How to Use under the influence in a Sentence

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• Looking on the bright side, at least the teens didn’t get behind the wheel while under the influence.
  — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 July 2026
• Do not use fireworks while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
  — Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 3 July 2026
• The driver is not believed to have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  — Austin Turner, CBS News, 29 July 2026
• Davis died in 1990 after a fall down stairs while under the influence of alcohol.
  — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
• Stay sober on the water – never operate a vessel under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
  — Doug Myers, CBS News, 27 June 2026
• Bears are thriving thanks in part to an abundance of food — including acorns, deer and boars — under the influence of a warming climate, experts say.
  — CBS News, 9 June 2026
• Romo was also cited for operating while under the influence and unsafe passing on the right.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
• Snell reached a plea agreement on April 21 that puts the driving under the influence charge on hold for one year without a formal finding.
  — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
• But man, seeing Tony Romo card a +35 and then get pulled over for operating while under the influence is a doozy.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
• No injuries were reported, and investigators found no evidence that Pelosi was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.
  — James Ward, USA Today, 18 July 2026
• Testing indicated that Paul was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, authorities added at the time.
  — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
• Toxicology testing later confirmed Singh was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
• The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, police said, adding that the driver did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
  — Jason Green, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
• He was booked on suspicion of two misdemeanor charges, pedestrian under the influence of drugs or alcohol and resisting or obstructing officers.
  — Alex Brizee july 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026
• Investigators found that Perez was driving as fast as 100 mph while under the influence of alcohol, oxycodone, and methamphetamine.
  — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 31 July 2026
• With more people under the influence of alcohol, an expanding illicit drug market and more guns available, the murder rate dramatically increased.
  — James Tuttle, The Conversation, 9 July 2026
• Juniper trees, myrtle bushes, vineyards, and aromatic herbs flourish under the influence of the Maestrale, the strong northwesterly wind that sweeps across Sardinia year-round.
  — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• More than 1,600 of those fatalities were drivers, and approximately 38% of those drivers were under the influence.
  — Aaa - Mountain Group, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
• Collins turned himself in to EnCon Police on July 10, and he was arrested and charged with operating a boat under the influence.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
• Ramirez-Romero is charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, operating under the influence, traveling unreasonably fast and failure to drive in the proper lane.
  — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
• Months later, EnCon Police sought an arrest warrant, alleging Collins had been operating the canoe while under the influence.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
• In other evidence uncovered by investigators, it was revealed that Shirilla was under the influence of marijuana and was in possession of the psychedelic mushroom psilocybin at the time of the crash.
  — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
• Romo was arrested on July 23 on charges of operating a vehicle while under the influence, as well as allegedly possessing an open container of alcohol in his vehicle and unsafe passing to the right.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
• The third law, known as Magnus' Law, was written in response to the death of 17-year-old Magnus White, who was hit and killed by a driver suspected to be under the influence in 2023.
  — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 30 July 2026
• An officer with the Fort Worth Police Department is recovering after the department said a minor driver who was under the influence hit a patrol car late Saturday night.
  — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 July 2026
• The announcement was in conjunction with the public revelation about Shanahan’s two-car collision, which occurred at a Palo Alto intersection with neither driver cited nor suspected of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
• California officials on Monday said a driver suspected of being under the influence miraculously survived after a pickup truck plunged roughly 600 feet off a cliff in Northern California last week.
  — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
• Romo was arrested near the Marquette Interchange in downtown Milwaukee on July 23 on suspicion of operating while under the influence, according to an arrest-detention report from the sheriff's office.
  — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 29 July 2026
• Paul Murdaugh was later charged with boating under the influence, but those charges were dismissed after he and his mother, Maggie Murdaugh, were fatally shot at the family's Colleton County hunting estate in June 2021.
  — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
• The arrest comes just weeks after DEEP launched Operation Dry Water, a nationwide enforcement campaign targeting boating under the influence over the Fourth of July holiday.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026