drunkenness

Example Sentences

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They rejected dancing, public drunkenness, gambling, and obscene speech as ungodly and fit for punishment by a special tribunal called the Consistory.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Five days after Mr Pincher's resignation as deputy chief whip, there remains significant confusion surrounding complaints about his behaviour prior to the drunkenness he admits at the Carlton Club on 29 June.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 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

While the authorities willfully ignore many violations, foreigners have on occasion been arrested for such crimes as posting satirical videos online, public drunkenness or kissing.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020

And if he could do that, behind his mask of sarcasm and drunkenness, so convincingly and for so long, what else has he lied about?

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins