teetotaler

Example Sentences

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My New Year’s resolution is to do something similar: I plan to become a social-media teetotaler in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Gardner’s dad was Soda Pop, since he was a teetotaler.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025

The bartender reached for the whiskey, but the cowboy shook his head; either he was a teetotaler — rare in those parts — or he was a little saggy in the saddlebags, digestively speaking.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

“The fact that the first person that starts collecting them in England is a pro-socialist vegetarian teetotaler who believes dwarfs and little folk are real is not a great way to establish their legitimacy.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

A teetotaler himself, he made his living buying and selling liquor.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides