were inebriating
- past progressive of inebriate.
Example Sentences
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They were inebriating on ginger beer and biscuits, and their wildest revelry was the singing of "The Old Folks at Home" by a young lady in white.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John