drunkenness

Example Sentences

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“Limit noise and drunkenness, clean up your mess and don’t pee in the canals. Keep in mind the locals and they will welcome you with open arms.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Under Florida law, a governor can suspend state officials for wrongdoing that includes neglect of duty, incompetence, malfeasance, drunkenness or commission of a felony.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Lauren McNie, from Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, is worried the ban might actually encourage drunkenness.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2022

Big swaths of the novel take place in the liminal spaces between consciousness and sleep, drunkenness and sobriety, life and death.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Haiyi felt his drunkenness fade as he stared into the steady black eyes of the Old Man of the Moon.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin