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
But it’s clear that the romance of the craft can intoxicate, and that we might want to watch out for that.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2019
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.’
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
