- present participle of intoxicate.
intoxicating
Example Sentences
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“We wanted adventure . . . to open our lives to surprise,” Mr. Bamberger recalls in this intoxicating tale of players and caddies, characters and courses.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Toyon brings red berries in winter and white flowers in spring, while California sagebrush and Cleveland sage fill the air with an intoxicating perfume.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
That's what makes this season so intoxicating; so much jeopardy, so much unpredictability and so many teams who have come to the party.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
This Christian-bro gym culture offers many young men an intoxicating sense of purpose, one in which the pursuit of conventional masculinity is given a kind of divine backing.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2026
He hated running, but the applause was intoxicating, and the prospect of more was just enough incentive to keep him marginally compliant.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing intoxicating
The Haunting of Hill House
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