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intoxicating

[in-tok-si-key-ting] / ɪnˈtɒk sɪˌkeɪ tɪŋ /


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Toyon brings red berries in winter and white flowers in spring, while California sagebrush and Cleveland sage fill the air with an intoxicating perfume.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Simplicity delivers an almost wounding effect in his exemplary review of Arthur Penn’s 1967 crime drama “Bonnie and Clyde,” a film fueled by the intoxicating partnership of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

In a Yelets bakery the smell of freshly baked raisin bread, scones and cream pastries is intoxicating.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

This Christian-bro gym culture offers many young men an intoxicating sense of purpose, one in which the pursuit of conventional masculinity is given a kind of divine backing.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2026

He hated running, but the applause was intoxicating, and the prospect of more was just enough incentive to keep him marginally compliant.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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