drunk driver

noun

variants or drunken driver

chiefly US

: a person who drives a vehicle while drunk

He was killed by a drunk driver.

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Before the Eagles’ 2024 regular season began, tragedy struck the Gaudreau family and the entire hockey world as Johnny and Matthew were killed by a drunk driver in Oldmans Township, New Jersey — the day before their sister’s wedding. —

Scott Thompson, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025 Her inevitable depletion of impulse control culminates in berating the drunk driver who killed her mother, then trying to self-soothe by sleeping with Connor. —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024 Jane Gaudreau, the mother of the late NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew Gaudreau, is speaking out after the drunk driver accused of killing them pleaded not guilty. —

Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025 The most distressing incident occurred when a drunk driver had an accident on a local winding road at night. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drunk driver