Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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He fears central banks' synthetic concoction will intoxicate briefly but prove poisonous.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2013
The tropics will intoxicate you with the sweetness of frangipani flowers and lay you down with the sting of a viper, with hardly room to breathe in between.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Then he loves pomp and splendor; he has so long been forced to live meanly that wealth will intoxicate him; he will wish to lavish honors and rain gold upon his people.
From Frederick the Great and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Peace, thou insatiable conqueror, or amorous ambition will intoxicate you.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Embrace me, brother, and taste this; but not too much,--it will intoxicate thee with sobriety.
From The House of Rimmon A Drama in Four Acts by Henry Van Dyke
