get drunk

Example Sentences

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Although basketball people get drunk on expectations and projections every year at the NBA draft, this feels different — the kind of buzz that’s only accompanied the smallest handful of modern players.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

The autonomous car won't get drunk, or tired, it won't shout at the kids on the back seat.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2017

New Vegas director Josh Sawyer originally planned a sequence in which the game’s protagonist could get drunk with Cass, the two later waking up to discover they’ve been married by an Elvis impersonator.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2016

Villagers say that they occasionally saw Mr. Dogaru at church and that, unlike many local men, he did not get drunk or smoke and took great pride in his physical condition.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2013

The Frenchmen smiled, but their manner was constrained and they seemed in no mood to get drunk.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan