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)
The article prohibiting licenses for the sale of ardent spirits, which was separately submitted to the people, was also adopted, though by a majority less than that in favor of the other articles.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
He drunk no more ardent spirits till the ten years had expired, when he called on the merchant, and informed him that the conditions of the obligation had been, on his part, fulfilled.
From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society
Let us next attend to the chronic effects of ardent spirits upon the body and mind.
From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society
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