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Recent Examples of drinker Once seated, the man propped his phone against a candle, so that a neighboring solo drinker could watch, too. Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 May 2025 Coffee drinkers will love the museum cafe, which sells more than 200 single-origin coffees. Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 16 May 2025 These days, there’s a rosé for every kind of drinker, from the natural wine obsessive to the person who still orders White Zinfandel unabashedly. Rachel King, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 The trend is particularly striking across younger age cohorts; Gen Z drinks less than prior generations at the same age, and millennials hold the largest share of no-alcohol drinkers, according to IWSR. Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for drinker
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Noun
  • Joel even has time for regular therapy sessions with the town’s resident psychoanalyst/alcoholic Gail (O’Hara), in an effort to reconcile with Ellie.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Jong also is an alcoholic who long used her daughter’s life in her work.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • What amazing feats the confidence of the drunk can accomplish.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • Sometimes rough language is all a drunk can understand.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025

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“Drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drinker. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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