drunkenness

Example Sentences

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But no complaints of drunkenness had been made by local residents, and indeed the licence was renewed the following month.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 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

It wasn’t fair “to charge the Legislature as a whole with drunkenness and philandering,” he asserted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2021

It’s Monday morning in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans — misdemeanor rush hour in a city that traffics more heavily than most in public drunkenness and disturbing the peace.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 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