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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Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau killed after being hit by alleged drunk driver: Police Their first child, daughter Noa Harper Gaudreau, was born Sept. 30, 2022. —

Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2024 In June 2019, my teenage niece and nephew, Ruby and Hart Campbell, were killed by a drunk driver going 90 miles an hour near the desert town of Joshua Tree, 133 miles east of Los Angeles. —

Betsy Lerner, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024 Two of Hernandez-Cazares’ sons, ages 5 and 9, died in 2012 during a family vacation at a North Dakota campground after a drunk driver ran over their tent, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said in an email. —

Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024 Protests over Smith’s death continued until a drunk driver plowed into a group of demonstrators, killing one woman and injuring others. —

Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drunk driver