How to Use intoxication in a Sentence

intoxication

noun

• The alchemy and intoxication of the moment was like a drug.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
• In some ways, the intoxication is an antidote to the torture and loss portrayed in the earlier parts of the book.
  — Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Police said the 29-year-old driver did not show any signs of intoxication.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
• This isn’t the first time that Ballard’s has faced complaints about rowdiness and intoxication at the venue.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
• Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon said the incident happened in late 2022 when the man was brought to the jail on a public intoxication charge.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 Feb. 2023
• The cause of death was acute opiate and cocaine intoxication.
  — Rolfe Winkler, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• The 32-year-old North Olmsted man showed signs of intoxication and was field tested.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 16 July 2022
• His total bail for the public intoxication and theft charges was $1,000.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• This is the reason why healthcare providers check your pupils when there is a concern about intoxication or overdose.
  — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023
• The prosecutor said the cause of death was acute intoxication from sleeping pills.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
• In the film, Geppetto’s evening of intoxication is fueled by grief.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• The way Greenwood’s arpeggios bend upward at the end of every line in the first half evokes the intoxication of a lover’s touch; Skinner’s drumming feels more like the fluttering of cilia.
  — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023
• The officer approached and broke up the scene, telling the intoxicated man to go to his room due to his public intoxication.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• Boston and San Diego had recent cases of arrests for intoxication that turned out to be drivers who had strokes.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Town records show that there have been more than four dozen calls to the police and fire departments regarding intoxication and rowdiness at the venue since May 1.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• But defense attorneys said intoxication could not be proven to be the cause of the crash, which also injured a woman who was in Mabry’s passenger seat.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 13 May 2023
• Her cause of death was from a combination of drowning and drug intoxication.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• An autopsy showed that Thomas died of acute mixed drug intoxication.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
• Journey died just over a year ago of fentanyl intoxication.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
• High doses—more than 1,000 milligrams a day—can result in a state of intoxication known as caffeinism.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
• The actor suffered acute intoxication as a result of the lethal combination of drugs.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
• Due to his level of intoxication, he was taken to the MPD patrol vehicle via a stretcher.
  — Madeleine Marr Miami Herald (tns), al, 29 July 2022
• Police said the driver, 48-year-old Kevin Scott, showed signs of intoxication from alcohol.
  — oregonlive, 28 July 2023
• He was arrested in the early morning of Dec. 31 in Clay County when he was passed out in the driver’s seat of his vehicle and charged with public intoxication.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2023
• The cement truck driver did not show signs of impairment or intoxication, Cheng said.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2022
• The driver was not injured in the crash but allegedly showed signs of intoxication, according to state police.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2022
• Musso was booked on public intoxication and theft, in addition to other charges, with a total bail of $1,000.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2023
• Later that month, he was arrested in Texas for public intoxication after police received calls about a man banging on doors in the middle of the night.
  — Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
• He was pulled over and displayed objective signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
• According to an autopsy report, the 22-year-old died by accidental drowning and ethanol intoxication.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024