spirituous
Example Sentences
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"For the spirituous liquor industry, glass and key raw material ingredients for plastic closures are the main drivers of constraint," according to the statement.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2021
In 1615, a German doctor suggested that “the hot and spirituous blood of a young man will pour into the old one as if it were from a fountain of youth.”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017
He protested against drinking of spirituous refreshments, even in the Capitol, by members of Congress.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Douglas MacArthur said he did not consider "liquor or spirituous wines as appropriate recognition for Bong's deeds."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Some have Bodies or Vehicles so spungious, thin, and delecat, that they are fed by only sucking into some fine spirituous Liquors, that pierce lyke pure Air and Oyl’.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans