strong drink
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Farmers, artisans, laborers, and even dockside toughs fought back with more demonstrations, hangings in effigy, and rounds of angry speeches fortified with strong drink and stronger language.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The reform movement could appear intolerant and overbearing to outsiders, particularly in campaigns to enforce observance of the Christian Sabbath or to ban strong drink.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
A Presbyterian minister, Graham began his career as a reformer, lecturing against the evils of strong drink.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
As a religious body, their attention to worldly things has been focused upon the abolition of strong drink.
From Time Magazine Archive
An extraordinary dominating concept of his own person had taken possession of him; and this concept of his youth and boldness, of his strength and courage, had exalted him like strong drink.
From Their Son; The Necklace by Zamacois, Eduardo
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