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When most comics walk on stage before a roaring audience at a sold-out show, as if they’re the star of their own movie, it is intoxicating for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Lilacs begin flowering in late April and into May; the season is intoxicating but fleeting.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
From the sculptural wigs adding what looks like an additional foot to Rosheuvel's height to the opulently laden dinner tables, verdant gardens and sumptuous gowns, every visual is intoxicating and unmistakably fantastical.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
His combination of fast-twitch speed and heavy-duty heft is intoxicating, but elusive.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2022
“It is intoxicating, certainly, but might it not also be dangerous? An effect of the atmosphere of Hill House? The first sign that we have—as it were—fallen under a spell?”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
