intoxicant

Example Sentences

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But that just means you have to treat this relationship as an intoxicant vs. nourishment.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021

The crowd has been compared to an electric spark, a dance partner, an intoxicant and a character in and of itself.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2020

Music is an intoxicant and a revelation, an accompaniment to mourning and to celebration; it bears the marks of both Apollo and Dionysus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2018

In “Sorry to Bother You, white voice is a dangerous intoxicant; in “BlackKkKlansman,” it is a stereotype the black man can deploy against its creators.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 13, 2018

She could have swooned, so intoxicant was her wonder and her solemn joy and her yearning after righteousness in love.

From Hilda Lessways by Bennett, Arnold