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Recent Examples of drinker Another example: The lady downstairs is a heavy smoker and drinker. Judith Martin, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025 The number of studies was small because the committee’s task was to look at evidence since 2010 that compared moderate drinkers to lifelong abstainers, Calonge said. Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025 Distribution with Regal is indicative of Leitner-Waldman’s theory that wine drinkers are eschewing the more stodgy and outdated way that they were presented wines—the white tablecloth fine dining experience—and instead seeking to sip on wine during more active occasions. John Kell, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 On a mission to reinvent Denver’s nightlife scene, founder Arend Richard created a space to cater to tokers instead of drinkers, and it’s been a long time coming. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drinker
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Noun
  • Tracker's season 2 finale centers primarily on the disappearance of Bill Weaver (Brian Keane), a local restaurateur and recovering alcoholic.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 May 2025
  • Delia is a recovering alcoholic, after all, and with the scent Erivo could carry that past with her as well as a certain amount of freshness that comes with working on an apple farm.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • In the play’s finest scene, a sympathetic drunk (Trevor Fox) tries to reel Moat back from his horrors.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
  • That’s different from dealing with homosexual drunks.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drinker. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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