inebriety

Example Sentences

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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.

Poverty and crime have their origin in the corrupt heart, and their foundations are laid long and long before the first step is taken on the road to inebriety.

From Ten Nights in a Bar Room by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

After this riot had continued long enough in its inebriety, the corrective came through the influence of Rubens in the North and of Lebrun in France.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

The bucolic gentleman, who had completely lost his appearance of inebriety, mumbled a few incoherent words and departed.

From An Amiable Charlatan by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Was it, he wondered, the result, not of ordinary inebriety, but of the finer excesses of the soul?

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May