drunkenness

Example Sentences

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Reformers often regarded problems like poverty and drunkenness as the result of a lack of self-discipline and of a strong moral compass.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

It wasn’t fair “to charge the Legislature as a whole with drunkenness and philandering,” he asserted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2021

"His case changed Korean law and the way we view drunkenness in crime," Mr Yoon said.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2021

While the authorities willfully ignore many violations, foreigners have on occasion been arrested for such crimes as posting satirical videos online, public drunkenness or kissing.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020

Haiyi felt his drunkenness fade as he stared into the steady black eyes of the Old Man of the Moon.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin