intoxicate
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Many of Mr. Coppola’s recollections are sensory: roasted peppers, his grandma’s sizzling meatballs, a neighbor’s homemade wine sweetened with peaches—“smells and tastes that intoxicate me to this day.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Drawing breath for speech seems to intoxicate him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
In other words, it seems to intoxicate them in a way that makes them vulnerable.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2022
These aren’t pleasant feelings, but any strong and pure distillation, even of fear, can intoxicate us.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2020
The tropics will intoxicate you with the sweetness of frangipani flowers and lay you down with the sting of a viper, with hardly room to breathe in between.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
“I think that’s why there’s all this frenzy: The sound dominates you and intoxicates you.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Julie’s improvisational, sometimes reckless approach to work and love — the independence that intoxicates and baffles her — expresses a time and a place as well as her specific temperament.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
What is it about fiction that intoxicates you in ways that nonfiction can’t?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2016
The sweet smell of success intoxicates those who feel robbed of it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2016
Above all, Gautier is enthralled with her expression, which “attracts you irresistibly and intoxicates you.”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Organizers say they occasionally draw people who are intoxicated, having a bad day, or simply looking for someone to vent at.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
When it made its stateside debut in 1999, I was still intoxicated by the city’s proximity to mountains, old growth forests and water – so much of it, fresh or salty.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The government did not allege that he was intoxicated while possessing the firearm, that he was addicted to marijuana, that he had ever threatened anyone, or that his gun ownership had resulted in any danger.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
His trial at the Old Bailey painted a picture of a man who had been intoxicated by power since his teenage years.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
At. first, intoxicated by the glory of his return, by his remarkable victories, he had peeped into the abyss of greatness.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
These people have tangible passion and intoxicating energy for what they do.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
“We wanted adventure . . . to open our lives to surprise,” Mr. Bamberger recalls in this intoxicating tale of players and caddies, characters and courses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
She described the first No Kings protest, which she had been initially nervous to attend, as an intoxicating experience.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
In a Yelets bakery the smell of freshly baked raisin bread, scones and cream pastries is intoxicating.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
It was such an intoxicating feeling that I knew I could not live without it.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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