ardent spirits
Example Sentences
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Yet the nation's most famous glutton spurned ardent spirits for orange juice and lemon pop.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are not much addicted to ardent spirits, nor are these now supplied to them, but they have an inveterate propensity to gamble.
From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by Hyrst, H. W. G.
Again: The total disuse of ardent spirits is essential to the beneficial influence of the example of the temperate upon society at large.
From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society
Why should the few be protected from the sale of ardent spirits and the many left to be victims of temptation?
From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman
I searched every suspicious place thoroughly, aided by the citizens, but found no ardent spirits or wine in the colony.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by Gray, William Henry
