How to Use drunken in a Sentence

drunken

adjective
  • A drunken brawl broke out at the bar.
  • He lives in an apartment with his drunken mother.
  • He fell into a drunken stupor.
  • The streets were filled with drunken revelers on New Year's Eve.
  • The drunken man got into his car and moved it from the gas pump to a parking spot.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
  • One story holds that he was killed in a drunken brawl with one of his guards.
    Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Till one drunken night in 2003, when a Palillo punched an AFO in-law.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • There was the sober me who chose to seek help, and the drunken me who had clanged around in my life months, weeks, hours before.
    Mike Scalise, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2023
  • Loud Spanish and drunken laughter filled the main room.
    Sasha Digiulian, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Those drunken words at the downtown parade seem like a long time ago.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 May 2024
  • In the film, the drunken swordsman sacrifices himself for a friend.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 July 2023
  • There will be a 1900s room, a drunken handyman bar, a botanist room that can be used for private events.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • One of the most tragic events from the past year was a car crash that involved a drunken driver and cost the lives of a teenage couple.
    Anchorage Daily News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • During one drunken brawl, he was beaten with a shovel, shot in the back and left for dead.
    Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 20 May 2022
  • Brooks sued Depp in 2018 alleging that the actor punched him twice in a drunken tirade.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022
  • The hedge has tripled in height, and four enormous pines, once Arbor Day twiglets, sway above the roofline like drunken soldiers.
    Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022
  • In an angry, drunken stupor, my client returned to the store, confronted the young clerk, and stabbed him in the heart.
    Emilio "emi" Benitez, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
  • One evening, as a drunken prank, Sheene, Jr., set off a fire alarm near the Bidens’ home, causing a commotion.
    Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • His friendship with the band ended the night a drunken John Lennon poured beer over Montez’s head and a brawl ensued.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Elle King appears to be taking a break from her tour in the wake of her drunken performance at the Grand Ole Opry last week.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Andy Cohen's drunken New Year's Eve antics might be back to kick off 2024!
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • It’s not just the driver who is at fault in a drunken driving accident.
    Michael Pike, Sun Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The reasons for the early closings vary: Some businesses grew weary of the drunken clientele in the wee hours.
    Dodai Stewart, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Thai dishes include the fried fish cakes tod mun pla, drunken noodles and pad Thai.
    Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • Often the people on tour played drunken football in the parking lot.
    Cindy Watts, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • One evening, a drunken Kathleen, in an attempt to show off for some guests, dives head first into the pool and doesn’t surface.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 9 June 2022
  • With the tattoos done, Meyers wrapped things up by moving to the piano, where the duo did their own (drunken and off-key) version of the Cheers theme song.
    Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2022
  • The guard was allegedly trying to break up a fight between Scott and one of his own bodyguards in a drunken fight.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 9 Aug. 2024
  • In contrast, Wojnicz has a front seat to what reads hilariously as a cut-rate, drunken version down the street.
    Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Particularly in the drunken London scenes, her Rona is a real mess.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024

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