.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though never a strict abstainer, I have wrought as an operative mason for whole twelvemonths together, in which I did not consume half-a-dozen glasses of ardent spirits, or partake of half-a-dozen draughts of fermented liquor.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh
Mother," he said in a feeble tone, "God bless you for having taught me to avoid ardent spirits.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)
Again: The total disuse of ardent spirits is essential to the beneficial influence of the example of the temperate upon society at large.
From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society
The reinforcements were consequently eagerly expected, and some of the more ardent spirits demanded that they should be led without delay against the enemy.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
