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
As Treasure Jones, Lily refuses to let her doughboy clients get drunk: “We owe it to their mothers to protect their livers.”
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2020
The autonomous car won't get drunk, or tired, it won't shout at the kids on the back seat.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2017
The Frenchmen smiled, but their manner was constrained and they seemed in no mood to get drunk.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
