How to Use intoxication in a Sentence

intoxication

noun

• The risk of all that mesmerization, temptation and intoxication is this: being bitten by the glass-blowing bug.
  — Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022
• That can cause a condition known as water intoxication, which can lead to dangerous complications like seizures in young babies.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2022
• Brafman was intoxicated at the time of the crime but argued against an intoxication jury instruction on the grounds no such evidence existed.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2022
• Kim entered rehab the following year, and also spent time in rehab in 2015 after being charged with public intoxication.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
• The legal limit for intoxication in Arkansas law is a blood alcohol content of 0.08.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2022
• The alchemy and intoxication of the moment was like a drug.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
• The driver of the vehicle did not show any signs of intoxication and remained at the scene.
  — Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
• In some ways, the intoxication is an antidote to the torture and loss portrayed in the earlier parts of the book.
  — Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Police said the 29-year-old driver did not show any signs of intoxication.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
• This isn’t the first time that Ballard’s has faced complaints about rowdiness and intoxication at the venue.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
• Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon said the incident happened in late 2022 when the man was brought to the jail on a public intoxication charge.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 Feb. 2023
• The cause of death was acute opiate and cocaine intoxication.
  — Rolfe Winkler, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• The 32-year-old North Olmsted man showed signs of intoxication and was field tested.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 16 July 2022
• His total bail for the public intoxication and theft charges was $1,000.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• This is the reason why healthcare providers check your pupils when there is a concern about intoxication or overdose.
  — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023
• The prosecutor said the cause of death was acute intoxication from sleeping pills.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
• In the film, Geppetto’s evening of intoxication is fueled by grief.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• The way Greenwood’s arpeggios bend upward at the end of every line in the first half evokes the intoxication of a lover’s touch; Skinner’s drumming feels more like the fluttering of cilia.
  — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023
• The officer approached and broke up the scene, telling the intoxicated man to go to his room due to his public intoxication.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• Much of it evinced Mr. Browne’s intoxication with and growing command of the materials and techniques of the haute couture.
  — New York Times, 29 June 2022
• Boston and San Diego had recent cases of arrests for intoxication that turned out to be drivers who had strokes.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Town records show that there have been more than four dozen calls to the police and fire departments regarding intoxication and rowdiness at the venue since May 1.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• But defense attorneys said intoxication could not be proven to be the cause of the crash, which also injured a woman who was in Mabry’s passenger seat.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 13 May 2023
• Her cause of death was from a combination of drowning and drug intoxication.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• An autopsy showed that Thomas died of acute mixed drug intoxication.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
• Journey died just over a year ago of fentanyl intoxication.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
• High doses—more than 1,000 milligrams a day—can result in a state of intoxication known as caffeinism.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
• The actor suffered acute intoxication as a result of the lethal combination of drugs.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
• Due to his level of intoxication, he was taken to the MPD patrol vehicle via a stretcher.
  — Madeleine Marr Miami Herald (tns), al, 29 July 2022
• In at least 28 of those incidents, outside medical personnel had to be called to transport or treat people for overdoses or intoxication, Hardtke said.
  — Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024