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
The prohibition of the sale of ardent spirits within certain areas has inaugurated a new and beneficial national policy.
From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman
As a beverage they do not use ardent spirits, and seem to have no taste or desire for the article, though they drink the ordinary claret—rarely anything stronger.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray
It has attacked the Sunday mails, assaulted Free Masonry, triumphed over the intemperate use of ardent spirits, and finally engaged in an onslaught upon the slavery of the South.
From History of American Abolitionism by Fontaine, F. G. de
They were all temperance men and women: no ardent spirits were kept or sold for the first four years in the township, and never on the domain, while it was held as joint-stock.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
