- present participle of intoxicate.
intoxicating
Example Sentences
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At times, Schrader spoke about AI with the enthusiasm of a filmmaker discovering an intoxicating new set of creative tools.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
She described the first No Kings protest, which she had been initially nervous to attend, as an intoxicating experience.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
And yet the way of things at the top is under massive threat - and it's intoxicating.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
There’s the bubbling hum of rice boiling on the stove, the intoxicating aroma of warm milk infused with jaggery and fresh pods of cardamom filling the house with a scent no candle could compete with.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
It was such an intoxicating feeling that I knew I could not live without it.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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