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
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
In the weeks after the deadly crush, South Yorkshire Police officials blamed Liverpool fans, falsely citing drunkenness, hooliganism and late arrivals.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2019
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
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