Examples of drunk tank in a Sentence
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Prone to imbibe under pressure, our Hungarian expat celebrity ghost-hunter grows maddened by so many contradictory signals, till he’s thrown in the local drunk tank to sleep it off.
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Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2023
Mitchell was held in a cell known as the ‘drunk tank’ without a bed or toilet, according to Kelly’s lawsuit.
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Maham Javaid,
Washington Post,
16 Feb. 2023
The first week of January was then flooded with other seating position polls, with commenters weighing in on the best seat in a doomsday bunker, a Subway, an NYPD drunk tank, the Golden Globes, and the Seinfeld apartment.
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Andrea Park,
Marie Claire,
22 Dec. 2020
Their jail is used primarily as a drunk tank; 97% of the crimes committed by Alaska natives involve alcohol.
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CBS News,
3 June 2019
The planet is merely a drunk tank for heaven, a pointless stop on a final journey.
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Greg Gutfeld,
Fox News,
12 Sep. 2018
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Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2023
Mitchell was held in a cell known as the ‘drunk tank’ without a bed or toilet, according to Kelly’s lawsuit.
—
Maham Javaid,
Washington Post,
16 Feb. 2023
The first week of January was then flooded with other seating position polls, with commenters weighing in on the best seat in a doomsday bunker, a Subway, an NYPD drunk tank, the Golden Globes, and the Seinfeld apartment.
—
Andrea Park,
Marie Claire,
22 Dec. 2020
Their jail is used primarily as a drunk tank; 97% of the crimes committed by Alaska natives involve alcohol.
—
CBS News,
3 June 2019
The planet is merely a drunk tank for heaven, a pointless stop on a final journey.
—
Greg Gutfeld,
Fox News,
12 Sep. 2018
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“Drunk tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk%20tank. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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