spirituous

Example Sentences

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"For the spirituous liquor industry, glass and key raw material ingredients for plastic closures are the main drivers of constraint," according to the statement.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2021

In 1615, a German doctor suggested that “the hot and spirituous blood of a young man will pour into the old one as if it were from a fountain of youth.”

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017

Dr. Gettler took the brains, blood and liver of animals and humans who had never drunk spirituous beverages.

From Time Magazine Archive

An apparently genuine "treasure cipher," its decipherment and what ensued give to the tale an almost spirituous tang.

From Time Magazine Archive

He religiously adhered to his resolution of abstinence from all spirituous liquors, and constantly and prayerfully struggled against the ebullitions of his own impetuous temper.

From The Haunted Homestead A Novel by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte