punch-drunk

Example Sentences

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Now, Northwestern University neurobiologists are the first to uncover what produces this punch-drunk effect.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

Bleary-eyed and punch-drunk on pumpkin pie and chocolate, you’d continue watching, only to return to that same scene or line later on in your mind, struggling to articulate your thoughts and feelings about it.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023

Chelsea must have gone into their dressing room at half time punch-drunk.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2021

The other day at Starbucks, I watched strangers swipe at sniffy noses with their fists, the punch-drunk fighters of midwinter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020

Negotiating the puzzling, infirm terrain demanded unceasing concentration, an all-but-impossible feat in my punch-drunk state.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer