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- noun Plural form of
inebriate . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
inebriate .
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Examples
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"inebriates," as they are called, blow a .30 or higher and are still functioning.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mark Horvath 2010
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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
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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
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I turned and observed both of these young inebriates tumbling down the stairs, their hand luggage bouncing along beside flailing limbs and gyrating torsos.
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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