How to Use drunk driving in a Sentence

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• Prosecutors dropped drunk driving and hit and run charges as part of the plea deal, court records show.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
• In 2006, he was arrested in New York for drunk driving and running a red light in his Hummer.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
• Maybe Huggins has made a little progress since 2005, when he was fired by UC in the wake of getting busted for drunk driving.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
• Cache was first convicted in 2019 of murder and drunk driving.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• Larson has pushed for tougher drunk driving laws in Wisconsin for 25 years.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024
• Drinking, driving a bad mix on Texas roads Here are drunk driving statistics in Texas that should scare you.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024
• He was detained for drunk driving and putting members of the public in danger, according to the report.
  — Michael Lee, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
• Did you once get convicted of drunk driving or go through a messy divorce and decide to move to another town to start over?
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
• Fox likened the clinical measures used to diagnose him with Parkinson’s decades ago to a drunk driving test.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 19 Oct. 2023
• The star quarterback got arrested for drunk driving at 2:30 a.m. early in the season, then broke his ankle in the final weeks.
  — Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
• While serving a 10-day sentence for drunk driving, Miller used a portable commode jailers brought to his cell.
  — Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024
• According to the Los Angeles Times, the singer pled guilty to charges of vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving, for which he was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
• In 2019, Sytch was charged with her sixth DUI after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
• In 2019, a wealthy businessman was ordained as a monk after making headlines for killing two people while drunk driving.
  — Time, 29 June 2023
• This is one example of how Drive Square is used as an effective tool against teenage drunk driving within the community.
  — Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
• None of his interactions with police was for drunk driving or any other felony offense; the final stop was for a broken taillight.
  — Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• But the opposition to this bill mirrors the same arguments that led to the ban in the first place in 1985: the fear that social hours encourage bad behavior afterward, like drunk driving.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2024
• The drunk driving allegation is not Baker’s first brush with law enforcement.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• The extended time to sell alcohol has led some to question whether the additional time could lead to more drunk driving, and other consequences.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
• The idea is that—despite being an Egyptian pharaoh—King Tut was still a teenage boy, and may have combined a need for speed with ancient drunk driving to create spectacular crash that crushed one side of his body and killed him.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2023
• Meyer wrote in a Record article that Newell, who was trying to obtain a liquor license, had been convicted of drunk driving and had driven without a license.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 7 July 2024
• He was arrested for drunk driving after a car wreck near the campus in 1975, during a period of personal problems.
  — Stuart Silverstein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• The mayor referenced the potential for the park sign to display Amber Alerts, Missing Person notices and drunk driving reminders.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
• Read full article Hipkins said in a statement that Allan’s breath test showed her over the legal alcohol limit but police had not charged her with drunk driving.
  — Nick Perry, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
• Timberlake also agreed to appear in a public service announcement about the dangers of drunk driving.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• After his release, according to The Guardian, Christian started using drugs and was arrested for drunk driving.
  — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
• Somerville pleaded no contest Monday to the lone charge, a misdemeanor, and to violating probation for a prior drunk driving case.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
• What starts as the ominous return of Riley — who went to prison for killing a woman while drunk driving — turns into a supernatural nightmare that even the biggest horror buff couldn’t have seen coming.
  — Kevin Jacobsen and Sarah Perchikoff, EW.com, 21 May 2024
• Each year in Maryland, an average of about 170 individuals — men, women and children — lose their lives in drunk driving crashes.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
• His 2024 drunk driving arrest also occurred in Contra Costa, according to the complaint.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024