How to Use inebriated in a Sentence
inebriated
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At the end of the night, an inebriated Spacey picked him up, placed him on his bed, and climbed on top of him, Rapp said.
—Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
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Want to keep inebriated fans off your front lawn on game day?
—Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 21 Feb. 2018
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The Nerds get sucked through the straw, adding a sweet counterpunch to the alcohol, and the fish are tasty though chewy, inebriated souls.
—Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
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Four of these victims are killed in a car wreck caused by Joan Conville, an inebriated young Navy nurse en route to her first...
—Tom Nolan, WSJ, 31 May 2019
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There, the only other black person in the room was an inebriated man, said Monique, who did not want the Globe to print her last name.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2017
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Dating to the 1800s, this jail housed debtors and inebriated sailors, among others.
—Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2022
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Taken aback by such a sight at 10 o’clock in the morning, Ferg asked the assistant about the inebriated man.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2021
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In the studio with Tyner, an inebriated ODB passed along a tape, asking to rap over it.
—Brandon T. Harden, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
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The driver was still inside the car and appeared to be confused and inebriated.
—cleveland, 12 Mar. 2020
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But open flames and lamp oil and inebriated party guests don’t always mix.
—Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 May 2022
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Methanol can make people feel inebriated, but even a very small amount can be toxic.
—James Griffiths, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
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In the scene, a very inebriated Di Caprio struggles mightily to try to get into the vehicle and drive it home from the country club.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
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One to do the vomiting, another to hold her hair back and the third one to stand there, taking it all in, laughing at her poor, inebriated friend.
—Candace Buckner, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
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In Brussels, Verlaine, in the midst of an inebriated lover’s quarrel, fired a revolver at Rimbaud, wounding him in the wrist.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2020
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Seeing Lance getting inebriated on emotion, McMillan put him on the bench and kept him there.
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2018
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Back on dry land, their yarns starred pimps, prostitutes and inebriated seamen losing their wages at the bar and in back-alley dice games.
—New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
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The night spiraled and a severely inebriated LaBeouf was arrested, putting the future of the movie in jeopardy.
—Piya Sinha-Roy, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2020
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The magic was supposed to work best when Serios was inebriated.
—Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine, 17 May 2017
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The incident certainly isn’t the first time an airline has had to deal with the repercussions of inebriated fliers.
—Elaheh Nozari, CNT, 31 Aug. 2017
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As the event wound down, several inebriated people hopped behind the bar and poured themselves drinks.
—Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
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At the end of season one, his inebriated and overwrought search for drugs at Shiv’s wedding ends in Kendall killing a hotel employee.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2021
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That would later be revealed to be more than just idle chatter and the ramblings of an inebriated adviser.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2018
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Each episode sees host Derek Waters visit an inebriated celebrity to recount a historical event, from the first space walk to the birth of hip hop.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 17 Oct. 2022
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Despite the gunshot to the head, the woman was alert and chatty, but possibly inebriated and not listening.
—Matt Hamilton, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
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One of his most memorable moments at Whitlow’s is when his inebriated friend decided to barrel-roll down the long flight of stairs from the roof deck, and had to be carried out.
—Washington Post, 28 June 2021
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The film’s premise arose from a simple question: If a woman in real life wanted to take revenge on men who prey on inebriated women, what would that look like?
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2020
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Detecting unsteadiness or slurred speech, the drone could tell when to cut off an inebriated customer.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
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Piazza appeared to become inebriated and fell face-first down a flight of basement steps.
—The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
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O’Connell needn’t be concerned for now about being booed at home by impatient or inebriated fans.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2022
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In one scenario, a guard roughly removes an inebriated woman from the shopping center.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
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