debauched

Example Sentences

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The dissolute, debauched Lucius might have proved a challenge for Marcus in the long run, but illness carried him off after eight years in power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

"If anyone has lived the debauched rock 'n' roll lifestyle," he once admitted, "I suppose it's me."

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

The Hallmark Experience panel provided a window into filmmaking techniques and scriptwriting instead of prodding attendees to whoop it up at debauched moments caught on camera.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

The description perhaps underrates her novel, but is a fitting epigraph for this play and its decorously debauched protagonist.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Horrible, debauched, mouth limp and cracked, loose against the teeth as an ancient dog’s.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner