ardent spirits
Example Sentences
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Yet the nation's most famous glutton spurned ardent spirits for orange juice and lemon pop.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the ardent spirits beneath the gallery had ceased to applaud; they sat back in the shadow, all their enthusiasm quenched.
From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
Mother," he said in a feeble tone, "God bless you for having taught me to avoid ardent spirits.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)
He lived no longer among ardent spirits who would brave everything and do anything for human perfectibility.
From Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Brailsford, Henry Noel
The excise law on ardent spirits distilled within the United States, had, from the time of its enactment by Congress in 1791, met with opposition from the inhabitants of the Western counties of Pennsylvania.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
