How to Use inebriate in a Sentence

inebriate

verb
  • In the movie, the distraught and inebriated Annette gets gang-raped by Tony’s friends.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The driver of the car, Henri Paul — who was later found to be inebriated — turned into a tunnel that ran next to the Seine River in an attempt to evade the photographers.
    Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Not only was our team inebriated and messed up from all their interpersonal dynamics and everything that’s going on, the city around them is as well.
    Monique Newman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Ben Affleck, who has long been open about his fight against addiction, appeared to be publicly inebriated recently.
    Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Two office rivals, still inebriated from an evening of hard partying, learn that the drugs and alcohol in their systems are the only thing keeping them from being infected.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Good-size portions!) Cocktails are the opposite of those at LoLa 42: swiftly inebriating, composed largely of booze.
    Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The letter alleged that Cohen appeared inebriated and invited her to watch via FaceTime.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • This person also denied that Kissel was ever inebriated at the Milwaukee airport.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • According to court documents, Hirsch, who was allegedly inebriated at the time, grabbed Paramount executive Dani Bernfeld, pulled her across a table and onto the floor, and proceeded to choke her.
    Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 8 June 2018
  • Getting inebriated is far from the biggest issue facing Anchorage’s waxwings.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • United Airlines has apologized after receiving complaints that one of their flight attendants appeared to be inebriated during a flight on Thursday.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 4 May 2018
  • Yet the manufacturers are inebriated with power over Congress.
    Ralph Nader, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Its status as the looser and visibly inebriated younger cousin of the Oscars offered a counterweight to the self-serious, self-congratulatory exercise of the film academy’s annual ceremony and the seemingly endless parade of precursor events.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Security camera footage documented how Piazza became visibly inebriated early in the evening, after which fraternity members made ineffective and even counterproductive efforts to help him.
    Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2017
  • In the movie, the distraught and inebriated Annette gets gang-raped by Tony’s friends.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The driver of the car, Henri Paul — who was later found to be inebriated — turned into a tunnel that ran next to the Seine River in an attempt to evade the photographers.
    Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Not only was our team inebriated and messed up from all their interpersonal dynamics and everything that’s going on, the city around them is as well.
    Monique Newman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Ben Affleck, who has long been open about his fight against addiction, appeared to be publicly inebriated recently.
    Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Two office rivals, still inebriated from an evening of hard partying, learn that the drugs and alcohol in their systems are the only thing keeping them from being infected.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Good-size portions!) Cocktails are the opposite of those at LoLa 42: swiftly inebriating, composed largely of booze.
    Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The letter alleged that Cohen appeared inebriated and invited her to watch via FaceTime.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • This person also denied that Kissel was ever inebriated at the Milwaukee airport.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • According to court documents, Hirsch, who was allegedly inebriated at the time, grabbed Paramount executive Dani Bernfeld, pulled her across a table and onto the floor, and proceeded to choke her.
    Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 8 June 2018
  • Getting inebriated is far from the biggest issue facing Anchorage’s waxwings.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • United Airlines has apologized after receiving complaints that one of their flight attendants appeared to be inebriated during a flight on Thursday.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 4 May 2018
  • Yet the manufacturers are inebriated with power over Congress.
    Ralph Nader, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Its status as the looser and visibly inebriated younger cousin of the Oscars offered a counterweight to the self-serious, self-congratulatory exercise of the film academy’s annual ceremony and the seemingly endless parade of precursor events.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Security camera footage documented how Piazza became visibly inebriated early in the evening, after which fraternity members made ineffective and even counterproductive efforts to help him.
    Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2017
  • In the movie, the distraught and inebriated Annette gets gang-raped by Tony’s friends.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The driver of the car, Henri Paul — who was later found to be inebriated — turned into a tunnel that ran next to the Seine River in an attempt to evade the photographers.
    Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023

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