speedball

Example Sentences

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Oh, karsk: the coffee cocktail of the North-men, mild speedball for those who live among the snow.

From Seattle Times

“I just noticed that he was excited about being out in California,” says drummer Jack DeJohnette, who sat in with the group at the Hermosa Beach club on Morgan’s composition “Speedball.”

From Washington Post

It’s a speedball of sound, both mystical and dinky.

From Washington Post

“And her whole experience is written on it. Every time she slammed heroin, every time she did a speedball, every time she stood up against the government, every time she was hit or she dragged a cigarette, everything’s written there.”

From New York Times

It’s about chasing oblivion in the whirling, flaming speedball of heavy booze and violent sex.

From Los Angeles Times