How to Use drunk driving in a Sentence

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  • This is not the first time Belt faced drunk driving charges.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • And the ultimate cost of drunk driving, could be a life.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Both brothers were struck and killed by a driver accused of drunk driving.
    Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
  • That driver was charged with drunk driving and going the wrong way on a state highway.
    Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Prosecutors dropped drunk driving and hit and run charges as part of the plea deal, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
  • She was convicted of drunk driving.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
  • She was convicted of drunk driving.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Read was ultimately found guilty of drunk driving.
    Todd Prussman, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
  • She was initially set to serve one year for her drunk driving case, but was released early.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Three days after the filing, she was arrested for drunk driving.
    Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Three days after that, Mary was arrested for drunk driving.
    Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Many of these bans began in the 1980s as a response to drunk driving.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Beer bottles litter the foreground, blunt emblems of drunk driving.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • He was also enrolled in a three-month drunk driving course and will remain on probation for three years.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Scandals have been steady, with overtime abuse, drunk driving, bribery allegations and more on the rap sheet.
    Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 3 July 2025
  • That same year, he was arrested and charged with drunk driving in Westchester, Jones said.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Larson has pushed for tougher drunk driving laws in Wisconsin for 25 years.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Three days after the filing, Mary was arrested for drunk driving.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Brooke Allen, an anti-drunk driving advocate, said.
    Heath Kalb, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • News of the case comes after a separate drunk driving incident last week had far worse results.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Car crash deaths and drunk driving fatalities are also around the lowest in the country.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Did you once get convicted of drunk driving or go through a messy divorce and decide to move to another town to start over?
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Thousands of people are killed every year in drunk driving accidents.
    Idaho Statesman, 26 May 2026
  • Cache was first convicted in 2019 of murder and drunk driving.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • In 2024, he was arrested twice for drunk driving, and released again.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
  • In February, she was sentenced to two years in prison, with one year suspended, for her drunk driving case.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • He was detained for drunk driving and putting members of the public in danger, according to the report.
    Michael Lee, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • None of the ads used tones that would evoke negative emotions or clearly convey the consequences of drunk driving.
    Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Across the state, 210 people were arrested by troopers for drunk driving.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
  • Opponents worry the new last-call hours will lead to more drunk driving and promote excessive drinking.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024

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