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
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
Vibrantly shot in hot hues and swirling camera movements by the cinematographer Alfredo Altamirano, the Azteca shocks, unnerves and thoroughly intoxicates the two teenagers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2019
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
