How to Use inebriate in a Sentence

inebriate

verb
  • Zach notes that the goal isn’t to get his guests inebriated, which is why many of the boozy concoctions are low alcohol.
    — Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
  • His music has inebriated them so much, that their eyes are no longer recognizable.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • In the movie, the distraught and inebriated Annette gets gang-raped by Tony’s friends.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Louise would call me, inebriated, shouting nasty stuff about my political stance.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2025
  • However, two years later, the businessman was fired from the film for being inebriated on set.
    — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The authors wondered if this might be because the bats wanted to avoid becoming inebriated.
    — ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And not to mention being inebriated.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The clues are all in his writing, the structure of the sentence, the tracking of it, the fast decline into being inebriated.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
  • According to the suit, Dame was hired to help co-direct the film, but was fired two years later for allegedly being inebriated on set.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • In the film, Rona is often inebriated and completely unaware of how her constant drinking impacts those around her.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Unruly behavior can range from being too inebriated on a flight to assaulting a flight attendant.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
  • Another email reports conversations among students who claimed to be inebriated at one of the coach’s parties.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
  • Ben Affleck, who has long been open about his fight against addiction, appeared to be publicly inebriated recently.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Not only was our team inebriated and messed up from all their interpersonal dynamics and everything that’s going on, the city around them is as well.
    — Monique Newman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Further investigation revealed Hyden had been inebriated at the time of the crash.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Some victims said they were inebriated when they were loaded into vans and taken to a motel or an apartment complex hundreds of miles away, usually with vague promises of help.
    — Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
  • Getting inebriated is far from the biggest issue facing Anchorage’s waxwings.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In one incident report reviewed by the Tribune, a patron who appeared to be inebriated or on drugs was allegedly throwing chairs and books on the fourth floor.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • Two office rivals, still inebriated from an evening of hard partying, learn that the drugs and alcohol in their systems are the only thing keeping them from being infected.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Significant time spent driving at night hurts a person’s score because of poorer visibility and drivers on the road who are more likely to be tired or inebriated.
    — Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 9 June 2024
  • This person also denied that Kissel was ever inebriated at the Milwaukee airport.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Be especially careful not to drink large amounts and become inebriated, as this could blunt your body’s response to temperature regulation.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 25 June 2024
  • The letter alleged that Cohen appeared inebriated and invited her to watch via FaceTime.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Yet the manufacturers are inebriated with power over Congress.
    — Ralph Nader, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Shortly after he was arrested, Marrs confessed to the murder and alleged that he was inebriated and broke into Erickson's home to steal money.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • And, while the man in the footage is evidently inebriated, making strange, contorted motions with his upper body, Desi is seen standing off to the side, wagging her tail, for most of the half-minute clip.
    — Michael Benanav, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2025
  • While campers will still want to be careful when ascending into the roof, even small stairs strike us as an easier, more natural way of climbing into bed than a ladder, particularly if said camper is tired or inebriated.
    — New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2025
  • United Airlines has apologized after receiving complaints that one of their flight attendants appeared to be inebriated during a flight on Thursday.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 4 May 2018
  • The driver of the car, Henri Paul — who was later found to be inebriated — turned into a tunnel that ran next to the Seine River in an attempt to evade the photographers.
    — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The driver of the car, Henri Paul — who was later found to be inebriated — turned into a tunnel that ran next to the Seine River in an attempt to evade the photographers.
    — Stephanie Kaloi, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025

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