drunk 1 of 3

drunk

2 of 3

noun

drunk

3 of 3

verb

variants or drank
past participle of drink

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of drunk
Adjective
The pilots agreed, took the plane off autopilot, and a very drunk Sheen was able to fly and steer the A330 somewhere over the Atlantic with 200 other passengers onboard. Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 In Aurora, some of the attendees became drunk and rowdy. Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
In the story, the father of Biel’s Chloe and Banks’ Nikki was a drunk who sobered up before his younger daughter Chloe was old enough to be aware of the worst of his behavior. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2025 But Nathalie is a drunk who has been in an abusive relationship with a violent man. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025
Verb
And last season, the pair drank a whole lot of that tasty tea with the help of Corbin. Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025 Celebrities like Kendall Jenner, Adrien Brody, and Naomi Campbell, along with leading New York politicians, drank Dom Pérignon amid loose bricks, fires burning in trash cans, and a sculpture made from bullet-riddled cars. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunk
Adjective
  • The two girls were killed in a drunken-driving hit-and-run collision, theDepartment of Homeland Security said, by a man in the United States illegally who fled the scene of the crime.
    Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Court records show that Nechville was convicted of drunken driving in 2019 and 2023.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Staples, played in the movie by Emily Blunt, was a recovering alcoholic, and the couple’s fraught journeys with sobriety led to feelings of abandonment and bitterness.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gunman opens fire across Denver area On December 27, 2021, a gunman killed five people and wounded several others, including a police officer, in a Denver metro area shooting spree that included a car chase and gunfights with law enforcement, authorities said.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Patrizio led the group’s ’90s acquisition spree, its Hong Kong IPO in 2011, and most recently the takeover of Versace.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The duo, with Char Defrancesco and Nick Newbold in tow, were met in the first-floor salon by the sound of a ghost piano as a model sipped from an oversize teacup.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Regardless, the judges sipped this one in the blind.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the passing of Karl Maybach, his company was fully absorbed into Daimler/Mercedes-Benz in the 1960s, and Maybach-Mercedes rail engines were produced till 1966.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Lutkenhaus has absorbed most of this online reaction because getting compared to one of the NBA’s all-time greats is impossible to miss.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Experts in psychiatry and workplace wellness previously told Newsweek that long hours are linked to sleep disruption, impaired executive function and even structural changes in the brain.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • What is considered impaired driving in California?
    Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wright’s and Cooke’s appropriately scenery-chomping performances alone justify the binge.
    Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Watch the entire Toxic Trait video series in a single binge session for a full rundown of the skeletons living in all different celebs’ closets.
    Rachel Jacoby Zoldan, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Raindrops soaked Tom Brady’s return as a Buccaneer in 2021, tears that fell from the New England sky.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Once soaked, take them out and rinse the parts thoroughly.
    Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunk. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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