Examples of drunkard in a Sentence
Her father was a drunkard.
accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem
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Harris maintained that, like habitual drunkards, unlawful drug users may have their gun rights temporarily taken away.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2026
Hemani's lawyers also reject the government's attempt to liken laws disarming habitual drunkards to the law disarming drug users, arguing that those early restrictions covered only people who regularly abused alcohol, not all those who drink.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
These laws also applied to habitual drunkards, the mentally ill and others determined to be dangerous to the public.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2026
Hemani's lawyers also reject the government's attempt to liken laws disarming habitual drunkards to the law disarming drug users, arguing that those early restrictions covered only people who regularly abused alcohol, not all those who drink.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
These laws also applied to habitual drunkards, the mentally ill and others determined to be dangerous to the public.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Drunkard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunkard. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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drunkard
noun
drunk·ard
ˈdrəŋ-kərd 
: a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
Medical Definition
drunkard
noun
drunk·ard
ˈdrəŋ-kərd
: one suffering from or subject to acute or chronic alcoholism : one who habitually becomes drunk
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