How to Use drinking problem in a Sentence

drinking problem

noun
  • Or, at the very least, its a good enough life for a handsome twentysomething with a drinking problem and penchant for stripping down to his skivvies more often than not.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
  • So many women who have gotten famous on Bravo did so by being mean, delusional, or mean and delusional, give or take a drinking problem.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Laura’s drinking problem The movie finds a much more put-together Laura, a woman who is being gaslit by everyone around her.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In subsequent posts, as per legal documents, Cooper accuses Pete of having a drinking problem, needing a guardian and questioning her mental health.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
  • In a nutshell, Emilia resents her dad for decades of poor behavior, including a drinking problem that Martínez, who’s been sober for several years now, seems incapable of acknowledging.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • His father had a drinking problem and often left the family for long stretches, so Norris found his male role models in Wayne, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers at the movie theater.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But the Macy's Santa turns out to have a drinking problem, leading to the hiring of Kris (Edmund Gwenn, in an Oscar-winning role), who may or may not be the real Santa.
    Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Amerilodge denies the allegations, claiming Starling resigned and had a drinking problem, while Starling maintains she was fired in retaliation for reporting Malik.
    Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Mike Tyson plays a space-cadet version of himself, but the show transcends the one-note premise with its smart deployment of sharp joke writing, stellar voice actors (including Norm Macdonald, who crushes as a pigeon with a drinking problem), and a heavy dose of metafiction.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And yet, after his serious drinking problem deep-sixed his professional relationship with the composer — who then went on to form a far more famous and fruitful collaboration with Hammerstein — Hart was relegated to something like a footnote in his friend’s story.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Ahead of the big game, Warner Bros DC Studios‘ released the new trailer next big summer movie, starring House of Dragon‘s Milly Alcock in the title role as Superman’s cousin — who has a drinking problem.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026

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