drunk driving

noun

variants or drunken driving

chiefly US

: the act of driving a vehicle while drunk

He was arrested for drunk driving.

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The official, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele, was arrested after allegedly drunk driving on Nov. 10, hitting several cars in the process. —

Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Nov. 2024 Car crash deaths and drunk driving fatalities are also around the lowest in the country. —

Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2024 Well, the whole first half of this season has been building to this moment: the first real conversation between Alice and the man whose drunk driving killed her mother. —

Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024 Timberlake addressed reporters after his hearing, making a public apology and giving a drunk driving PSA as required in the plea agreement. —

Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drunk driving

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