How to Use intoxication in a Sentence
intoxication
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A lot of those hours of cannabis intoxication are while people are on the job or in school.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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The driver of the truck was not injured and showed no signs of intoxication, police said.
—Carlie Wells, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2021
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The intoxication thesis says this is all wrong.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
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The cause was mixed drug intoxication.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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In that video, he is seen drinking whiskey and later, begins to show signs of intoxication.
—Paul Murphy and Aileen Graef, CNN, 13 Apr. 2022
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The cause of death was acute opiate and cocaine intoxication.
—Rolfe Winkler, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
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One of the friends, the 17-year-old girl, took at least one of the pills and died from acute fentanyl intoxication.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2025
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The front right passenger showed signs of intoxication as well.
—Houston Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2020
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The driver of the vehicle did not show any signs of intoxication and remained at the scene.
—Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
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Yet even as the crimes or the forms of intoxication evolve, the power of the symbolic meal persists.
—Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 24 Oct. 2024
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Police said the 29-year-old driver did not show any signs of intoxication.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
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The coroner determined the cause of death to be mixed drug intoxication.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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This is the reason why healthcare providers check your pupils when there is a concern about intoxication or overdose.
—Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023
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Police said the driver showed no sign of intoxication.
—Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Police said the driver showed no signs of intoxication.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Feb. 2026
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The father did not display signs of intoxication, the report adds.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
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But an ancient affinity may explain why humans are drawn to the stuff to the point of intoxication.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
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In addition to the hate crime, she was charged with public intoxication and shoplifting.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
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The woman showed signs of intoxication and failed a field sobriety test, Gagnon said.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2019
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An autopsy showed Thomas died of acute mixed drug intoxication.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 18 Nov. 2025
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Pennsylvania law says it cannot be sold for the purpose of intoxication.
—Liz Crawford, CBS News, 9 June 2026
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This year — as with every year — one of the biggest concerns is intoxication, which can be deadly on the water.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2020
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The prosecutor said the cause of death was acute intoxication from sleeping pills.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
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Experts say some form of the intoxication loophole still exists in more than 20 states.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
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According to the court's recitation of the facts, the victim passed out from intoxication and woke up while being raped.
—Mark Wagner, Star Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021
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In some ways, the intoxication is an antidote to the torture and loss portrayed in the earlier parts of the book.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
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Some of us go into that very intense state of intoxication and addiction, but others don't.
—Marielle Segarra, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
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The end result is a rough paste, glittering with salt and vividly green, suffused with the sharp, sour, sweet intoxication of yuzu.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2020
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The 17-year-old driver showed signs of intoxication, police said.
—Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Sep. 2021
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Members of the crew were given an alcohol test to see whether intoxication was the cause of their negligence.
—Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021
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