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
To stop the use of ardent spirits and to encourage the cultivation of corn, were two important steps, as the Governor thought.
From The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 by Barce, Elmore
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
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)
He drank no ardent spirits, nor much coffee and tea; he used very little tobacco, and he ate in great moderation.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
