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inebriety

[in-i-brahy-i-tee] / ˌɪn ɪˈbraɪ ɪ ti /


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This gave the room the appearance of having been toyed with by an impatient cyclone, or an air of inebriety not in keeping with my poor but honest character.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

It was not likely she had given him money, said Cutler, because he was about the post all that day after the Plumes' departure and with never a sign of inebriety.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Frederic Remington

It took possession of him too thoroughly, he said, with a plausible air, to allow of his affecting inebriety after holding an empty goblet to his lips, or swallowing mere toast-and-water or small beer.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook

However, 'tis expedient to be wary: Indifference, certes, don't produce distress; And rash enthusiasm in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnagey

There was, however, too much method in the next proceedings for it to be attributed wholly to emotional inebriety.

From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Ruth Putnam


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