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intoxicated

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verb

past tense of intoxicate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of intoxicated
Adjective
Mahaffey faces charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and traffic violations, court records show. Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025 Officials said the man appeared intoxicated and was arrested by police, officials said. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff but is nonetheless a brilliant spymaster in his own smelly way. Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024 Both women, 38, are charged with possession of marijuana within school grounds, a felony that carries an up to two-year prison sentence, and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, the prosecutor's office said. Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for intoxicated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intoxicated
Adjective
  • His drunk mother-in-law, Nan (Jane Curtin), takes too long to share too much insignificant information.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The bus stop is where a drunk man gave me his jacket in the rain.
    Empress Rasheem, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • From humble bass beginnings to chart-topping crossover success and more than 10 billion global streams, the Illenium sound has been honed into an adrenaline-rush style that fits heartfelt ballads, growling drops, emotional acoustic moments and ecstatic explosions alike.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • That's new, and not everyone is thrilled about it.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Parents of college students who are home for the holidays are thrilled.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Marketers are right to be excited by the potential of AI.
    Forrester, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • You must be excited your film is doing so well.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Barton, 42, was accused of kicking his partner, Georgia, in the head during a drunken row in 2021.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The two brothers wake up in a daze as this week’s episode opens, not really remembering what happened during their drunken night on the boat with Chloe and Chelsea.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Somewhere up there in Hoops Heaven, Stormin’ Norman Sloan is one giddy Gator who is almost certainly feeling validated and vindicated about the SEC’s basketball awakening.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Indian cricket legend Harmanpreet Kaur was euphoric, roaring loudly into the Mumbai sky and echoed by 15,000 giddy fans at the Brabourne Stadium.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • High exposure can lead to impaired cognitive development in children, as well as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, according to the Environmental Defense Fund and American Cancer Society.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Investigators allege Hill used the woman’s financial resources and credit rating to buy the properties, and that the woman, who is mentally impaired, did not understand what was happening.
    Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There was an aerospace position that paid twice as much as U.S.G.S., and a mining venture that promised a novel application of A.I. Mary was not enthusiastic.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Although Lederman is enthusiastic about this business model, Frannexus isn’t in the business of convincing clients to buy franchises.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025

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“Intoxicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intoxicated. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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