- present tense form of inebriate (3rd person singular).
inebriates
Example Sentences
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And as a pair, they can be as quick, acerbic and caustically funny as the inebriates in the classic English movie “Withnail and I,” which is saying a lot.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2015
Snug as a bug, the cup he waits That cheers but not inebriates, She offers him a truly ducal tea, Whipped up, she says, with no diffewclty.
From Time Magazine Archive
In China, to get natives to buy kerosene, Standard salesmen sold lamps for less than a song, for a cheep as inebriates of Singapore used to say.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your letter, just forwarded here, has been like for me a draught from the "cup which cheers but not——" No, on second thoughts I can't go on with the quotation "but not inebriates."
From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
Away ran Mary to hasten the refreshing "cup which cheers but not inebriates," while Mr. Armstrong seated himself and began to talk to his wife.
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by H. B. Paull
