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Recent Examples of sozzled Fancy restaurants might lay on luxury AVs to ferry sozzled customers home, as part of the cost of a meal. The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018 But these kinds of remarks don’t do much for readers who might be more interested in a scene of Ray at that Atlanta boardinghouse, with its sozzled proprietor, than a description of the author discovering this information. Jacob Silverman, New Republic, 16 Aug. 2017 Three beautiful, sozzled men with flowers in their turbans walked with us for about half an hour, before our paths diverged. Parul Seghal, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017 Neither does his awkward incursion into the dismal marriage of his lover (Katharina Schüttler) and her sozzled husband. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 29 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sozzled
Adjective
  • In his memoir, Perry recalled how Aniston was the first costar to confront him about his troubles despite him never having been drunk on set.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • In August 2024, the nursing home was penalized when federal surveyors found that two residents were leaving the nursing home without signing out and then returning drunk.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Survey data showed that Naperville police made 258 drunken driving arrests in 2024, a 51.8% increase over the 170 made in 2023.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Matters are complicated by Olivia's drunken uncle, Sir Toby Belch (John Ellison Conlee), serving-woman Maria (Daphne Rubin-Vega), and Belch's friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Ferguson).
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Sloan, originally from New Jersey, didn’t eat a lot of fried chicken growing up — other than the occasional KFC.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • And like with other Southern stalwarts (think sweet tea and fried chicken), where a taste undoubtedly leads to seconds, one trip to the Smokies always begets a return visit.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Sozzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sozzled. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.

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