Example Sentences

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Mr Mohan is a teetotaller, so Mr Sukumaran took on the task of tasting and testing products.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023

Parts of Uganda's economy were gradually reopened over the past several months, but Museveni, a teetotaller, had kept bars closed despite pressure from the industry.

From Reuters • Feb. 2, 2022

In real life, DePodesta is a fitness freak and a teetotaller.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2016

There is none of the blonde double combover hair, and unlike Trump – a teetotaller – Bender enjoys a drop or two of his own homemade Riesling wine.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016

“What an unfair thing to say! I have been nearly a teetotaller since the Grail.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White