drunk

Example Sentences

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“CHP officers know to secure scenes. They know the risk of drunk drivers on the freeway.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

She said police made no notes of what she said, and did not believe her, questioned how much she had drunk.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

The score is a comical barrage of harp strums, as if heaven’s angels have gotten good and drunk.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

French authorities are investigating the deaths in December and January of two babies who were thought to have drunk possibly contaminated powdered milk.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

“I waited for a thousand years to hold a baby to my breast! And she’s drunk my milk! She’s mine!”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman