Example Sentences

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“He’s someone who lost his BS detector and has drunk his own Kool-Aid.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Charles Brenner, a biochemist, has drunk milk laced with high doses of nicotinamide riboside, a type of vitamin B that might defend against aging.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2018

Four-fifths of British adults agree that "if someone has drunk any alcohol they should not drive".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2018

“Everybody in the whole system has drunk the magic elixir,” says Gordon Adams, a senior adviser for national security in Bill Clinton’s Office of Management and Budget who served on Obama’s transition team in 2009.

From US News • Feb. 12, 2016

‘But what does the hobbit want all that water for? He has drunk, he has washed.’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien