debauched
Example Sentences
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The dissolute, debauched Lucius might have proved a challenge for Marcus in the long run, but illness carried him off after eight years in power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
As the manager of Guns N’ Roses during the band’s debauched heyday, Alan Niven has no shortage of colorful stories.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025
Peter Schickele, an American composer whose career as a writer of serious concert music was often eclipsed by that of his antic alter ego, the thoroughly debauched, terrifyingly prolific and mercifully fictional P.D.Q.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024
But finally seeing the Rockstar-approved version of its debauched, riotous virtual Miami after almost 10 years of waiting sent fans wild.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023
Some of the Folk are so still I worry that they have debauched themselves into death.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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