How to Use inebriated in a Sentence

inebriated

adjective

• He was clearly inebriated when he left the bar.
• At the end of the night, an inebriated Spacey picked him up, placed him on his bed, and climbed on top of him, Rapp said.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
• Want to keep inebriated fans off your front lawn on game day?
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• The Nerds get sucked through the straw, adding a sweet counterpunch to the alcohol, and the fish are tasty though chewy, inebriated souls.
  — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
• Four of these victims are killed in a car wreck caused by Joan Conville, an inebriated young Navy nurse en route to her first...
  — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 31 May 2019
• There, the only other black person in the room was an inebriated man, said Monique, who did not want the Globe to print her last name.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• Dating to the 1800s, this jail housed debtors and inebriated sailors, among others.
  — Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2022
• Taken aback by such a sight at 10 o’clock in the morning, Ferg asked the assistant about the inebriated man.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2021
• In the studio with Tyner, an inebriated ODB passed along a tape, asking to rap over it.
  — Brandon T. Harden, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The driver was still inside the car and appeared to be confused and inebriated.
  — cleveland, 12 Mar. 2020
• But open flames and lamp oil and inebriated party guests don’t always mix.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 May 2022
• Methanol can make people feel inebriated, but even a very small amount can be toxic.
  — James Griffiths, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
• One to do the vomiting, another to hold her hair back and the third one to stand there, taking it all in, laughing at her poor, inebriated friend.
  — Candace Buckner, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
• In Brussels, Verlaine, in the midst of an inebriated lover’s quarrel, fired a revolver at Rimbaud, wounding him in the wrist.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2020
• Seeing Lance getting inebriated on emotion, McMillan put him on the bench and kept him there.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2018
• Back on dry land, their yarns starred pimps, prostitutes and inebriated seamen losing their wages at the bar and in back-alley dice games.
  — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
• The night spiraled and a severely inebriated LaBeouf was arrested, putting the future of the movie in jeopardy.
  — Piya Sinha-Roy, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2020
• The magic was supposed to work best when Serios was inebriated.
  — Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine, 17 May 2017
• The incident certainly isn’t the first time an airline has had to deal with the repercussions of inebriated fliers.
  — Elaheh Nozari, CNT, 31 Aug. 2017
• As the event wound down, several inebriated people hopped behind the bar and poured themselves drinks.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
• At the end of season one, his inebriated and overwrought search for drugs at Shiv’s wedding ends in Kendall killing a hotel employee.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2021
• That would later be revealed to be more than just idle chatter and the ramblings of an inebriated adviser.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2018
• Each episode sees host Derek Waters visit an inebriated celebrity to recount a historical event, from the first space walk to the birth of hip hop.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 17 Oct. 2022
• Despite the gunshot to the head, the woman was alert and chatty, but possibly inebriated and not listening.
  — Matt Hamilton, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• One of his most memorable moments at Whitlow’s is when his inebriated friend decided to barrel-roll down the long flight of stairs from the roof deck, and had to be carried out.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
• The film’s premise arose from a simple question: If a woman in real life wanted to take revenge on men who prey on inebriated women, what would that look like?
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2020
• Detecting unsteadiness or slurred speech, the drone could tell when to cut off an inebriated customer.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
• Piazza appeared to become inebriated and fell face-first down a flight of basement steps.
  — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
• O’Connell needn’t be concerned for now about being booed at home by impatient or inebriated fans.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2022
• Animal welfare experts, think that the birds’ inebriated state may be the result of feeding on brewery waste.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 6 July 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024