get drunk

Example Sentences

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Gary Shapiro, head of the Consumer Technology Association, told the committee that self-driving vehicles, “are never distracted, never tired, they don’t get drunk and they don’t fall asleep.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Although basketball people get drunk on expectations and projections every year at the NBA draft, this feels different — the kind of buzz that’s only accompanied the smallest handful of modern players.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Though he did write that "drowning the shamrock... by no means implies that it is necessary to get drunk in doing so".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2019

I go out and have fun but I rarely get drunk and I wake up fresh and energised.

From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2017

The Frenchmen smiled, but their manner was constrained and they seemed in no mood to get drunk.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan