inebriety
Example Sentences
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Field indignantly repelled the suggestion that Nye's indiscretion was due to inebriety, but traced it to his bad health.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Slason Thompson
I delight in localities where beautiful scenery exists, and where tired men can rest under trees without even being suspected of inebriety.
From Romance of California Life by John Habberton
He had drunk a good deal, but any inebriety from which he suffered was due much more to his own vivacity than to alcohol.
From Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
However, 'tis expedient to be wary: Indifference, certes, don't produce distress; And rash enthusiasm in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.
From The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnagey
A year or two ago I made a somewhat comprehensive European tour, and studied carefully the methods of dealing with inebriety.
From Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy by Charles B. Towns
