Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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“I think that’s why there’s all this frenzy: The sound dominates you and intoxicates you.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
I quickly discovered an excitement and energy to L.A. that doesn’t exist in Orange County and can’t be replicated elsewhere, that intoxicates you and makes you wonder what took you so long to get it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
His farcical mission is mostly true and just the sort of crowd-pleaser about lunkhead enlightenment that intoxicates the director Peter Farrelly in the wake of his Oscar for “Green Book.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
The sweet smell of success intoxicates those who feel robbed of it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2016
Above all, Gautier is enthralled with her expression, which “attracts you irresistibly and intoxicates you.”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
