intoxicate

Example Sentences

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Drawing breath for speech seems to intoxicate him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023

In other words, it seems to intoxicate them in a way that makes them vulnerable.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

These aren’t pleasant feelings, but any strong and pure distillation, even of fear, can intoxicate us.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2020

The tech industry doesn’t intoxicate us like it did just a few years ago.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2020

The tropics will intoxicate you with the sweetness of frangipani flowers and lay you down with the sting of a viper, with hardly room to breathe in between.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver