drunken
adjective
intoxicated; drunk.
half-drunken
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a word derived from
drunken.
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a word derived from
half-drunk.
Example Sentences
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And yet,—the story might have been but the idle boast of a half-drunken washerwoman.
From A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day by Helen M. (Helen Maria) Winslow
Every insult was put upon him by his half-drunken visitors—every rudeness their ingenuity could devise.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
The conduct of the man whom Vlaye had left on guard, the increasing disorder and babel of the half-drunken troopers, awoke in him neither indignation nor anger, nor astonishment, but only fear.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
It was a fearful thing to be alone with that half-drunken creature, and see wave after wave of passion rolling over her tempest-tossed soul, lashing it into fury.
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
As I was leaving, after a pretty bad half hour, I met the doctor at the door—one of these half-drunken quacks who live on the ignorant.
From August First by Arthur Ignatius Keller
