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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
state police warned that there would be zero tolerance for intoxicated drivers over the long holiday weekend
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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
the intoxicated moment when she found out that she'd won the award
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as in thrilled
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
the stunning spectacle of this Las Vegas show is sure to intoxicate spectators
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as in excited
to fill with great joy
she was intoxicated by the news that she'd gotten the job of her dreams
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Recent Examples of intoxicated
Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
During the League of California Cities conference in Long Beach, California last month, Spencer was found intoxicated on the sidewalk shortly after midnight on Oct. 18.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
According to the victim, Johnson was drinking and possibly heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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Kentucky man arrested after disturbance at polling place A man was arrested after showing up intoxicated and screaming at a Northern Kentucky polling location Tuesday afternoon, according to the Boone County Sheriff's Office.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
During the League of California Cities conference in Long Beach, California last month, Spencer was found intoxicated on the sidewalk shortly after midnight on Oct. 18.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Hours before her death, witnesses said the group was intoxicated during dinner on the island, so the restaurant manager warned the harbormaster, per CBS News.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
According to the victim, Johnson was drinking and possibly heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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Setting things in motion was the dropping off of a drunk seaman at NIS, by a Shore Patrol officer who was in a rush to a hot date and didn’t have time for a proper handoff to the MPs.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Officers found Stewart drunk behind the wheel of a 2021 Honda Civic.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
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There are thus many reasons to be ecstatic that Assad, a minority Alawite in a majority-Sunni country, is no more.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Like everyone involved, Adler, who appears in all three episodes of Kings From Queens, would be ecstatic if the doc won Best Music Film.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Even though the findings still have to undergo peer review, scientists are thrilled with the new work.Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Former receiver Marlon Williams, who played for the Knights from 2017-20, was thrilled about Milton’s return.Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recently, it was announced that the title would be re-released on colorful vinyl in early 2025, and that reveal surely excited those who still love the rockers.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Presumably, the writers were excited by the general existence of a national maple syrup reserve and decided to leave behind the facts — documented in Netflix’s Dirty Money — in favor of a more conventional and also more limited variation on the bumbling small-town heist genre.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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Besides, drunken Survivor footage is the best kind of footage.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Like one bride's tale about how she was forced to have wedding crashers kicked out of her wedding by police when their drunken behavior became too much.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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On 10 nights each season, the Brothers Manning pile into their Monday Night Football sidecar, offering football junkies a bracing dose of hardcore X’s and O’s that’s regularly leavened by an almost giddy irreverence.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Miss Pettigrew can be a bit too giddy for its own good, but Adams matches that flamboyance at every giggly step.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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The sheriff added that, based on a preliminary investigation, the driver didn’t appear to be impaired.Danielle Jennings, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Police arrested Cuadrado, who lives in Castle Hill, following the accident and charged him with criminally negligent homicide, vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired.Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Nobody has been more enthusiastic than Bella Hadid.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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While most of the 860-plus comments were congratulatory, many were predictably less enthusiastic.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Intoxicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intoxicated. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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