inebriety

Example Sentences

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This gave the room the appearance of having been toyed with by an impatient cyclone, or an air of inebriety not in keeping with my poor but honest character.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

It is foolish to question the motives of men who, without thought of personal gain, are trying to remedy the evils of inebriety.

From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.

It was not likely she had given him money, said Cutler, because he was about the post all that day after the Plumes' departure and with never a sign of inebriety.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic

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 Thompson, Slason

Besides being equal to Mrs. Campbell's best work in the past, it is strikingly original in presenting the ethics of the body as imperiously claiming recognition in the radical cure of inebriety.

From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Campbell, Helen