How to Use intoxication in a Sentence

intoxication

noun
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  • A lot of those hours of cannabis intoxication are while people are on the job or in school.
    — Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The alchemy and intoxication of the moment was like a drug.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Yet even as the crimes or the forms of intoxication evolve, the power of the symbolic meal persists.
    — Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The driver of the vehicle did not show any signs of intoxication and remained at the scene.
    — Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 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
  • Marroquin is the third person in the last decade to die from water intoxication in a San Diego jail.
    — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Police said the 29-year-old driver did not show any signs of intoxication.
    — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In that video, he is seen drinking whiskey and later, begins to show signs of intoxication.
    — Paul Murphy and Aileen Graef, CNN, 13 Apr. 2022
  • 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 | Crobinson@al.com, 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
  • The most recent case before this week was a public intoxication charge brought against him in Abilene in March 2019.
    — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2021
  • 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 man was found in the parking lot across the street and was cited for disorderly conduct-intoxication.
    — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The prosecutor said the cause of death was acute intoxication from sleeping pills.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The problem with the show is this intoxication with scale and muchness: Not all of Deep Blue Sea feels as gorgeously considered as its first half hour.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Members of the crew were given an alcohol test to see whether intoxication was the cause of their negligence.
    — Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • The 17-year-old driver showed signs of intoxication, police said.
    — Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Much of it evinced Mr. Browne’s intoxication with and growing command of the materials and techniques of the haute couture.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2022
  • According to one study, about 25% of people who drink to intoxication don't have hangovers at all.
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Officials said the driver called 911 and remained at the scene, showing no signs of intoxication.
    — Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The New Braunfels man was charged with three counts of intoxication manslaughter.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • High levels of intoxication can lead to tripping and falling down, and fatal accidents were reported due to asphyxia.
    — Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • With less water and more body fat than men, Whyte explains that alcohol becomes more concentrated in a woman’s system, leading to faster intoxication and prolonged exposure to its effects.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 13 Jan. 2025

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