Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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I was still nursing the wounds of a spring breakup, and though Matt never asked me out, our rambling conversations were intoxicating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
The Times Square characters and seedy landscape surrounding us were intoxicating to a Midwestern boy.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
The posh intimacy of the venue, the purity of Cook’s sound and her own delight in paying homage to the Broadway golden age from which she was spawned were intoxicating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2017
Tango can be ravishing in a theater: Mr. Missé ’s appearances at Symphony Space, the Vail Festival and the City Center Fall for Dance festival were intoxicating.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2012
The appearances at the rink, however, were intoxicating, which largely made up for the invisibility of the receiving committee.
From Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope by R. D. (Robert Dalziel) Cumming
