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Recent Examples of sozzled Fancy restaurants might lay on luxury AVs to ferry sozzled customers home, as part of the cost of a meal. The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018 But these kinds of remarks don’t do much for readers who might be more interested in a scene of Ray at that Atlanta boardinghouse, with its sozzled proprietor, than a description of the author discovering this information. Jacob Silverman, New Republic, 16 Aug. 2017 Three beautiful, sozzled men with flowers in their turbans walked with us for about half an hour, before our paths diverged. Parul Seghal, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017 Neither does his awkward incursion into the dismal marriage of his lover (Katharina Schüttler) and her sozzled husband. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 29 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sozzled
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
  • 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
  • From oysters to fried chicken, Champagne makes every meal feel like a celebration.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Go for the stone crabs, the fried chicken, the Key lime pie, or just the classic experience.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025

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

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