hard drinking

Example Sentences

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There is McAvoy's hard drinking, watery-eyed boss, played by Sam Waterston, who defends the show to the relentlessly commercial, highly nepotistic and unguardedly stupid cable owners.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2012

Almost without exception they were well along in years�men who had spent the best part of their lives in hard riding on the range and in hard drinking afterwards, bronzed and heavy-handed titans.

From Time Magazine Archive

I deny this absolutely, and to prove the contrary, I say, the Persians had a custom to deliberate on things the most serious, and of the 153 greatest importance, after hard drinking.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert

In the group that surrounded him was our old acquaintance, Judge Edward McGowan—Ned McGowan—jolly, hard drinking, oily, but not as noisy as usual.

From The Gray Dawn by White, Stewart Edward

Levinge's and Castlereagh's hard drinking and gloomy aspect at mess were popularly attributed to the witchery of the St. Aubyn.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida