inebriety

Example Sentences

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The bucolic gentleman, who had completely lost his appearance of inebriety, mumbled a few incoherent words and departed.

From An Amiable Charlatan by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

I delight in localities where beautiful scenery exists, and where tired men can rest under trees without even being suspected of inebriety.

From Romance of California Life by Habberton, John

It was not likely she had given him money, said Cutler, because he was about the post all that day after the Plumes' departure and with never a sign of inebriety.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic

However, 't is expedient to be wary: Indifference, certes, don't produce distress; And rash Enthusiasm in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

This gave the room the appearance of having been toyed with by an impatient cyclone, or an air of inebriety not in keeping with my poor but honest character.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson