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intoxicated

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verb

past tense of intoxicate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of intoxicated
Adjective
Mom had 2 arrests for alleged drunken driving Within about a day of talking to the caseworker, on July 2, 2023, Hannah Johnson was arrested in Logan County, Ohio, on a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge. Kevin Grasha, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025 An intoxicated man wielding a metal tool is accused of attacking and damaging the Stone of Twelve Angles in Peru, a famed Inca construction, cultural officials said. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
In an initial court appearance on the day of his arrest, Sanchez pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated, and has since pleaded not guilty to lesser civil charges of refusing a chemical test and failure to obey traffic control devices. Peter D'abrosca, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025 Some are still intoxicated by whatever perfume is left of Rodgers’ Hall of Fame career. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intoxicated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intoxicated
Adjective
  • Rivera had been jailed at Santa Rita since May 2022, after California Highway Patrol officers arrested him on suspicion of murder for allegedly driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a woman.
    Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • How do police tell if drivers are drunk? Law enforcement agencies use a series of physical and mental exercises to determine whether drivers could be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Fans were ecstatic to find out Elliot’s middle name ties to his grandpa, along with his initials being EMM.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Love Island season 6 winner, 25, was ecstatic to hear Ellen Pompeo is a big fan of her relationship with Kordell Beckham.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Parents of college students who are home for the holidays are thrilled.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That's new, and not everyone is thrilled about it.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Rather than keeping your heart set on an Ivy League or other ultra-reach school, revisit your college list and notes from your college visits to remind yourself what excited you about the other schools on your list.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Many are excited by the shift in direction of these books.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • He was ticketed for first-offense drunken driving after the crash, court records show.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
  • By contrast, police are able to administer a simple blood alcohol test to know precisely how much alcohol a person has consumed when pulled over for drunken driving.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Front Range faithful who two summers ago lined the streets of downtown Denver, giddy to the last.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
  • By turns giddy, anxious, and despairing, these poems have endeared him to generations of ordinary readers who find in the tempestuous and ultimately brokenhearted poet a strikingly modern and profoundly accessible figure.
    Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Standardized tests sanctioned by the American Psychological Association can be invaluable aids to revealing whether decision-making parts of the brain are impaired.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • For instance, in the life insurance industry, a product should not only ensure healthy individuals but all those who are impaired and in dire need of insurance.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Her response was less than enthusiastic.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Sell-side analysts are not enthusiastic about the sector, citing OPEC+’s production increases and the intensifying trade war, which are putting pressure on oil prices.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Intoxicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intoxicated. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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