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Recent Examples of intoxication Sanchez was arrested over the weekend in connection with the incident and has been charged with battery resulting in injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle, prosecutors announced on Monday. Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025 The Context Fox Sports analyst Sanchez was initially charged with battery with injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a vehicle following his arrest in Indianapolis on Saturday, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office said. Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 Among the initial misdemeanor charges filed against Sanchez was public intoxication. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025 The driver who crashed into their home fatally shot himself two years later, about a week before his trial for intoxication manslaughter was scheduled to begin. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intoxication
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Noun
  • After being appointed a guardian when her alcoholism came to a head in the early 2000s, Joan lived a quiet life in Boston and stayed relatively out of the public eye.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Kennedy was also known for publicly acknowledging her struggles with alcoholism and depression, something that few prominent women in America did at the time.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • So, too, was the ecstasy at which City celebrated their equally exhilarating 3-2 victory over Arsenal, their joy at odds with the dejection of the Arsenal players who had twice clawed their way back to parity but failed to hold on.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Picture a night in Ibiza where melodies provide the ecstasy and the instrument is Twigs’ multifaceted voice, defying register in shifting from a whispery soprano to guttural pulses in the most surprising of ways.
    Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Meaningful work Having a sense of purpose and believing in your work is a key component to workplace happiness.
    William Vanderbloemen, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Murdaughs' facade of prosperity, love and happiness all starts to crumble after Paul crashes that boat.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The list of allowable grounds includes malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, incompetence, or permanent inability to perform official duties.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Portalatin’s petition seeks to remove Wilder and Saenz using a statute in the Texas Local Government Code that allows for citizens to seek public officials’ removal due to incompetency, official misconduct or drunkenness both on and off duty.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Tina Turner’s Gravity-Defying Wavy Shag Tina Turner’s higher-than-heaven shag was heavily teased at the roots, says Abramite.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Scorsese’s life and work, still ongoing thank heavens, have been given a rather simple five-act structure for purposes of the documentary.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds—one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies—is a joy like no other.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 10 Oct. 2025
  • With themes of resilience, victory, and joy as a healing balm, Joy in the Belly of a Riot is a beautiful manifestation of how poetry has the power to heal and help one overcome pain.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Intoxication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intoxication. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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