How to Use drunken in a Sentence

drunken

adjective

• A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.
• He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother.
• He fell into a drunken stupor.
• The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve.
• The drunken man got into his car and moved it from the gas pump to a parking spot.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
• One story holds that he was killed in a drunken brawl with one of his guards.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
• Till one drunken night in 2003, when a Palillo punched an AFO in-law.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
• There was the sober me who chose to seek help, and the drunken me who had clanged around in my life months, weeks, hours before.
  — Mike Scalise, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2023
• Loud Spanish and drunken laughter filled the main room.
  — Sasha Digiulian, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2022
• Those drunken words at the downtown parade seem like a long time ago.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 May 2024
• In the film, the drunken swordsman sacrifices himself for a friend.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 July 2023
• There will be a 1900s room, a drunken handyman bar, a botanist room that can be used for private events.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• One of the most tragic events from the past year was a car crash that involved a drunken driver and cost the lives of a teenage couple.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Jan. 2023
• During one drunken brawl, he was beaten with a shovel, shot in the back and left for dead.
  — Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• Brooks sued Depp in 2018 alleging that the actor punched him twice in a drunken tirade.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022
• The hedge has tripled in height, and four enormous pines, once Arbor Day twiglets, sway above the roofline like drunken soldiers.
  — Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022
• In an angry, drunken stupor, my client returned to the store, confronted the young clerk, and stabbed him in the heart.
  — Emilio "emi" Benitez, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• One evening, as a drunken prank, Sheene, Jr., set off a fire alarm near the Bidens’ home, causing a commotion.
  — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
• His friendship with the band ended the night a drunken John Lennon poured beer over Montez’s head and a brawl ensued.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2022
• Elle King appears to be taking a break from her tour in the wake of her drunken performance at the Grand Ole Opry last week.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• Andy Cohen's drunken New Year's Eve antics might be back to kick off 2024!
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
• It’s not just the driver who is at fault in a drunken driving accident.
  — Michael Pike, Sun Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
• The reasons for the early closings vary: Some businesses grew weary of the drunken clientele in the wee hours.
  — Dodai Stewart, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
• Thai dishes include the fried fish cakes tod mun pla, drunken noodles and pad Thai.
  — Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
• Often the people on tour played drunken football in the parking lot.
  — Cindy Watts, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
• One evening, a drunken Kathleen, in an attempt to show off for some guests, dives head first into the pool and doesn’t surface.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 9 June 2022
• With the tattoos done, Meyers wrapped things up by moving to the piano, where the duo did their own (drunken and off-key) version of the Cheers theme song.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2022
• The guard was allegedly trying to break up a fight between Scott and one of his own bodyguards in a drunken fight.
  — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 9 Aug. 2024
• In contrast, Wojnicz has a front seat to what reads hilariously as a cut-rate, drunken version down the street.
  — Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
• Particularly in the drunken London scenes, her Rona is a real mess.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024