inebriety
Example Sentences
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It is foolish to question the motives of men who, without thought of personal gain, are trying to remedy the evils of inebriety.
From Civics and Health by William H. Allen
A year or two ago I made a somewhat comprehensive European tour, and studied carefully the methods of dealing with inebriety.
From Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy by Charles B. Towns
The inebriety of hope seized all the guests; as for me, I felt myself bathed in tears.
From Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. by Auguste Louis Baron de Stael-Holstein
The bucolic gentleman, who had completely lost his appearance of inebriety, mumbled a few incoherent words and departed.
From An Amiable Charlatan by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
He had drunk a good deal, but any inebriety from which he suffered was due much more to his own vivacity than to alcohol.
From Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
