inebriate

United Architects entered a widely seen proposal in the competition, an ensemble of five slightly inebriate towers.

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She was an earthly personification of Emily Dickinson's inebriate of air and debauchee of dew, stoned on life and art.

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Testimonials to the cup that cheers but does not inebriate have been culled from Thackeray, Athaeneus, Pliny, Aristotle, Galen, Plutarch.

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What to drink that won't inebriate Put on weight or contain cyclamate.

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The reaction of the nervous system was, no doubt, similar to that arising from delirium tremens; and thus extremes met, and the savant perished like the inebriate.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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.

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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.

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Let every path that leads to delight, let every gratification that inebriates the soul be discovered.

From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by William Godwin

The substitution of red tape for the carmine fluid that inebriates is an innovation not appreciated.

From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron

In the end, the idleness inherent in a vacation lays bare Ashim, whom Aparna catches sight of while he is washing up outdoors and while dancing in an inebriated state with his comrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He said when Depp was inebriated, he would also “insult his fans” and call them “remoras,” also known as suckerfish.

From Washington Post ● May 17, 2022

Behind a group of Russian speakers huddled around a bucket of beers, a slightly inebriated and very friendly Brit grabs an extremely tall man and says, “Hey! Which team are you on?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2016

In developing this version, Ayer and Leto settled on someone who is a businessman at his core - inebriated with power and the absolute authority of his own instinct.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2016

What Disraeli said of Gladstone was also true of Churchill: he was “a sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

I was overcome by exhilarating, almost inebriating, episodes of gratitude overload brought on by an appreciation of small pleasures.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022

Museums and thousands of cool regional events often need volunteers, and the perks can be inebriating.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2011

They fear a new age of philistinism, a moment when the nation finally gives up on serious culture and focuses instead on making money and inebriating itself on talent contests and celebrity chat shows.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2011

The odors of peanuts, mustard and beer waft over the emerald green grass, and in the inebriating sunshine, laughter and catcalls issue from the bleachers.

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There was something inebriating in the suppleness of this feat.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles