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  • noun Plural form of inebriate.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inebriate.

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Examples

  • "inebriates," as they are called, blow a .30 or higher and are still functioning.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mark Horvath 2010

  • Extreme danger to their lives George McGovern's daughter died frozen in the streets following her stay in a dry shelter after a later-life relapse and great public expenditures, because street inebriates are regularly incarcerated, hospitalized, treated -- with little to no success.

    Stanton Peele: Why We Should Give Serious Thought To Wet Shelters For Alcoholics Stanton Peele 2011

  • Extreme danger to their lives George McGovern's daughter died frozen in the streets following her stay in a dry shelter after a later-life relapse and great public expenditures, because street inebriates are regularly incarcerated, hospitalized, treated -- with little to no success.

    Stanton Peele: Why We Should Give Serious Thought To Wet Shelters For Alcoholics Stanton Peele 2011

  • I turned and observed both of these young inebriates tumbling down the stairs, their hand luggage bouncing along beside flailing limbs and gyrating torsos.

    Border disorder: passages into Mexico 2008

  • But Congress is ready to reach for our wallets at the behest of President Bush and Wall Street lobbyists who threaten us with a 1932 style Depression if they do not get $700 billion for the debts of Wall Street gamblers and financial inebriates!

    Eric Cantor Kills Bail Out 2008

  • Latecomers always, inebriates pulling in after midnight, addressing Maven as “my man” or “dude,” and never requesting a receipt, never even noticing him lifting the gate by hand.

    DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

  • Latecomers always, inebriates pulling in after midnight, addressing Maven as “my man” or “dude,” and never requesting a receipt, never even noticing him lifting the gate by hand.

    DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

  • It makes for great chess players and ballerinas and turns the rest of us into jealous inebriates.

    Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010

  • Latecomers always, inebriates pulling in after midnight, addressing Maven as “my man” or “dude,” and never requesting a receipt, never even noticing him lifting the gate by hand.

    DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

  • Pennington looked back, disheartened to see that the four inebriates wore the Boleyn colors and crest.

    The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010

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