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: being under the influence of a drug (such as marijuana) taken especially for pleasure : high
Examples of stoned in a Sentence
He was stoned on pot.
They got stoned at the party.
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Yet for all of his stoned foolishness, Bob has clearly imparted a real distrust of authority to his kid.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Like any stoned person would in the presence of hip-hop royalty, Lacy decided to break the ice with a joke.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
Despite the wrinkles and gray hair of the men playing them, AC/DC’s songs remain timeless slices of crude and rude rock custom made for blasting from the cars of stoned teenagers.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
The proposal came at a time when the concert industry was still shaking off images from the ‘60s and ‘70s of naked, stoned, sometimes rioting audiences taking over small towns for weekend-long music festivals.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Like any stoned person would in the presence of hip-hop royalty, Lacy decided to break the ice with a joke.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
Despite the wrinkles and gray hair of the men playing them, AC/DC’s songs remain timeless slices of crude and rude rock custom made for blasting from the cars of stoned teenagers.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
The proposal came at a time when the concert industry was still shaking off images from the ‘60s and ‘70s of naked, stoned, sometimes rioting audiences taking over small towns for weekend-long music festivals.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stoned
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“Stoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoned. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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