How to Use stoned in a Sentence

stoned

adjective

• They got stoned at the party.
• He was stoned on pot.
• Sometimes Adebimpe sounds like a stoned drill sergeant, and at other times like a kid on the brink of adolescence.
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
• But in the morning, that dastardly alarm clock wakes you from a stoned slumber and something just isn’t right.
  — Mike Adams, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• There is no reliable scientific test to prove someone is too stoned to drive.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• Saturday’s crash occurred outside the Grosser Kiepenkerl, a restaurant on a cobble-stoned street in the center of the city that is popular with locals and tourists, the police said.
  — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2018
• Even without knowing the backstory, the many contradictions and half-baked arguments suggest this book grew out of a stoned idea.
  — Kathleen Breitman, Fortune Crypto, 20 July 2023
• Saturday’s crash occurred outside the Grosser Kiepenkerl, a restaurant on a cobble-stoned street in the center of the city that is popular with locals and tourists, police said.
  — Melissa Eddy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• Opponents fear children will be lured into use, roads will become drag strips for stoned drivers and widespread consumption will spike health care costs.
  — Michael R. Blood, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Oct. 2020
• In the film, Seth Rogen’s immature, stoned character must rally, rather quickly, to become a partner and father.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2021
• Young Thug’s mumbling rap style, in a child-like tone, sounds like a stoned kid rapping about something as banal as picking up sneakers at a mall, instead of discharging a firearm at someone’s mother.
  — Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• Carucci, Dickerson and others in the real estate market said the property likely is owned by one of Kittler’s wealthy clients, who now, like Brady and Gisele once did, has use the yoga studio, a stoned carport with space for up to 20 cars and a gym.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
• The stoned, nightmare sequence clearly comes from the imagination of someone safe, successful, and unafraid — but who follows today’s seditious fashion.
  — Armond White, National Review, 3 Mar. 2021
• Press releases showed each animal looking a bit stoned, wearing tight black collars affixed with two gray boxes, each slightly larger than a cigarette pack.
  — Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 27 July 2022
• The stoned attention span perfectly matches the length of each vignette, in which Attenborough’s soothing, avuncular voice guides you through a simple story about animal life.
  — Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2021
• And Taylor is hilarious as a very stoned listener to Harvey’s self-justifications.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• Unfortunately, amateur recording equipment of the era was difficult to sneak past security, let alone operate properly, and your average Floyd fan was a stoned teenager.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024