drunkenness

Example Sentences

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Reformers often regarded problems like poverty and drunkenness as the result of a lack of self-discipline and of a strong moral compass.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

It wasn’t fair “to charge the Legislature as a whole with drunkenness and philandering,” he asserted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2021

"His case changed Korean law and the way we view drunkenness in crime," Mr Yoon said.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2021

In the weeks after the deadly crush, South Yorkshire Police officials blamed Liverpool fans, falsely citing drunkenness, hooliganism and late arrivals.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2019

And if he could do that, behind his mask of sarcasm and drunkenness, so convincingly and for so long, what else has he lied about?

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins