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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Douglas MacArthur said he did not consider "liquor or spirituous wines as appropriate recognition for Bong's deeds."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Reverend Benaiah Capstick infallibly calls to mind the spiritual adviser of Mrs. Weller; with the exception that the latter was also spirituous.

From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon