get drunk
Example Sentences
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Gary Shapiro, head of the Consumer Technology Association, told the committee that self-driving vehicles, “are never distracted, never tired, they don’t get drunk and they don’t fall asleep.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
Although basketball people get drunk on expectations and projections every year at the NBA draft, this feels different — the kind of buzz that’s only accompanied the smallest handful of modern players.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023
“I sit in front of the fireplace in silence and get drunk on beautiful thoughts.”
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2022
Though he did write that "drowning the shamrock... by no means implies that it is necessary to get drunk in doing so".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2019
The Frenchmen smiled, but their manner was constrained and they seemed in no mood to get drunk.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
