How to Use binge drinking in a Sentence

binge drinking

noun
  • The state had the ninth-highest rate in the country of people who reported binge drinking, heavy drinking or both.
    Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • It was based on binge drinking and heavy drinking within a 30-day period.
    Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 2 June 2023
  • Avoiding binge drinking and smoking could also help reduce the risk, according to the CDC.
    Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Schools with high or moderate rates of binge drinking also had higher rates of misuse.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This means sleeping between seven and nine hours each night, eating a healthy diet, moving during the week, and not binge drinking.
    Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Midlife adults also reported record-high levels of binge drinking (29%), following a trend of increase over the past decade, from 23%.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Stress, binge drinking, poor diet, and not getting good sleep were associated with around a 20% increase of death during the study.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 July 2023
  • The campaign has had tangible effects in a country where beer flows freely at sidewalk restaurants and binge drinking is common.
    Chau Doan, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Schools with more White students and those who had medium levels of student binge drinking were also more likely to see teen abuse of stimulants.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The 38-year-old Filipina said the partnership with Hawkins for these events felt as intense and fulfilling as their early days in retail — this time without the fog of binge drinking.
    Alexa Juliana Ard, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • According to the Post, patients who reported binge drinking were the most impacted.
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But binge drinking can harm your liver and other organs and break down important barriers in your intestines over time.
    Dani Blum, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Rather than taking a trip to, say, Cabo or Ghana, these college friends choose to subvert the norm by hosting their casual reunion at a luxurious house in the woods for a weekend of shenanigans and binge drinking.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 June 2023
  • Middle-aged adults are binge drinking and using marijuana more than ever.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21% of men report binge drinking (almost double the rate of women), and men account for nearly 80% of suicide deaths (four times the rate for women).
    Lee Cowan, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Over the decades, the vocabulary describing it has become more medically aware: It's known at universities across the U.S. and the Continent as binge drinking.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Overall, one in six U.S. adults indulges on binge drinking, defined as consuming five or more drinks on a single occasion for men or four or more drinks on a single occasion for women.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • Cutting down on smoking, refraining from binge drinking, and getting plenty of physical exercise, may also improve brain health, according to the CDC.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Ben Goertzel, founder of a company exploring decentralized AGI, floated the idea of an algorithm capable of behaving like a college student (minus the binge drinking).
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2023
  • In addition to catching up to other states, lawmakers say allowing universities to control the sale of alcohol at sporting events would reduce the instances of binge drinking that take place before fans get into stadiums and arenas.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Another study found that trans people who start hormones as adolescents report lower levels of binge drinking, drug use and suicidality than those who desired gender-affirming hormones but could not access them.
    Derek P. Siegel, The Conversation, 22 May 2023

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