inebriety

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It took possession of him too thoroughly, he said, with a plausible air, to allow of his affecting inebriety after holding an empty goblet to his lips, or swallowing mere toast-and-water or small beer.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton

Gluttony is more common than inebriety and is responsible for more ills.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.

The inebriety of hope seized all the guests; as for me, I felt myself bathed in tears.

From Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. by Stael-Holstein, Auguste Louis Baron de

However, 't is expedient to be wary: Indifference certes don't produce distress; And rash enthusiasm in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.

From Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Rash enthusiasm, in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various