drunkenly
- a word derived from drunken.
Example Sentences
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Even Danvers encounters the same polar bear Navarro saw on Christmas Eve as she's drunkenly driving away from her lover and wakes up from dreaming of Holden.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
In the second episode of “Wave Makers,” senior political staffer Weng Wen-fang crouches outside of a rollicking karaoke room, drunkenly inspired to call her new team member, Chang Ya-ching, with a message.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
The Auckland native plays Jessie, a charming, self-centered, late-20s New Zealand slacker living in London who drunkenly hooks up with and is then courted by international movie star Tom Kapoor.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2022
If the Salvation Army had a pop-up exhibition inside the Museum of Modern Art, it might look something like these auctions: eclectic and drunkenly curated, with a sensibility that toggles un-self-consciously between highbrow and low.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
The flames flicker, making the deep shadows on the stone walls dance drunkenly.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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