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

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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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Whoever relishes the summer cups that cheer but do not inebriate may add considerably to his enjoyment by using some of the sweet herbs.

From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains

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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We are not a poorhouse, y' kneow—or a house for inebriates.

From Wayside Courtships by Hamlin Garland

No intoxicating drink was to be got, and the cup that cheers but not inebriates has been Tommy's only stimulant.

From From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa by R. W. Allen

While he testified that Depp became increasingly inebriated, he said he witnessed an argument between the couple, and Depp “was kind of cowering and seemed almost afraid,” which was “odd to see.”

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022

Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum came out as bisexual in an interview with Tamron Hall that aired Monday, six months after he was found inebriated and vomiting in a Miami hotel room.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2020

Alternatively, a big dollop of very white, very thick cream is a fitting partner, making your patiently inebriated and majestic pears even more alluring.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2018

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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was something inebriating in the suppleness of this feat.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles