intoxicating

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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

That's what makes this season so intoxicating; so much jeopardy, so much unpredictability and so many teams who have come to the party.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 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

But this much is certain: I’ve learned that sobriety can be downright intoxicating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

She smelled like roses and clean animal fur—a weird but somehow intoxicating smell.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan