drunk driving

noun

variants or drunken driving

chiefly US

: the act of driving a vehicle while drunk

He was arrested for drunk driving.

Examples of drunk driving in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Claypool maintains that Justin and his siblings should not have been allowed to visit their mother, given her past, which includes convictions for drunk driving and child endangerment in 2023, according to court records. —Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024

Vito Fossella Vito Fossella, a Republican, was serving in the House representing New York’s 13th Congressional District when he was arrested for drunk driving in May 2008. —Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024

Somerville pleaded no contest Monday to the lone charge, a misdemeanor, and to violating probation for a prior drunk driving case. —Jason Green, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024

During the Fourth of July, drunk driving accounts for a significant portion of traffic fatalities. —Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 3 July 2024