| 单词 | drunk |
| 例句 | The third was young, fit, and dashing, but so drunk that Dany could scarce understand a word he said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Aside from a few sips of champagne on New Year’s under the watchful eye of my parents, I’d never really drunk any alcohol, and “ambrosia” didn’t seem like the drink with which to start. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Even when the robot is half cra—Well, he’s drunk. You know he is.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The big ape’s mother must be dead drunk on the floor somewhere. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He slurred like he was drunk, but I wasn’t sure he was. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “About fifteen minutes ago I got a call from the police. Charles is in jail. He has been arrested for drunk driving. I want you to go down and get him out.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He could have spent that five bucks and stayed drunk for another day or two. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z There are a couple of men sitting off in a corner of the inn, and one drunk Franciscan friar, asleep on a table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Snell was there three days before he went to the penitentiary, so drunk out on the gravel drive that Mrs. Ulysses Swett's automobile ran over his right hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I felt a little drunk with success, so I read the letters from the tax folks. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the drunks were so violent that the other prisoners had to combine to suppress them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Three blocks from their house, he was blindsided by a drunk driver. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every ten minutes or so, a drunk girl or boy would stumble in my room to see if they could make out there or something. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘Five days on credit, and so drunk it’s a disgrace to the business. And besides, he’s nothing but a bum and a freak.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He’s got the hazy tunnel vision of a drunk person when they lock eyes on a goal. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Like a drunk who is too impaired to realize that he is too impaired to drive, we do not notice the curse because the curse prevents us from noticing it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Some were already drunk, and the women's flushed bosoms drew their lovers' eager eyes and sometimes an unrestrained hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “No, I wasn’t asking. I was telling you, Mr. Ray. He was drunk.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well, did you win? Did you lose? Did you get drunk? What happened?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Tanin narrowed her silvery eyes at him in warning, but he was too drunk to notice. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’m drunk. I can’t go with you. If you leave here—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The few bottles they carried in their pack were quickly drunk and by the second day all of them were parched and hollow in the heat and humidity. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I landed against a man who looked up with the anonymous familiarity of a drunk and shoved me hard away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If a drunk caused trouble in the grocery, if the kids swarmed down from New Monterey intent on plunder, Lee Chong had only to call and his tenants rushed to his aid. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad went to the wedding, and at the reception, they got a little drunk and back at the hotel weren’t as careful as usual. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve come to the conclusion that we have to get drunk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “That’s how I knew he was copping for that drunk dude, because Mr. Miller don’t seem like he drink in the morning.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “In case I get too drunk to look after you,” he says. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When he came back from Lone Pine he was drunk, on the first real whiskey he had tasted in years. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing that really got me was when I got to school, no one, I mean not even Ms. G or even my best friend, had any idea that I was drunk. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Adrian came home two days later, drunk, smelly, bruised, and without a job because Henry Ford had zero tolerance for drunkards and their bathtub gin. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Soon the rumor mill was spinning out gossip that the Smith girl’s father was a drunk and the family lived in a squalid shack. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “You asked Jupe if you could kiss her. Yes, you were drunk, but you know what they say about alcohol being the first FDA-approved truth serum.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem drunk, but this crudeness was new; he was a little less precise in his movements now, his voice louder. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A drunk man staggered along the street in front of the courthouse wall, saying “Merry Christmas” to everyone. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To think in this way was far removed from the old idea of worshiping the god by drinking enough to be gay or to be freed from care or to get drunk. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I woke Georgetti, the other boy who was drunk, and offered him some water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “The aunties got drunk, night after night,” Johnny mumbles, as if it’s hard to choke the words out. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z In her cell, Fannie was in view of any men who might walk by, some of whom were drunk and disorderly. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Military men would always overthrow one another, because they could, because they were all power drunk. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks before the wedding, they were out to dinner with friends, getting happily drunk, and she heard Graham talking about their time in Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A shudder passed through his body as though he’d just drunk something really nasty. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The guys in the cell with me, they were there for drunk driving, for domestic abuse, for petty theft. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It isn’t chic for women to be drunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Did I really think that images from a dream I had while passed out drunk would equate with real life? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Young man, I think you’re drunk or sick. Go home and get some sleep. It’s after midnight.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, before I got to the hotel, I started to go in this dumpy-looking bar, but two guys came out, drunk as hell, and wanted to know where the subway was. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z When they had all drunk, the king went down the hall to the doors. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I knew I should be drunk with gratitude that I, an ignorant girl who’d crawled out of a scrap heap, should be allowed to study there, but I couldn’t summon the fervor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z With her mouth half open, it occurred to me that she must already be drunk as I noticed the far-off look in her eyes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Food was eaten, mead was drunk, and they caroused and joked and talked and boasted and laughed as the fires became glowing coals, until the sun crept up above the horizon. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I thought about our car crash and wondered if the driver of the SUV was drunk or texting or speeding. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “I made a suggestion to a drunk. Drunks are highly suggestible. And nicely accepting of conversations with dead people.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I’d drunk close to a liter of wine and my temples were burning. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He was drunk, and I was there...I shouldn't count it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘Can’t you get rid of that lunatic without giving him back what he’s already drunk up?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Rowdy’s dad, drunk as usual, opened the door. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of the spectators were men, and many were drunk. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was night and his lamp was burning and he had just barely begun to get drunk when suddenly he knew he was no longer alone. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I can dig it, because a sober Pop Pop is much better than a drunk one. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I hated him more for being drunk when I needed him. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z "As I feared. Ah, well. I believe I was younger than you the first time I got truly and sin-cerely drunk." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All they will say is, ‘Too bad. But he was nothing but a drunk no matter which way you look at it.’ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Said their mama and daddy must have drunk too much hooch before naming those boys. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Friday night he got drunk and had a fight with his wife. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he emitted a faint, ammoniac odor of sweat and Scotch he did not look at all drunk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Toward the end of his senior year at Permian he had had an accident in the school parking lot when he drove his motorcycle while drunk and skidded. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The priest looked down at the drunk disdainfully, and backed through the open door, which closed behind him, leaving the drunk on his own. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Why have they brought a drunk in here? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn't sound drunk and I had said nothing to offend, and I was certain that they knew who I was. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It's the same advice he gave us on the train, but he's not drunk and laughing this time. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Aw, they were driving around drunk. Making a nuisance of themselves on the public road. Hit a deer. Did you kill it?” he asked Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Jake stood up, and once on his feet he realized that he was drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z White men comprised 78 percent of the arrests for this offense in 1990 when new mandatory minimums governing drunk driving were being adopted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He remembered her wine-carrying ceremony in Umunnachi about three years ago, how plump and bubbly she had been and how he had drunk so much palm wine that he had nearly dropped the infant Baby. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The wine was sweet and sticky, a little like cough syrup, but they drank it anyway because they had to if they wanted to get drunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z No drunk teenagers who want chili five minutes before we close. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Tom said she was being reasonable, she didn’t seem drunk, she wasn’t hysterical, she didn’t make threats or beg him to go back to her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But what with the juice running down my hand and me near about drunk on the butter smell, I am lost in a peach-peeling reverie. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was therefore a shocking disappointment to me when, one Sunday morning, Levi too staggered in drunk and cursing after a Saturday-night binge. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He recognized Yossarian as the drunk who had accosted him roughly at the officers’ club one night before the first mission to Bologna, and he swung his displeasure prudently to Dunbar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Aw, come on! We weren’t drunk. We had a little to drink. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “But it is a day for getting drunk, isn’t it,” she flared up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Forget that you will have to do this again tomorrow, forget that you will have to be alert enough to dodge the drunks on the drive home tonight—just burn, burn, burn! Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sleep came hard, even when Daario came back, so drunk that he could hardly stand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We had a little joke among ourselves that he was such a drunk, his child’s very first spoken word was “alcohol.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My parents are a little drunk on that first evening of our Las Vegas extravaganza. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Instead of finding Lucera, Wick became drunk with the power of binding magic. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She needed someone of high-enough rank to have access to privileged information—someone drunk enough to make ill-considered decisions, but not so drunk that he couldn’t take her where she needed to go. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was said that the ironmen of old had oft been blood-drunk in battle, so berserk that they felt no pain and feared no foe, but this was a common ale- drunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He found a door, knocked, and entered a room full of men, some young, some old, all seeming to speak at once, a few quite drunk. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “God looks after fools and drunks,” he said with a big grin that showed off his gold front tooth, “and I guess he’ll look after you too, Sonny Hickam.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And if you’ve spent quite a bit of time on a deserted island eating coconut and grubs, rum will get you drunk rather quickly and thoroughly. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He swam for the beach, still laughing and drunk on survival. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He stops fights, ejects drunks, soothes hysteria, cures headaches, and tends bar. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He appears to have gotten himself riotously drunk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was sort of the hero of the teen-age music world ever since he got drunk one night at a party last summer and played the drums in the middle of Victory Boulevard. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z That night, whirling drunk on scotch, McCormick still could not sleep. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those of us who are not making out are drunk and tired.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And I was happy in those first days as really I’d never been before, roaming like a sleepwalker, stunned and drunk with beauty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I could not imagine a drunk man planting and reaping such fruits! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After they’d both gone to bed 1 remembered that I hadn’t drunk the second bottle, so I opened that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The University of Utah study linking drunk driving or cell phone usage is patently ridiculous. It’s inaccurate, and I can prove it to you right now.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I play piano in the bar here. It’s not a terrible job, if nobody gets too drunk.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “The irony is that everyone acted more concerned with us mocking their precious rite of passage than with drunk driving or girls getting roofied.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "I'm not drunk. I'm quite serious. Is Robert Cohn going to follow Brett around like a steer all the time?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “The kid is drunk,” he muttered to his wife and kept on walking, shooting back a sour glance after making it a safe distance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Sammy’s fairly drunk at this point, and he starts spouting off about the various hustles I could be doing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “In that case,” said Henry, “there should be no problem. Unless, of course, he gets stopped for drunk driving.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A storm, attempted murders, witches, wizards, invisible spirits, revolutions, characters drinking until they’re dead drunk, an angry monster named Caliban—can you believe it? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He was a former schoolteacher from the capital who had moved to Ville Rose, as far as anyone could tell, to get drunk. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z We were laughing and going on about the game so much people must have thought we were drunk or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Everyone will get sloppy drunk, and then they’ll talk about how drunk they are, and then they’ll beg me to drink, too. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He loves to wait for people in the ferryhouse because all the bums and drunks come over. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The usual crowd hung out by the front door of the party, drunk out of their minds, greeting everyone with a raised cup of beer. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I can only conclude that this potion is supposed to be drunk.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “O dear no, sir,” said Mr. Wopsle, “not drunk. His employer would see to that, sir. His employer would not allow him to be drunk.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In 2008, as the Reggie saga wore on, Harsha and others were trying to apply what they knew about drunk driving and seat belts to the issue of cell phone distraction by motorists. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was still drunk, but his night of boozing had done more damage to his clothes than to anything else; his face was fresh and flushed as a child’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It leaned like a drunk who needed the wall to hold it up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He sometimes fell asleep before he got drunk; sometimes spent whole days looking at the river and the sky; and more and more he relinquished the military habits of cleanliness in his shack. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They pass shops stuffed with hanging meats and a drunk with a broken mandolin on his lap and a trio of streetwalkers huddled beneath an awning who catcall the boys in their uniforms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The drunk in the graveyard raised his bottle to his lips. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I learned there were children whose fathers were drunks, whose mothers were “bad,” whose sisters had run away with traveling salesmen, whose brothers had landed in prison. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "So here I am between these two drunk beasts who look crazy enough to head-butt me, or bite me, or something wild like that. The kinda dudes who don't play by no rules." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He must have drunk more wine than he had realized. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I mean, the thing is, plenty of Indians have died because they were drunk. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “What about those crazy drunks who think I’m a German spy?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He was getting drunk enough to look straight at them now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The camera crew got sidetracked at a table of shellfish, and the couples dancing around us are either too drunk or too self-involved to notice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought he must be drunk to talk to my father like that. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, mister, you’ll get your stuff, all except the earring. The bird got that. Okay. Of course I can remember what you telling me. I ain’t drunk!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked, kinda punch drunk from the kick to the head, till he was maybe two feet from Pete. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He say he still ain’t drunk a cup a coffee and he twenty-one years old. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They’d gnawed on it in mute bliss, feeling nearly drunk on its flavor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When I got there, MoMo was standing in front of it, all hugged up with some girl who was clearly drunk or high or something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She felt it traveling through her body as if she had drunk from the cup herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They had drunk again from the pools in the valley, but they were very thirsty again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “You’re only a little half-pint of cider half drunk up, but by Jinks! you’re as strong as a little French horse!” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, he’s drunk enough that it takes him a moment to follow me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed the officer that he was not drunk. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Now, I knew Ben was going to be drunk. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He doesn’t follow through with it, maybe because I glue myself to the wall, or maybe because he’s really drunk and forgot what he was doing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One day when Orion was drunk he insulted the maiden, and Oenopion appealed to Dionysus to punish him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm sure I'm sober, not drunk, just going a little crazy to think like that, but I think it anyway, because I feel that way. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m thrilled,” I said, even though she was drunk and tired and lying. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t imagine that whatever happens next is going to be particularly comfortable for me, and I would like to stay drunk in order to face it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You were drunk,” he says, his voice loud, harsh. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But they stood thinking it, nevertheless, thinking of the honor and fame, while their lungs became accustomed to the thinness of the atmosphere, which almost made you drunk if you moved too quickly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d only talked about it when they were drunk and numbed, but that hadn’t stopped the terror from seeping into their voices. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He had eaten boiled monkey thigh, and he had drunk banana beer fermented with human saliva. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the best memories Toby had was hearing his dad—drunk, Toby now knew—softly singing to his mother over the phone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A MoMo party, with a gorgeous drunk older girl, that for some reason I wasn't really comfortable with. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Was this time in Denver he snapped a man’s back with two fingers,” said Dusty, the town drunk. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby couldn’t decide if playing with such passion for a bunch of drunks was inspiring or depressing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They were undoubtedly drunk now, all of them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I said, “It wouldn’t make no noise if I cut that drunk one’s throat and then took his shotgun and then we could...” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z That smell—the same smell Genie had just gotten more than a whiff of in MARLON’S—reminded him of Ms. Swanson, the drunk lady who hung out at the Laundromat back home. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He was drunk, but I wondered where he had gotten the money to buy beer because it was still the middle of the week and he was dead broke. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She told Evie Parks, who told Linda Merkin, who told Iris Jamison, who told me that Sandy's brother had been picked up for drunk driving and the whole family is just a bunch of drunks. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I hadn’t drunk any water from outside the sanctuary, and hoped I wouldn’t have to ever risk it; so far the fruit we were eating was juicy enough that my thirst hadn’t become too nagging. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But my grandmother had never drunk alcohol in her life. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I had treated seeing Catherine very lightly, I had gotten somewhat drunk and had nearly forgotten to come but when I could not see her there I was feeling lonely and hollow. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z My father rarely gets drunk, but when he does, he becomes the poster child for bad choices. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The mood is very different from last year’s, when the Gamemakers were half drunk and distractedly picking at tidbits from the banquet table. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His bandaged arm no longer pained him, and while he was still hungry and thirsty, the water he had drunk had taken some of the edge from his discomfort. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It was too early for the beggars to return and too soon for the drunks to get rowdy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Because I don’t want you in the way. It’s considered a sweet practice for you to get drunk.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, and almost simultaneously, the children discovered what it was like to be drunk. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Is he just too drunk to even notice what's going on at the moment? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Shan asked, slightly drunk, slightly dramatic, and now sitting yoga-style on the floor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She had a wide-open smile and a slight island lilt in her voice that became more pronounced anytime she was tired or a little drunk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “He’s... tall,” I say, surprised she hasn’t noticed that not only is my date inexplicably rude but drop-dead drunk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She purses her lips like she’s just bitten into an onion and calls them all a bunch of sorry drunks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Jesus!” he exclaimed, and then added, “This is awful. This is not fun drunk.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Dad was drunk all the time except when he was in jail; Mom had completely withdrawn into her own world; and Maureen was more or less living with neighbors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t drink, okay? Maybe a beer at a party once in a while, you know, but that’s all. I don’t get drunk.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I stumbled back and fell on some other drunk dude, who then started popping off at the mouth too. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z In the veins of turtles coursed a sweet lassi that had to be drunk as soon as it spurted from their necks, because it coagulated in less than a minute. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Old Blue was too drunk too often these days to make sense. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pretty drunk, but he told us his story. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “A patroller is...was a white man, usually young, often poor, sometimes drunk. He was a member of a group of such men organized to keep the blacks in line.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He was drunk; I could see it in the way he was sitting, not in an inebriated manner per se but as if a different person—a sluggish, sullen one—had occupied his body. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Just the way she rescued Henry, Dad’s best friend and bandmate, who, once upon a time, was a total drunk playboy. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I decide he’s drunk enough that I don’t have to lie in order to preserve anyone’s feelings. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She’s drunk enough to tell me, at least in a coy kind of way. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z On New Year's Eve 1957, while he was overseas, his wife and only child were killed by a drunk driver in an automobile accident. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her father’s always drunk. She can get us some.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z But Nass’s life was changed by a fatal accident that took place in Utah, when his brother, traveling across country, was killed by a drunk driver. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The drunk people greeted me again, and I went straight for you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She waited until evening before going to pay her call upon Ser Cleos Frey, reasoning that the longer she delayed, the drunker he was likely to be. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem drunk, but he had definitely been drinking. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She smiles at him, temporarily leaning her head on his shoulder, and he realizes that she’s drunk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Or the bats really might have drunk his blood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All he did was get drunk and beat her up. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Three silly men who had drunk too much beer for lunch decided to climb over the high fence surrounding the pit, and of course they fell in. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Clean on back there to the back,” a large drunk Negro said, pointing with a wild swinging gesture that almost made him lose his balance. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "He must be drunk," the second man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z No happy drunk—a friend of the family, with a fat neck, unmarried, you know, but God how he eats!—had sat at the piano and played “You Are My Sunshine.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do I let you drunks sit on my porch? You better off with the goats.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman was very drunk herself, and she helped Billy get her girdle off. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The punctual drunk with sober eyes who arrives exactly at 10:00 P.M.: The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z By then I was pleasantly drunk and spoke at length of what we could do when we had DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z We watched a honeybee lurch from one fat flower to the next, drunk and staggering under the weight of all that botanical destiny. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Another year, there was only one kid in the whole class who didn’t taste the chemical stuff, and he got killed by a drunk driver the summer after his sophomore year. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the long quiet that followed, as we passed around the wine and slowly became drunker, I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z As drunk as he is, Atzerodt does an artful job of pretending sadness, saying that the whole Lincoln assassination is a terrible tragedy. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The warders were obviously drunk and were yelling and taunting us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To a drunk superstitious man, it could have seemed like the beginning of the end of the world. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "One is drunk on seawater, after all, and the other is a great grey bullock so dim he'll probably get lost." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some of the drunks at La Ida considered going over and beating the hell out of the whole lot of them to show them they couldn’t do a thing like that to Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted Dad to come, but chances were he’d show up drunk and try to debate the commencement speaker. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Bull had promised Lillian that he would not get drunk, but she was not a young wife and she had heard such promises before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rowing was so awkward and ineffective, in fact, that the Pococks concluded the man must be drunk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I mean, yeah,” my dad says, “don’t get drunk.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Marguerite, I have drunk poison and almost drowned and was buried alive before I escaped from Denmark. This is no lie, but truth,” I say, seeing her eyes grow wide. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The memory of their faces, the last moment she’d seen them, made her feel like she’d drunk a bowlful of sour milk. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She tried stretching out her supply by making a very weak drink, but she might as well have drunk nothing; the headaches were prevented only by coffee that was black with strength. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z From the way he moved it was plain that Sigom had never danced before, but he had drunk enough mulled wine so that it did not seem to matter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He sent a car, made me meet him at a hotel, got me drunk. He wanted—he tried to—” Luna grimaces away from finishing the sentence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z While he hadn’t found steady work, he always had mysterious ways of hustling up pocket money, and he’d come home at night drunk and gunning for an argument. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The Frenchmen smiled, but their manner was constrained and they seemed in no mood to get drunk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She had died in a car accident, the result of her driving while drunk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Blake Grunwald was exceedingly drunk, stoned, chewing tobacco, and hurling an excess of pronouns too. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z On Midsummer’s Eve, which was a Saturday, Mr. Jones went into Wil- lingdon and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back till midday on Sunday. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She didn’t like the looks of the Indian women she saw in Gallup, dancing at Eddie’s club with the drunks that stumbled around the floor with them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z So safety advocates cautioned against making a perfect comparison between driver distraction by cell phone and drunk driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The medicine made me feel drunk and dizzy. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He would say that both of them were drunk and that he had done what they told him because it was his job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was smirking, already a little drunk, the golden boy making a golden match. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Rather it was removed from the ordinary sense of time—as when one is drunk or half-asleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She rings the bell in the carriage, and the thing lurches forward like it’s drunk on rotgut. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Everywhere I had the word drunk, she made me cross it out and write sick. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Come, you're not the only one needs sleep. I've drunk too much, and I may need to kill my brother tomorrow." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was drunk, and dirty, and very old, and her mouth was bigger than his mother’s mouth, or his own; her mouth was loose and wet, and he had never seen anyone so black. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The cigarette gave her a drunk feeling so that her head seemed heavy and loose on her shoulders, but she had to finish it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Instead, they let him go, watching as he gathered up his paper bag full of honey and stumbled like a drunk toward home, to the brother he hoped might believe him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I could set off a firecracker and he wouldn’t notice, that’s how drunk he is. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The couple sitting beside us on the couch, the girl was drunk and laughing and bumping into me every so often. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Must've been that drunk; but they found her out all right. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Hale paid the gunman and told him to “get her out drunk and get rid of her.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “They are drunks with nothing better to do than argue like old women,” Andrew laughed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It cheers and warms men’s hearts; it also makes them drunk. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have drunk himself to death no matter what. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Next to him was a young man she had never seen before, pale as the moon, his shirt stained with blood and his eyes drunk with love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Dina works as a dispatcher at the Spruce Harbor police station, and as far as Molly can see there isn’t much to stress over—a few drunk drivers, the occasional black eye, petty thefts, accidents. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He looks awful—like he’s drunk or something. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “This time it was. He was drunk, and he had a knife, and she told him that she thought she was pregnant. He didn’t believe it was his.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was her best effort, he knew, but perhaps because of the whiskey he’d drunk the night before, he could only bring himself to drink two cups of black coffee and eat two biscuits. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Demetrius didn’t come. Probably because fun is against his moral code. And Dex is drunk. Loosening up for once in his life, thank the skies.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Man, the freedom made her feel almost drunk. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She’s drunk and I’m high—it lets us relax, keeps the conversation light. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then I realized it wasn’t like drinking a Coke, it was like driving drunk, really drunk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And then I could taste her again, the wine and the cigarette smoke and the Chap Stick and Alaska, and I wondered if she had kissed me because she was drunk. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The process had started in Portland when he had drunk the gorgon’s blood, but his past life had still been maddeningly fuzzy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There is a white steepled Congregational church, a stone courthouse with an adjoining jail, a cupolaed public library, a wooden well from which Paul Revere is rumored to have drunk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I discover I am somewhat drunk; also that I am afraid of heights. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I think he was drunk, even though he hasn’t been drinking lately, but Patrick does that stuff sober, so it’s hard to tell. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Filthy, stinking drunk—and I jolted awake, shame washing over me like a wave. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She was drunk, too, but I didn’t mind her variety of drunk. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When he was drunk he called priests “women,” and made fun of the long skirts they wore. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, in broad terms, the safety advocates hoped the successes with seat belts and drunk driving would provide a blueprint for addressing cell phone distraction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He had mixed gin and whiskey and was very drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I became lonely, so I drank a bit, and then a bit more, and then I became lonelier, because no one likes being around a drunk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of drunks and wild teenagers had drowned there, and people at the Owl Club said when their bodies floated back to the surface, they’d been literally boiled. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z My ribs looked like a weather map predicting a winter storm, but I’ll count it a worthy sacrifice if Charlie never drives drunk again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Luckily, Hungry Joe burst in just then, and everything was all right again, except that Dunbar staggered in drunk a minute later and began embracing one of the other giggling girls at once. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Like, who is going to watch a bunch of trolls getting drunk at clubs and trying to entice college girls to their place under the bridge? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And then I went from being a drinker to being a drunk, and there’s nothing more boring than that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Sandi had drunk so much water that, she explained quietly to Mami, she was going to have to go to the toilet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was as if I too was drunk on mead. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “You felt that she, being drunk, would be as satisfied with anyone else as she had been with you?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And the bats hadn’t drunk his blood after all. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Stop it. Are you mad, or drunk? Stop it!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was, of course, a drunk, especially at the end of his life, but he was so kind, and generous, and gentle. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When he was drunk, he was a quiet man. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was drunk. He didn’t even know what he was saying.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The jail cells smelled with the breath of drunk people. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My father drank the rest of the day so that by suppertime he was quite drunk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Apparently you got soppy drunk and let something slip to a wagoneer,” Chronicler said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Here is more of what I knew about Lucas Cader: His father was a drunk who used to pay him and his older brother to fight in the front yard. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z On the streets, one day is largely the same as the next, save that people are a little more drunk on Hepten, a little more generous on Mourning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Throughout the 1980s, drunk driving was a regular topic in the media, and the term designated driver became part of the American lexicon. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Tourists milled around in front of many of them—white, black, and Mexican, all drunk and loud. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She was the one who was ugly, dirty, poor, and drunk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One drunk, stoned GI fumbled a grenade and dropped it, killing himself and a couple of other guys. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Please, for the love of God, do not ask me. I’m on vacation. I want to get drunk and eat barbecue in peace.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Think. Could some wagon herder get me drunk? Me?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Is that a chaplain I see over there? That’s really a fine thing when a man of God begins hanging around a place like this with a bunch of dirty drunks and gamblers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mostly he reminded me of a man coming out of a long, hard drunk—worn out, depleted, collapsed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang on to the good and sober moments tightly. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t think this would qualify as looking after if she’s drunk in the bathtub. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But he always turned back to the drunk in overalls. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When a crowd of drunk guys barged in talking about beer and burgers, Jule put some cash on the counter to pay for her food and then slid into the kitchen. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. Don’t listen to me. I’m drunk, I’m sick, I didn’t mean it.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We keep ourselves pressed as closely against the side of the bank as we can so idle soldiers and drunk workers above can't see us past all the grass and rocks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z While he bent to pick it up, the drunks unleashed a chorus of sniggers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After twenty-five minutes, a drunk man sleeping on a bench woke up and began to sing loudly: Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The only faces looking back were the drunks that hang out under her place. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So she sat down at the table and picked up the crystal goblet and drank; it tasted like wine, but it was sweeter and lighter than any wine she had ever drunk before. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom always assured us they were just harmless drunks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z All it was good for was for the men to go get themselves dead drunk in the bar at San Lucas and for the women and children to go hungry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he was tugging on my underpants and I was realizing how drunk I was. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All my life, I’ve lived with sheep, drunk their milk, eaten their meat, washed their fleece, carded their wool. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Was she too drunk to know what she was doing, Bigger?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It would be a lot easier to figure out what the hell was going on without a roomful of drunks threatening to lynch me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In a vivid recounting, Terryl says she didn’t see Danny until it was too late: He was standing right next to them, wearing the familiar blue work pants and shirt, literally stinking drunk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When no one could eat any more, the Professor proposed the first regular toast, which was always drunk at such times—“Aunt March, God bless her!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mama planned this from the beginning. I see now how she made sure I was dead drunk before sending Amala to me. I feel as if I’ve been dropped into something I don’t entirely understand.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He got wicked drunk at a party and passed out in a bowl of bean dip. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z With just those few words, I could tell he was drunk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And other things: quarrels between Mam and Gram, my da passed out drunk on the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But then Twinkle had drunk four glasses of whiskey in a nameless bar in Alphabet City, and forgot all about it. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to write my poems and read them in a bar filled with shiny-faced admirers and then fall drunk and be carried off to a movie star’s bed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I remember this American chap, even drunker than I am now, he got up at the dinner table in front of the whole company. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It took the drunks on the porch a moment to focus on us. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe if he got a little drunk it would help him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Since she had used some of it for her compass and had drunk some during her night walk, it was only half full. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It was obvious Gebu had drunk a great deal of wine already. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Your father is dead, you fool!” cried the old drunk. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “He drunk it. It took him five whole minutes to the, and he was in torment all the time.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Porter gone crazy drunk again! Got his shotgun!” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He sounded suddenly very drunk, as if all the day’s and night’s drinking had finally hit him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The ant stumbles away from the colony like a drunk,” she continued. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He had anecdotes, too, cautionary tales for the blacked-out drinker: There was a guy in New Jersey who got drunk at a fourth of July party. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z At a dinner given by the Baron of Rosenberg, Tycho, having robustly drunk much wine, “placed civility ahead of health,” and resisted his body’s urgings to leave, even if briefly, before the baron. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary was so drunk that she didn’t know what she was doing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He remembered that it had been some time since he had eaten and drunk. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Rut still, I couldn’t stay and watch all of those people get drunk. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And all the company laughed with them; for most were drunk; and we who were sober—we still wore shirts on which it said, Liberty to Slaves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His sister, who was a hard, rather practical person, used to complain that there were too many scents at Manderley, they made her drunk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He used to come easing into bed sometimes, not too drunk. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “What? I got kinda drunk last night, that’s all. It’s chill.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He’s getting drunker by the minute, talking with two tongues now. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I learned that Uncle Lee had been drinking in a bar, had probably been drunk, and was robbed and beaten in an alley. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She’ll probably think the reason I got knocked down is because I was drunk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he changed his mind and left, although I suspect he’s just drunk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And then he was screaming, feeling a flood of victory and released terror, drunk on sunshine and waves and the people staring at him from shore. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z When Lee came in with the teapot Adam said, “Bring yourself a cup, Lee. And if you’ve got any of that drink of yours, I could use a little. I got drunk last night.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "You were quite drunk, my dear," said the count. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “You’ll never be anything other than a drunk living off his mom,” the Ash Being said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Don’t be stupid, Tim. A lot of men will take a chance anyway, especially when they’re drunk. You wait; sooner or later they’ll get into your beef if you don’t watch it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, they were all so drunk and exhausted and suffering from a release of tension that every last citizen would probably sleep until noon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I love you. Not like a sister loves a brother or like a friend loves a friend. I love you like a really drunk guy loves the best girl ever.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Beside him Singer stood wooden and smiling, with two spots of color on his cheeks, for they had drunk a bottle of gin together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Dany had walked into the flames as they came forth, and they had drunk milk from her swollen breasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At the next table, a group of sunburnt French Canadians were enjoying baked lobsters and getting drunk on Cuba libres. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "Of course there wouldn't be! First thing he'd do when she'd drunk it would be to take that cup and saucer away and wash it up carefully." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Eugene was a good guy, and like an uncle to me, but he was drunk all the time. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He laughed at her, and she realized that he had drunk the wine—perhaps he had drunk too much of it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was a “weekend alcoholic”—in his case, a long-weekend alcoholic— who battled over which version of himself he preferred, the drunk one or the sober one. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And she could hardly stop laughing long enough to tell me about the time some guy named Arthur Kruger got drunk and lost his false teeth at the church picnic. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z What can you say about the family who is suing the railroad after their drunk son was killed walking on the tracks? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Extra bags of rice delivered to one house signaled a coming feast; a normally sober man stumbling home drunk one night might mean that a son had been born. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z As we pull up out front, Kate says, “Can you imagine trying to find this place drunk?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This man, Fat Alger, claimed to have drunk claret on the warden’s porch one night till 2 A.M. and then stayed in his bedroom till 3 A.M. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not drunk in any positive sense but just enough to be careless. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z McWhorter was tasked with fielding all types of calls, usually from angry, crazy, and/or drunk citizens. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Just then another drunk started out from the fence with a blouse in his hands. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It was rumored to be the haunt of grubby drunks, rubby-dubs we called them; they were said to drink rubbing alcohol and sleep in telephone booths and vomit on your shoes in the streetcar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But he knew that she would not want to hear him tell of how drunk her daughter had been. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was so drunk that he mistook the fractured elbow for a dislocated shoulder. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother’s parents were both dead—Grandpa from being run over by a tractor while he was drunk, and Grandma from drowning in a giant wave off the coast of Hawaii. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “We just want you to appear on television and say that the President was drunk and he committed suicide. After that you can go home.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And there were Doc Smith and Mayor Smiley and Dusty the drunk. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps some part of them does, but they are young, and drunk, and busy knowing deep in their hearts that they will never grow old or die. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z People who didn’t know him thought that he was drunk when he was sober, because sober, he was full of song and excitement. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother grew increasingly tired of him coming home drunk and smelling of booze, and often they’d argue. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Ms. Owens, a PE teacher with a smile that looked like it’d been painted on by a drunk clown, started off by trying to fire us up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I never did get drunk, but I got after the hash like a mouse at cheese. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He was a funny and land drunk, always wanting to laugh and hug you and sing songs and dance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z They ate roast whale meat for dinner that night, in a hall filled with many-headed giants, all of them shouting and happy and most of them drunk. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “We know my daughter was drunk last night when you brought her here. She was too drunk to leave here by herself. Do you know where she is?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I staggered along the pavements, drunk, repeating obscenities to the horror of the women I passed and to the amusement of the men en route to their homes from work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They found him bent over a tankard of ale and the remains of a pigeon pie, more than a little drunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The only reason she was crying was because I was too drunk to remember to feed her. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I was not aware that Bigger was drunk and I did not consider Mary as being unprotected.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She felt lightheaded then, as if she had drunk a very great deal of wine, and if he had not caught her she would have stumbled. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Notably, the effects of wearing seat belts and drunk driving had been tracked for a long time and their impacts were clearly measurable, but the data set on distracted driving was just not there. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At one-thirty a drunk wandered in and passed a remark which was considered insulting to Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows that’s the one thing I can’t stand after nursing my drunk daddy for ten years, me and Mama working ourselves to death so he had a full bottle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Others had come into the place only once, had drunk a Coca-Cola, and never returned. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z If he were the tribute, he would have owed Peeta nothing and could be as drunk as he liked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand, Bigger. You say you hated her and yet you say you felt like having her when you were in the room and she was drunk and you were drunk. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He might be as drunk as one of those guys who talks to lampposts and I’m the lamppost. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The nice bouncer at the Bear Flag threw out a drunk, but threw him too hard and too far and broke his back. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Might as well be drunk as the way we are, Joe. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Their father, stretched out on a hard bench in the hospital corridor, was drunk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As they got drunker and drunker, some lay limp on the floor and others took felt-tipped pens and began to write on the exposed skin of the fallen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The one in the army jacket is obviously drunk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “When he is drunk asleep ...” The knife for the meat was lying on the floor near the fireplace. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d eaten the cake, drunk the Tonic, given up the necklace, slaved for my stepmother, let Olive suck me dry. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They’ve done this every year, both of them perpetually single and affectionately drunk and happy to make everyone else intrigued and jealous. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z So Alaska broke and told him that Marya and Paul were drunk and in her room right then. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z One time, he was real drunk, and like, half passed-out on the couch. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z People behaved much better, were more polite, more understanding when Milkman was drunk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One boy keels over and is found afterward to have drunk a pitcher of tomato juice out of the refrigerator which was really Bloody Marys for his mother’s bridge club. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet even if his words were incomprehensible, you had only to look at him to know that he was drunk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A colony of drunks was spread out on the grass by the bandstand, sleeping it off. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Of all of them, the one who danced the best was Transito Soto, who was also best at resisting the drunk men’s attacks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They just stand there, weaving in place like drovers on payday, drunk and barely coherent. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Something that would make him jump off a cliff at night while drunk because he thought from my texts I might know what it is? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Men drunks are more excusable, more easily absolved, but why? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't too far, and I wasn't tired or even drunk any more. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Since she never used curse words, she was calling Dad names like “blankety-blank” and “worthless drunk so-and-so.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A lot of drinking— weekend nights downing Keystone beer in the foothills—sometimes driving home drunk—a lot of premarital sex and a lot of pregnancy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At the city hospital we had drunk out of paper cups and had no knives to cut our meat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Finally, it dawns on one very drunk George Atzerodt that the plan has shifted from kidnapping to murder. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Well, I didn’t accuse you of being drunk, Jenny. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I’d be drunk all the time too if I didn’t have to look out for her.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z So the vast ocean had its will with Aias, drunk in the end on salt spume as he drowned. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Zakariyya had been in and out of trouble with the law since he got out of jail, with various charges for assault and drunk and disorderly conduct. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z At night, if he were not too drunk, he would kneel down before his bed and pray awhile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He had drunk the rest of his beer and left. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Robert had hardly been seen; the talk was he was traveling in the huge wheelhouse, drunk as often as not. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Not enough jail-space for all the drunks so why bother with a few? Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The presents were makeshift, the wind was roaring, Papa was drunk. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Most nights she was too tired to go out; she only wanted to get drunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It seemed someone they all knew from the neighborhood, Marquette Frye, had been pulled over for drunk driving. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When he had drunk enough beer, Frank would sing the song his father had sung, in a baritone deeper than his normal voice, the alcohol slurring the words in the darkness of the park. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There must be no drunks, no fighting, no vulgarity, or they close Dora up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The man grunted disapprovingly, as though he thought I were drunk. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they wanted to be shouting drunk, firing off guns to show how wonderful they were to have kicked a hole in space and ridden a rocket all the way to Mars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Blount was very angry, and now it could easily be seen how drunk he was. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was drunk the night of that fight, and plenty of other nights, too. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He drank wine from a silver cup, never got drunk, and was very happy. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “I ain’t never heard him. When I was home he weren’t doing nothing but chasing after women and lying in the ditches, drunk.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Let us speak instead of love, of dreams and desire and Daenerys, the fairest woman in this world. I am drunk with the sight of you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The orange dahlias are still smiling drunk up at the sun. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He stops fights, ejects drunks, soothes hysteria, cures headaches, and tends bar. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back of my mind were the stories I’d heard, of drunks, of old people, of careless skiers freezing to death, but for some reason none of this seemed to apply to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She was drunk on the magic of the night, giddy with glamour, swept away by beauties she had dreamt of all her life and never dared hope to know. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The girl should have drunk it and fallen into a delirium; that was what happened when Elowen issued a command: It was obeyed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She’d been reading books on how to cope with an alcoholic, and they said that drunks didn’t remember their rampages, so if you cleaned up after them, they’d think nothing had happened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Eva was quite a spiritual girl with a big family of brothers and sisters but she was an unpredictable drunk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was six of us at the table and Rosy had eat and drunk a lot all evening. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "Three seats for my wife and me, and her very drunk sister," he tells the man. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was still an hour until midnight, but I was drunk. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I was weary, wounded, and still a little drunk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They make for the lee of the ramparts, both of them staggering like drunks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z So it was that he came upon the place where Merry and Pippin had drunk and bathed their feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z So I say to Penelope what I always say to Dad when he’s drunk and depressed and ready to give up on the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Their fathers were gone and their mothers were drunks. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But Luther being a little bit drunk and his hands shaking like the palsy from nervousness, he couldn’t work it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “When you and I went to that awful bar, the one with the TV, and I got so drunk?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was hopelessly drunk, and I slammed the door of the patrol car. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Lord Manderly was so drunk he required four strong men to help him from the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The trouble with you Occidentals is that you don’t have devils to explain things with. Did you get drunk afterward?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When he was drunk, strangers looked on him as a quiet, thoughtful man who minded his own business. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd, full of good feeling, replete with food and drunk with the music, vicariously excited, pressed round, eagerly thrusting over their heads garland after garland of flowers; the earth was spattered with petals. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z DAD: That first night you came home drunk, I cried all night. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s only a matter of time before he catches me alone, before he comes home late at night drunk again. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I am half a man and drunk with slaughter, let them kill me if they can! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had a goblet of wine in one hand, and he was drunk as a man could be. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This is how the white man can say, “They live like dogs,” never realizing why they must, to save themselves, shout, get drunk, shake the hip, pour pleasures into bellies deprived of happiness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On these days the Wives hang around for hours, helping to open the presents, gossiping, getting drunk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She had drunk a quantity of champagne and during the course of her song she had decided ineptly that everything was very very sad--she was not only singing, she was weeping too. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Dominic was a wonderful cook and great company, but he did sometimes get very drunk. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Griffin didn’t like anything about liquor, and he hated drunks with a deadly scorn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was just drunk and that was my own reflection in the mirror. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Gebu had not even noticed the seal, he had been too drunk. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And when I say cheat, I don’t mean he got drunk once and fooled around with one girl and felt bad about it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “They get stinking drunk and come to the upperclass suites to barf.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “He had told me not to, and when I told him that I had, he became very upset. He was drunk. We started arguing, and one thing led to another.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We haven't spoken since last night, the night with the drunk soldiers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She deserved the chill, the loneliness, the drunks and the trash, a thousand worse punishments and tortures. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Poland, who seldom spoke unless she was drunk, laughed without sound. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Two boys had never drunk sodas so fast. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “I believe he is rather drunk,” said Henry, as a door slammed somewhere and we heard taps running furiously in the bathroom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A crowd of four drunk young women headed toward them, crossing the bridge precariously on high heels. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They heard Charles slam out the door, and Adam said, “That will be good for him. He’ll get a little drunk and he’ll feel better.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The man from District 5, the drunk who threw up on the swordfighting floor, sinks to his knees as Finnick frees the trident from his chest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "I think he's drunk. Look at how his face is swollen." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “You are drunk! Or mad! Or both!” the woman shouted. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “May was right here with us, just now. I swear to God. I felt her, Summer, all up and down me like I’d just poured her in a glass and drunk her.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “I have a cooler full of beer in the truck. Let’s get drunk.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z More than a year since Blount had hung around the place on his first long drunk and seen the mute for the first time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was a little drunk; the Chopin was slurred and fluid, the notes melting sleepily into one another. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My mother and father are drunks, too, but they aren’t mean like that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Not only was she drunk and clumsy, she seemed to be completely unresponsive. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She was a little drunk from the gas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z That night, drunker than usual, he broke into sudden song. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A boy admitted that when his father got drunk, he beat him with a belt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But parties make me nervous, which makes me talk too much, and then everyone thinks I’m drunk, which I’m not, because let’s be real: no one’s ready to meet Drunk Arthur, not even me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It was full of pigeons, students, drunks, dogs, squirrels, children, trees, and secretaries. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “She says I’ve drunk myself into jaundice so as not to go back to the front.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She sat sipping some water while he told her that he had been drunk, that Amala had forced herself on him, that it had been a brief rash lust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "The night with the drunk soldiers" is a much easier way to remember it than as "the night with the desperate kiss." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Other conversations resumed around the oligarch, who was now clearly drunk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z My sister tells me he is probably drunk or on a drug. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Lee said, “You drunk? I can hardly believe it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He left her alone for a few days after that, but eventually came home drunk and high and started beating her again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I was in the girls’ locker room at the time, and for a minute, I wheeled around like Uncle Donny does when he’s drunk. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I went out and found an old drunk loitering around the Circle K in Sunset Heights, begging for money. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z When Abel was drunk he was a completely different person. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When I was really drunk, I started that stupid business with the bullet in my guts again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Miss Phelan, You certainly may hone your writing skills on such flat, passionless subjects as drunk driving and illiteracy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And unless he knew absolutely nothing, this woman was definitely not drunk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “So he got all drunk and tried to make my ear a little bigger.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Blount was so drunk that he did not know what had happened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z My boss didn’t mind me working drunk, and Cindy Sindy, my girlfriend since junior high, didn’t mind me not buying her anything. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z From his worried face I could tell he’d clearly decided these weren’t true police but the other kind: drunk men with guns and a hunger for bribes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t realize how much he preferred my company in particular until he came in one night a little drunk and found Alice and I eating together in her cabin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “This is why the Holy Koran forbids sharab. Because it always falls on the sober to pay for the sins of the drunk. So it does.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “You going to get your drunk self out of that bed and get me some coal or not?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Dagon the Drunkard, men called him, but drunk or sober he loved to fight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah, so if that guy can make it in drunk, surely we can make it in sober. I mean, were ninjas.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z After they had eaten and drunk, sitting upon the grass, Celeborn spoke to them again of their journey, and lifting his hand he pointed south to the woods beyond the Tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They were all drunk now, and they wanted him to talk to them; they wanted him to tell stories with them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The mummers were a loud and lively lot, always quoting speeches at each other and drunk more oft than not. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well, now,” Mary said when they’d eaten some bread and fruit and drunk a scalding infusion of something like mint. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Gebu was very drunk; he stumbled and half fell down the stairs, cursing at the top of his voice. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She is slumped into the comer with her knees up against her chest, crying a little, too drunk to move. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sleepy, a little drunk and getting ready for bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wasn’t drunk, but I didn’t feel like hanging around the Rat until Charles got ready to leave, either. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Alarms blared inside me, my stomach aching like I’d drunk acid. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He was a little loud and a little drunk. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z When Faramir had taken white bread and drunk a draught of wine, he sat upon a low chair at his father’s left hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Most of the girls were drinking the wine, but Melissa Dumas had drunk too much. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Everyone thought it was because I was feeling fatigued, but I knew it was because I was drunk. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z By now it was obvious that Count Olaf and his associates had drunk a great deal of wine, and they slouched at the table and spoke much less. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Every six months each girl was given one month of vacation to get drunk and raise hell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She had drunk too much wine and her head was pounding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He would spend Thursday through Sunday getting drunk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He is a little guy, but when he’s drunk, his size doesn’t matter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The vastly different sentences afforded drunk drivers and people convicted of drug offenses speaks volumes regarding who is viewed as disposable—someone to be purged from the body politic—and who is not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z "You were drunk a little while ago," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He was too drunk and too happy to see what was happening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z My mother kept us away from my drunk and abusive father, she wanted us to have a better future, and the opportunity in life that she never had—to have a successful education. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There hadn’t been a suicide in Cold Sassy since the Crabtrees’ son, Arthur, got drunk on a cold winter night, laid down across his sweetheart’s grave, and took an overdose of laudanum. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Maybe the fellow was laughing because he remembered things that had happened when he was drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z While Baba was in Malaysia, a drunk neighbor banged on our door shouting, "Marry me, my Indian princess!" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As a result Sapphire was often drunk and incapable of bladder control. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “So why do you want to get drunk?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z An ancient drunk in a colorful sombrero moved in slow motion, sucking his toothless maw and holding out a hand for spare change. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Well, if it’s as easy as catching my future from a blood relative, then I guess I’m due to be a drunk, pregnant, dropout stripper any day now. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “If these Amerikani are all drunks, what can I do?” he justified, driving away minutes later. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I’m sure they were enjoying their yogurt and talking about their classes, or about how Ryan Dean West got drunk last night and ruined his life. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This all would have gone much differently, I realized, if Bouain hadn’t been drunk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Jeremy Fitzgerald was crossing the street when a drunk and distraught man—an insurance actuary—in a white BMW hit him at twenty miles per hour. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the animals had drunk he put the yoke back. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He was loud and rough-voiced and drunk as often as not, and he would probably have just sent her back to Lord Eddard, if they even let her see him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When Winston got drunk and started fighting, the locals knew it was time for the soberest man to ride and get Fannie. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Bulging photo albums, corks of wines we’d drunk at restaurants in overcoat pockets. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was high, drunk, and so that night did something I didn’t normally do. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Basta swore and threatened, giving me a nasty cut on my upper arm, but then, suddenly, the front door was thrown open and they both disappeared into the night, still reeling like drunks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The man they considered the town drunk had shamed them by pointing out the lowliness of their deed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He could slide into a fury “quicker than ten drunk Indians.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They get drunk on wine or something cheap like that. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell you, to be drunk on alcohol is disgraceful, but to be drunk on water is noble and ecstatic. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z One evening he came staggering home, drunk as a sot. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As he followed Bill back to the others a wry thought came to him, born no doubt of the wine he had drunk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z What a funny joke he had made about what the coconut said to the drunk man. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On Tuesday and Friday he sold the fish he had caught that morning, the rest of the week he was drunk, loud, obscene, funny and outrageous. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z All the cousins drove all the cars because the adults were still a little too drunk to drive to the graduation. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She had often drunk a quiet bottle of ginger-beer in there: the old bottles made it look more like a smugglers’ cave. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The Dodgers were playing a home game, and Cade and I were lying on the bed, drunk, in our underwear. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The night before I’m to go to Killaloe Laman Griffin comes home drunk and eats a great bag of fish and chips at the table. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “We can’t go in there. Those people look drunk off their butts.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I looked back at her, my stomach flipping over inside my body, my head getting woozy like I was drunk even though I didn’t have a sip of alcohol in forever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He was drunk and had not bothered to dress himself, lounging on the sofa in a red robe. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “The both of you are drunk,” I said to cover my flush. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Media coverage of the movement peaked in 1988, when a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 in Kentucky caused a head-on collision with a school bus. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Erin plops onto the couch and takes the remote control from Pop’s hand, because he’s passed-out drunk again with my grandmother’s rosary beads wrapped tightly around his left fist like brass knuckles. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They call him a street bum and lock him up with three drunks who are singing. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Billy still felt drunk, was still angered by the stolen steering wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “You drunk up two glasses a grape juice, I know you got to go.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I was afraid of them from habit, and as the four or five drunkest of the thanes came toward me, shaking their weapons and shouting at me, my idiotic fear of them mounted. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When he’s drunk, he really scares me, so I try to keep him in control. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z His eyes seemed to have drunk up the tears. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I suppose if alcohol had been available to me that November, I would have become a drunk. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The drunk had found other sport and had not followed us. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If Toby wanted to chase Lily around, getting drunk and skipping school, that was on him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Well,” said the drunk confidentially, “you know Doc, down in Cannery Row.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I know I am driving drunk, I do not feel like I am. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z This, of course, had always been the fear—that some drunk, some group of high-school or college kids would be bored and use the plane as a temporary distraction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z More important, I didn’t want her to see Lice Peeking passed out drunk in that smelly trailer, if that’s where he was. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He needed to think, not bawl like a baby, but already his mind felt drunk and scattered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They talked enough about Johnny coming home drunk once in a while and about how the men looked at Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They can also show up as an adjunct to a verb phrase or clause, as in She died young And They showed up drunk. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A hanging lamp spun on its chain, speckling the zebra skin with light and making the customers feel even drunker than they were. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But he really got a head of steam when discussing the comparison between drunk driving and texting while driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I guess it was because he was the town drunk, and they said he never did anything useful. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The main things to watch for are drunk drivers and, of course, police cars. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was Bordoni’s pleasure to get a little drunk every afternoon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I wasn't drunk or nothing, but I was definitely a lot looser than normal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I’m in a bad mood because Uncle Max came into my room last night, drunk, and I don't feel safe. If you don't kick him out, I can't live here anymore.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z My uncle, he gets drunk sometimes and winds up in jail. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “But fighting all the time and being really drunk and nasty got boring. So now I just take care of animals.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “What on earth’s wrong with you? Are you drunk?” he asks, but I can see in his eyes that he knows I’m sober and I’m betting that for once he wishes I wasn’t. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he’s drunk because I can’t understand what he’s saying. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A servant in Mollie’s house had told an agent that one night Ernest had muttered to her while drunk that he was afraid something would happen to Mollie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “They talk about the dances at my school too, but they say guys get drunk and get into fights.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Was he drunk? Marion said he was. Did he look drunk to you?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Is he addressing the audience or is he so drunk he might actually be taunting the Capitol? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Yakov told me that his family died in an accident. That a cow knocked over a lantern while a neighbor was drunk. I just thought...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "My dear, you are charming when you are drunk." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “He said he was drunk, but I think he was selling red rippers.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I learned an eclectic smattering of Commonwealth law from a traveling barrister too drunk or too pompous to realize he was lecturing an eight-year-old. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was too drunk to walk, Morrison recalled, and so they carried her down into the ravine. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Watson—Anna Watson—said that she thought you were drunk when she saw you outside her home. Were vou drunk?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He gulped his first glass and then settled down to enjoy his second when he heard a drunk talking to the bartender. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex lies awake that night, drunk on Shiner and way too many campfire marshmallows, and he stares at whorls in the wood panels of the top bunk and thinks about coming of age out here. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Her husband died when a drunk driver rammed into his car. My mother—Mrs. Partridge—was also in the car with Mr. Cadaver. She didn’t die, as you know, but she lost her sight.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Here’s the cook lying insensibly drunk on the kitchen floor, with a large bundle of fresh butter made up in the cupboard ready to sell for grease!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Luke swung the gun down onto the drunk man’s head so hard, the crack shook the whole room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah. She was drunk. She passed out. I. ... I took her there.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Each one had his health drunk, and Adam made a little speech to Abra when he drank her health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mike shouted, very drunk, from the other end of the table. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Adam got drunk, and when midnight came, he kissed me hard. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Very soon the spider began to stagger as though it were drunk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a long time since I’ve drunk that much of anything. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We would never let things get so out of control that a bunch of drunks ruined the hall where we were playing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So far as most of them were concerned, Connington had drunk himself to death in Lys after being driven from the company in disgrace for stealing from the war chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fellows in the hall were pushing against the door: ‘You drunk bull! You’ll be a sight dumber when we get through with you.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He started running another bar-restaurant in town where, as he gently put it, “it was hard to deal with drunks sober.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “How do you know, have you ever drunk chalk water?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My heart started acting like a drunk grasshopper. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But what does the hobbit want all that water for? He has drunk, he has washed.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “O. B. Dickerson, the sheriff, she said, “and them drunk skunks with him is the entire business community of the town . A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I checked in on him. Dead drunk. But I built up his fire and left him some bread,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It hits him: Melo’s drunk beyond belief in the backseat of a car she fully intended to drive, yet Jus is the one in handcuffs. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That’s how drunk he would get—he wouldn’t know which room in the house he was in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The rest of the time I can’t even be next to his stinking drunk self. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He only ever reflects upon it when he’s drunk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was reaching for his third towel when he passed out from the combined effects of loss of blood and the fifth of whiskey he had drunk earlier. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he locked his arms across his chest and turned back to the drunk again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Violet was drunk on the allure of fresh needle grass, blissfully unaware of mortal danger. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I must have been drunk with water and air and dancing, because I picked up the sprinkler and said, “You come over here and you’re gonna get wet.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A spoonful of beer would help the throbbing in his head, but a quart of whiskey could not make him drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I didn’t get in until four-thirty. Too drunk to drive you home. Want a cherry?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He is numbly drunk through it all, thanks to the open bar her parents have sprung for. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I tell her I was just drunk and coming off the stage high. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Pa’s stepfather was often drunk and would physically abuse him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They return drunk and laughing to the kitchen of Number 4 rue Vauborel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When he had drunk the cup she offered him, Hermes said, he must threaten to run her through with his sword unless she freed his followers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There are various forms of rum — dark, golden, white, spiced, aged, flavored — but they all share one distinctive quality: They will get you drunk. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Carmine, drunk on sweet milk and bread, splays in my lap, his dark head in the crook of my arm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He went out and got drunk after he heard the news. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the one who got drunk and paraded it in front of my parents.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I don’t care if he was drunk or if he doesn’t remember it—if I stay, I’m saying “I’m okay with this” when I’m absolutely not. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His skin glowed warm and his muscles flexed; he looked at her face in the dim light, his senses drunk with the odor of her hair and skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I can hear myself—I’m mumbling like a deranged drunk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “I should rack my bones to see a pack of drunk fools.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I've seen him drunk and sober, hungry and sated, loud and louder, in love and in longing. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his fault that she was drunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His clothes smell like cigarettes and alcohol, and he has no way of remembering whether or not he was drunk or high. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Merry Christmas, old drunk,” I said to him. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “I’m drunk again,” thought Francie, “and this time on a newspaper headline. And this is a bad one—I’ve got a crying jag.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I hoped it would all be forgotten, considering how drunk my friend was, so I urged him to have another beer. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We stood outside the door on the patch and he said, “You better not go up there drunk.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then came the screams of the woman, and the drunk man in the hallway now mumbling something about him being sorry and that he didn’t mean it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “What the hell are you doing here then? You know what I did, and I got drunk last night.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Folks don’t buy it for the taste. Buy it to get drunk.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I think the mailmen over in Zaire must be lazy or drunk half the time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Queen’s men, at least in name, both had a healthy fear of her, and Merrel could be formidable when he was not drunk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The drunk stacked the money into a little pile on the counter, still protecting it with his big, dirty hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The docks crawl with laughing drunks and sailors stinking of sweat and salt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z First he wouldn’t talk to me, he lied about wanting to go for a run with me, and then he got drunk with Chas Becker. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was New Year’s Eve, and Billy was disgracefully drunk at a party where everybody was in optometry or married to an optometrist. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, Patrick said that Brad was pretending to be a lot drunker than he really was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He had been refused a visa years ago, when he was newly graduated and drunk with American ambitions, but with his new bank statements, he easily got a visa. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For the first time since he had been brought in, Biff turned his attention to the drunk man. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z One unusual tip tonight—a mostly full bottle of whiskey given in exchange for a handful of rubbers, from a guy who was as close to falling-down drunk as I’d ever seen. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the things we could get fired for, Nigro advised, were arriving at the Academy late or drunk—once we were allowed to go out, that is—or, oddly enough, sleeping in class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We came inside for the night, drunk on our day together, our secrets. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She led him to a group of expatriates and stopped to chat, laughing loudly, a little drunk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “That’s really a fine thing, when a man of God begins hanging around a place like this with a bunch of dirty drunks and gamblers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Brad’s parents never did figure out why their son was getting stoned and drunk all the time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Two black women sat stirring the beans and talking about a shared memory back from the city, about a play where the main actor had been too drunk to recite his lines. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then the church door opened, a priest came out, and the ghosts, haunts, and corpses vanished, and only the priest and the drunk were left alone in the graveyard. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When he gets drunk, he sings old country songs. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Fools and drunks and the devil,” he mumbled. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z So I take a bite, and another, and soon I have eaten it all and drunk the soup, too. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Bunny was so drunk he could hardly sit up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Norton's head lolled upon his chest as though he were drunk or dead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mammachi’s rage at the old one-eyed Paravan standing in the rain, drunk, dribbling and covered in mud was re-directed into a cold contempt for her daughter and what she had done. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not my business or my concern if she’s a lazy, drunk fool. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But my body was slippery and he was too drunk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He would hang his gun on the wall over the door, throw off his fur cap and coat and mittens, and call: “Where’s my little half-pint of sweet cider half drunk up?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d sometimes see red eyes shining at me, soldiers or their victims, too drunk or sad or tired to care about the girl slipping through their city. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He thought he might get quite drunk tonight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “He drinks until he turns into a monster. Mom just gets drunk and pretends nothing has happened. It’s like a bad dream I can’t wake up from.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And he recognized something: the man was a little drunk. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know how to tell you . . .” “You didn’t know how to tell me? How' about: ‘Cathy, I got fired because I was drunk at work’? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Jordan, drunk and unsteady, blocked Angel’s way to the door and the steps. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There isn't any night club in the world you can sit in for a long time unless you can at least buy some liquor and get drunk. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “She come off the street drunk and wanted to get into the party. No sweat.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “He is literally always the drunkest person at every party. Just ignore him.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but you love this old drunk, don’t you?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I give up! I give up,” he shouted and went out and got drunk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And now my heart’s banging around my rib cage like a drunk, blindfolded bird. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Perhaps he was drunk. God rest him—though it seems absurd to say it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was beyond drunk, blitzed, filled with fury. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And he wasn’t merely a drunk inflicting his delusions of talent on a captive audience. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait, what? You think she’s jealous...of me? Are you drunk?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z High for my first time, drunk for my first time, I felt myself dissolving, turning to vapor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She used to always talk about how when she met him at the restaurant, he was a part-time dishwasher and a full-time drunk. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My father protested, but there was little he could do, and so Narciso was buried and the town said he had died during one of his drunks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The patrons are mostly businessmen from Korea, but there are others, some whites, and then some young Korean-Americans dressed in conservative suits, speaking perfect English, red-faced, drunk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Mrs. Claud Roosevelt. Do you know her? I met her somewhere last night. I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Every time he heard his father’s voice in his head, it was slurred like that of a man who’d drunk too much palm wine. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I love you too,” I didn’t know if Audrey was drunk, but perspiration beaded her upper lip, and she sipped her vodka and Pop! through a Krazy straw. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z C.P. also echoed stereotypes about black behavior, saying that after visiting Durham's housing projects he was disgusted to watch blacks spend the time from Friday night until Monday morning drunk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “No. I’m not drunk,” he said clearly from the dark. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Hammer was sleeping off a drunk when they reached the forge, just as Kem had prophesied, but Nail had no objection to the two dwarfs clambering through the wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m going to tell him everything: that I lost my job months ago, that I was very drunk on Saturday night and I have no idea what time I came home. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A drunk, urinating in an alley outside Saint-Servan, a mile away, plucks a sheet of paper from a hedge. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But I’m gonna have to convince you one way or the other that I picked you up for drunk driving and you took a swing at me. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no alcohol. We’re not getting drunk with you. Did you not hear us yesterday?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Please. I just want some company. Someone who knew Megs, who liked her. Someone who doesn’t believe all this . . .” He was drunk and I knew it and I said yes anyway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Or, our image of Noah isn’t of his getting drunk—but of his building the ark and teaching people to save themselves from the flood. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t as drunk as Will, but he couldn’t be bothered to fake a smile around me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The horses had drunk their fill of the icy cold water, and were grazing on clumps of brown grass that grew from clefts in the rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But, drunk or not, at least I was smart enough to latch the door behind me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z So it was on a Saturday afternoon, in the thin light of spring, he staggered home reeling drunk and saw his daughter in the kitchen. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He was half reclined and it wasn’t long before he had drunk himself back into his deep slumber, trusting in the shackles and the sleeping forms of young people for his sense of security. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s late when all the drunks drop out from the pubs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z For that, Johnson can thank the effects of alcohol, as a now very drunk George Atzerodt continues to raise his glass. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I was very drunk and I did not want to shut my eyes because the room would go round and round. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He would have gone to Mr. or Mrs. Dalton and told them that their daughter was drunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he raised his head toward the evening sky and announced furiously: “But before I do anything else, I’m going to get drunk, stinking drunk.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Cause I know your daddy ain’t nothing but a drunk like mine.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I settle in beside him, feeling awkward and jittery and almost drunk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She’s made it halfway through that trunk and the tree’s starting to sway a little, drunk as my daddy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “But I figure Simon’s parents don’t need to see me drunk.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Then she made her way, foot over foot, swaying like a drunk squirrel, to the edge of the bed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Well, just try to take it a little—What are ya—drunk, or what?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I stand in the street, with the drunks staggering out of the Men Only, my hands pressed to my mouth, crying and feeling stupid. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Sure. Cholly’s always drunk. Let’s go ask her. We don’t have to tell her what for.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses that were standing were tilted every which way, as if they were drunk. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z More important, I didn’t want her to see Lice Peeking passed out drunk in that smelly trailer, if that’s where he was. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t have talked back to her or taken drugs or drunk beer from paper bags like the other teenagers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Either drunk or high, she kept up a continuous babble of four-letter words. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Diego howled—earning us glares from the preppy parents who probably presumed we were drunk—and the wave of bad music continued to assault our ears as Creed blurred into Nickelback. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I found I was quite drunk but went to sleep. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He got killed by a drunk who climbed onto his porch and drove a knife down his neck. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The jukebox blared mariachi music, everybody was very drunk, and, because more women than usual were on hand, people tried to dance. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had also been a notorious drunk, meaner than Jimmy, if that could be believed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z No, drunk isn’t the right word for it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z One soldier in black was having a drunk hero’s picnic all by himself on top of a tank. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy’s collective of drunks and petty criminals was draped over one another, watching everything. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Like the night she tried to tell them not to keep the little boy for Sis any more; by then she was even running around with colored men, and she was always drunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I feared the rug more than I did the drunk, so I held on, surprising myself for a moment by trying to topple him upon the rug. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They said I was a bum and a drunk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined thousands of tourists getting drunk and stoned and pinballing around the narrow streets. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Frances was a little drunk and would have liked to have kept it up but the coffee came, and Lavigne with the liqueurs, and after that we all went out and started for Braddocks's dancing-club. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In fact, last week, she was walking back home from a mini powwow at the Spokane Tribal Community Center, when she was struck and killed by a drunk driver. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, a drunk driver remains impaired for the whole ride, whereas the impairment of a cell phone user is intermittent, and impacts the brain only in the period surrounding their interaction with the device. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Some tattle told her I was roaring drunk. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s ten months since Mandris set off for Egypt, and not a word does he send you; he has forgotten and drunk from a new cup. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “It was after Lemuel left. Lord, what a sorry man. I told him to leave when he’d nearly drunk us broke. He grabbed the rest of our money and I tried to stop him.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I knew everyone there was only thinking about what a drunk he was, while I was remembering the other things as well. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But he did not rant and rave; he was quiet and brooding, and we knew that was the worst kind of drunk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got a fire going. Let’s go get drunk.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My mother was always drunk, never in a fit condition to properly provide and care for us. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Sterling told him many drunks had stopped by wanting to buy some and that they could have made a pocketful of change had they been able to supply them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Just after I had drunk my third cup Robert came in again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z That night we were all sitting at the drafting table watching Lori put the final touches on Shakespeare’s hair when Dad came home drunk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I know. And it’s not your fault anyway. I mean, it might’ve helped if you weren’t . . .” “If I wasn’t a drunk?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When he stepped in my room I saw immediately that he was drunk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And the time Antonapoulos got drunk and threw a bowl of macaroni in his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then the big mournful drunk shrugged yet again and scuffed over to the woodpile; seating himself on a pinon stump, he wiped his brow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sir Ector’s health had been drunk with “Best respects, Measter,” or “Best compliments of the Season, my lords and ladies, and many of them.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Cordelia says she has tried this; she says it’s nothing like being really drunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Some nights are silent; not a motor car turning within earshot; no drunks or restless babies crying for their mothers and Alice opens any window she Wants to and hears nothing at all. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He lives alone, no wife or children, most of his waking hours drunk. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Neither place was readily apparent to a drunk stumbling out into the night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On the track there were whispers that Pollard had been drunk during the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As drunk as Pop Pop is during the week, he gets me to church every weekend and makes sure I study hard to make straight As. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I thought she was acting drunk, bumping into me so we’d get up and leave. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Rosewater was sick and tired of being drunk all the time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was glad he had not told Alice about what had happened to the drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Every time I got behind the steering wheel I got nervous because I remembered the time our Carcachita was hit from behind by a drunk driver in Selma. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I knew I was quite drunk, and when I came in I put on the light over the head of the bed and started to read. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The lawyer got names and positions all fouled up, and I've got a drunk for a partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A whole lot about the women that used to be but nothing that makes any sense, cuz drunk Noise is like a drunk man: blurry and boring and dangerous. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I’m drunk on whiskey,” he said, holding up his bottle. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z There are no people in the front room of the tattoo parlor, but the Pit is crawling with people, most of them drunk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A stout, middle-aged man with enormous owl-eyed spectacles was sitting somewhat drunk on the edge of a great table, staring with unsteady concentration at the shelves of books. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She took in the drunk with one long gaze, and then she turned her eyes to the middle of the room where the mute sat at his table alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z None of this was true, except the drunk part. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “This woman. She is a healer, near Tu Do Street. She works in exchange for rice wine. All the time, drunk.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z All of his words were long, like he was halfway singing, so we knew he was drunk. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It just wobbled around in a circle like a drunk person. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He staggered like a drunk for a good while. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He always added that they were old and dusty and no one else would live up there because the juke box played loud and drunks yelled and stomped up and down the long porch downstairs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Many of the men were drunk on clotted mare's milk, yet Dany knew no arakhs would clash tonight, not here in the sacred city, where blades and bloodshed were forbidden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He comes home drunk but he’s quiet and passes out on the floor next to Mam’s bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Every town has a harvest festival of some sort, but these days most folk settle for having a bonfire and getting drunk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Another police officer watched a drunk man spit chewing tobacco in an older woman’s face; when someone complained to him, he said, “There would be nothing like this if you would stay at home.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He was as drunk as the Hound had been, but in him it was a dancing happy drunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Half the crowd was drunk that afternoon, for it was Saturday and the mills had run full time that week. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He realized immediately that she had been drinking—she was not drunk, but there was whisky on her breath. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But nothing happened except that Aunt Letty, thinking that those horrible words were meant to be ordinary English, said: “I thought as much. The woman is drunk. Drunk! She can’t even speak clearly.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z They had names like “Red,” “Hot Sausage,” “One-Armed James,” and “Chicken Man,” an old drunk who was my favorite. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I went to her room just after she came in. . . . She was too drunk to talk. She was drunk, I tell you. I never thought she’d come home in that condition.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z So, half drunk and wounded I made my way up to my window, tripped the latch and tugged ... but it wouldn’t open. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I saw the major look at him and notice that he was drunk. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “I really reject and resent the fact that people are saying that cell phone usage and drunk driving are the same,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Mary was drunk last night. I hope nothing’s happened to her.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "There, my dear. Now you enjoy that slowly, and then you can get drunk." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A drunk driver and a person on a phone were equally likely to crash, whereas “we’re seeing the risk factor for accidents when someone is texting exceeds the level when people are legally drunk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even as drunk as he is, it’s only a matter of time before he looks under the truck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t a binge drinker, and not a mean drunk, but he’d be tough to match for consistency. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “She fired Mr. Schroeder?” he said, sounding stunned, like his whole world was putrefying faster than the curdled chocolate milk he’d almost just drunk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I used to get drunk every day, but I have slowed down. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bunny was so drunk by then he asked the waiter to bring us two cigars, which he did, along with the check, face down, on a little tray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And then they’re drunk, and all of a sudden—bang—somebody’s lying dead in the gutter. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It had the air of fairly recent abandonment; there was a can of grape soda, three-quarters drunk, still sweating and cool to the touch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Two had seen him and avoided him, thinking he was drunk or crazy or both. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I take umbrage at that, sir! I am not drunk.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Oh, I don’t know. I was feeling a little that way. Yeah, I reckon I was. I was drunk and she was drunk and I was feeling that way.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And the whole time, everybody would be drinking booze and getting drunk and stupid and sad and mean. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z "What? Man, this thing is crooked! Look like you shaped me up with your eyes closed. Like you drunk. Better yet, like you gotta syndrome!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “We’ve been operating under a terrible time pressure from the very beginning. Just yesterday morning, for example, I was a hopeless drunk and Fezzik toiled for the Brute Squad.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Every now and again the Seminoles would get drunk and claim that Florida was their territory and everyone else had better pack up and move out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Caroline and I had never drunk coffee in our lives, and the fact that our mother served us coffee that night made us both realize that our secure, ordinary world was forever in the past. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "She is the only lady I have ever known who was as charming when she was drunk as when she was sober." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Jordan was stronger, but he was drunk and confused. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Couples and crowds flowed in and out—their cheeks flushed, pleasantly drunk—stumbling and stoned or just laughing at some joke I’d never hear. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They could catch her there; they were not that drunk. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Funny how the saddest guys can be happy drunks. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He mostly stays inside the house, drinking, I assume, because when I do see him, he's drunk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Instead, Walter reads Shakespeare and Camel gets drunk and cranky and increasingly demanding. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Like that time we went to a party thrown by a colleague of Tom’s, and I was very drunk, but we’d had a good night. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The tea, he realized peevishly, was the most delicious thing he had ever drunk. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Then you were drunk. We called a cab from Jack Teitelbaum’s.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Soldiers had opened up the cafes for themselves and were getting drunk at the tables outside, bawling and laughing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Now, Colin had seen enough movies to know what happens when dorks go to cool-kid parties: generally, the dorks either get thrown into the pool or they become drunk, vacuous cool kids themselves. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Elsewhere in the survey, drivers ranked drunk drivers as the first most serious traffic safety problem, and cell phone-using drivers as the second. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He watched a huge black man, drunk and bleeding from a cut on his head, sprawl out in the middle of the car and go to sleep. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded me of the day when she and Bodega had arrived at my place all drunk and happy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Occasionally these poets would show up drunk, carrying found objects onto which they had scrawled cryptic messages. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "You mean what a lot we've drunk. You went to sleep." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Anyway, I’m only three miles from my house, and if I get home now, Dad will be sleeping and won’t know I’m drunk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z In his natural haunts a sailor has no face and certainly no plans beyond getting drunk and maybe in jail for fighting. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To protect myself I'd have to, or the drunks would gang me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was really drunk; otherwise I wouldn’t have just nodded and followed her without a single question. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I had little interest in running around in circles while drunk, brawny boys in leather trod on my toes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d always been a pathetic drunk, which was why I totally preferred drugs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I guess I was sort of drunk, because I just kept putting one foot in front of the other and by midnight I was home. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s the master of ceremonies, and, it appears, as drunk as the contestants. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He would point out certain drunks and scream at them in his raw, worn voice. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His son was drunk on his own freedom. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He was far too drunk for sleeping pills. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I have to do this every night while you’re down at Yale scoring telling points and getting drunk with those girls.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been trying to keep her sober—well, less drunk,” Maya said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The boys were faster, but they were drunk, and Beetle reached the river before they did. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Now you know to talk to drunks is crazy and to tell them your name is worse, but who can blame her. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “She and her friend Violet drank their way through all the wine in that picture of drunk monks down by the Charms corridor. Anyway...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Stumbling from the car to the door, drunk. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z My stomach had felt a little off ever since we’d drunk the pond water. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Have you ever dealt with someone this drunk?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The serious drunks and crystal sliders were somewhere else. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As a sophomore at Permian he was found wandering around the field house parking lot one day drunk. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He had heard Auntie talk about the veterans—drunk all the time, she said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They are boys drunk on song and story, and like all boys, they think themselves immortal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tyrion had drunk himself blind his first night on the Shy Maid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "I think I'll stay rather drunk. This is all awfully amusing, but it's not too pleasant. It's not too pleasant for me." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Killed by a drunk college kid while he walked home from his neighbor’s house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She had drunk water—Rumpy hadn’t been interested in those calabashes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father was a drunk, and so was his father.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I told him that Bryant and Milam did ask me to help ’em that night, but when I went home after talking to you, Pa was drunk again. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The only reason she had lasted this long, as Tendai knew from evil experience, was because the She Elephant was drunk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He watched especially a short, squat man in overalls who had become drunk and boisterous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "Too hot, too noisy, and I'd drunk too much wine," the dwarf told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Alex flags down a waiter and decides to spend the rest of the reception getting systematically drunk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They made out, both drunk, and then ran into each other one week later at the grocery store. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It was Tenorio, drunk with whiskey and hate, and he meant to run me down! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk away, leaving the drunk man yelling and cursing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He often got drunk on Saturday afternoons and then he would rave against old age. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so accustomed to the rules and protocol on campus that it took me a second to realize I might be responding to the orders of some random drunk kids from town. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z One week before she moved to San Francisco, Jule was drunk on the island of Culebra. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Now it’s you, too. Drinking too much. Wandering around drunk in the middle of the day. Rolling down the road to ruin.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Mom, tell them how Dad beats on me when he’s drunk.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I can show up drunk or high from the night before and still manage. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She told my mom that her new husband, Esteban, had gotten so drunk that she’d convinced him to dance and that therefore the whole event was a success. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Our drunk attackers were forced to keep moving. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z If the gods were good, Lannister’s severed head was halfway back to King’s Landing by now, but more like the dwarf was hale and whole and somewhere close, stinking drunk and plot-ting some new infamy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had returned a sweater and got drunk in the middle of the day instead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Look, and I could see her sitting drunk on the phone with Jake talking about nothing and What are you doing? and she says, Nothing, just doodling, just doodling. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The man was drunk and looking to fight the biggest guy in the room. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I got drunk and made the mistake of going to Blake Benson’s house. Some stuff set me off, and I just...I really messed up, man.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The Mexicans could see she was drunk, and they were already getting ideas about her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, the scene was a weird mix of drunks, derelicts, and the occasional college students who showed up because the risk of getting a knife pulled on you sounded fun. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Toby’s head was aching and his entire body felt as if he’d drunk kerosene, not PBR, What was one more day? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z One night, Santos is drunk and jealous that Lourdes has given a male co-worker a ride home. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Matters were not helped by Charles stumbling in—obviously drunk—about twenty minutes into the class. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The sea had drunk her memories away, leaving only her name. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That’s why the day they arrived at my door, all silly and drunk, she asked Bodega to teach her how to fire a gun. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I was drunker than I ever remembered having been. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I came into her room half an hour before the bridal dinner, and found her lying on her bed as lovely as the June night in her flowered dress--and as drunk as a monkey. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He started having dark moods, staying out late and coming home drunk, and losing jobs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was hit by a drunk driver when he was on his bike and died instantly. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There must be no drunks, no fighting, no vulgarity, or they close Dora up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z By some miracle, she was in—drunk, putting on lipstick. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Have you drunk enough, eh?” she asked him quietly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was always getting drunk and doing things like setting fires, or stuffing freshmen down chimneys, or throwing beer kegs through plate glass windows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “A drunk grandfather asked for it,” she shrugged as she made her way through a thick tangle of yellowing banerbyre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Though Scottish by birth, he grew up in the far south of England, in the New Forest of Hampshire, because his mother was convinced that Scots were feckless drunks. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z No surprise that he once, drunk as anything, rode a horse across the grass while we were having classes, trampling blankets and books and sending everyone scrambling to get out of his way. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mom told him he was a stinking rotten drunk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z All Chief White Halfoat wanted to do when he staggered in drunk each night was go right to sleep, and Hungry Joe often made that impossible. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They were already drunk from the book party, lazily sipping their beers, their cold cups of jasmine tea. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You thought about apologizing? Maybe you go in Monday morning, talk to—” “I ain’t apologizing to no drunk. I never apologized to my daddy and I sure ain’t apologizing to her.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Although it is still early in the night, he appears to be very drunk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The baby was drunk for two days and a half. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As the evening comes to an end, my grandfather is usually too drunk to do much of anything. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “You must excuse me. I’ll leave you to get them drunk.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he gave the kid fifty cents to go down to the corner store for Coca-Colas to be drunk after supper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At another point, Dougall pointed out that people are allowed to drink a bit and get behind the wheel but they’re not allowed to drink to the point of being drunk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was actually quite interesting, but I was tired and a bit drunk, and I fell asleep before it ended. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He had never seen his father drunk like this. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Never had he seen a fellow drink so much, stay drunk so long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His smile’s as loopy as it was when he was drunk last night. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I don’t get drunk, but I do feel it warm my insides. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She moved away from him fast, shuddering, but he seemed not to notice or maybe was too drunk to notice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “All right, darling?” the drunkest of the men on the other pavement was yelling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Some of the husbands will get drunk, but never the member wives. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her husband was serving time in the county jail across the street for being drunk or some petty crime like that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In theory, I could be out getting drunk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He has been disciplined numerous times for charges ranging from drunk and disorderly conduct to indiscipline. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He says, “Well, you’re probably just used to it from staring at that drunk guy for so long today.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I imagine he was drunk like most of Chicago,” Officer Rariden continued in a low, bored drawl. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t do this, Dad, please. You’re drunk. Just put the gun away.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z During the 1980s, at the same time crack was making headlines, a broad-based, grassroots movement was under way to address the widespread and sometimes fatal problem of drunk driving. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In November Malachy got drunk and decided it was time to register the child’s birth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She looked in the mirror to see Isabelle and Celia stumble in behind her, arms around each other, laughing and swaying, clearly drunk on something besides life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Then Danny came over and was drunk, or on the pills, and just started ripping into Terryl, telling her she was nothing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z An elderly Belgian lady shot in the knee had drunk the last of his water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then he looked back at Bod, and said, “Unless it’s a busy night, and we have to put you in with some of the drunks. They can be nasty.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He had seen the drunks in his neighborhood. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Not a bad sort, though he’s usually not nearly as drunk as that.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had thought that Mary was drunk, because she was used to Mary’s coming home drunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “He was drunk,” said Bigger, feeling that now was the time to drag Jan in definitely. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the policeman who supported the drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was fun, but she didn’t sleep very well because she’d drunk some wine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Even when he wasn't drunk, George seemed angry all the time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If Dad got too drunk, she ended up behind the wheel, but cars never seemed to run right for Mom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Fire me? Who else gone come out here and work in secret while you hang around the house drunk all day?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When they were drunk, they no longer could think of those things. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The beer had a nice bitter taste after the ice cream and it made her drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was always happy when he was drunk, and he was always drunk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Nice bouquet,” Turner said when he had drunk deeply. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Somehow, getting drunk had momentarily broken down the conscious barriers that kept the old Charlie Gordon hidden deep in my mind. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch had drunk so long and so deep of his heady brew that his being was shot through with curious mannerisms and odd exclamations. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Way drunk, Eugene was shot and killed by one of his good friends, Bobby, who was too drunk to even remember pulling the trigger. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z One of the drunk Russian guys woke up and sat listening intently too. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He’d sobered up a bit, but he was still drunk, driving into a police station. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I started drinking, and was drunk for almost a month. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Arriving drunk and at the wrong time was the best he could do. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She could always keep refusing, just as she had for the past month; but when he was this drunk... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The policeman put the drunk in a chair and hustled the little crowd into the street again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When he had eaten the rest, however, and drunk deep from the water jar, he felt almost as empty as before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Me and Va-ambuya talk seriously. You rascals can get drunk without music.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had drunk much wine and late after midnight he went to bed, tired and yet agitated, nearly in tears and in despair. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z As yet another silence engulfs us, it dawns on me that unless I want to try leaping across train cars drunk and in the dead of night, I’ll be sleeping right where I am. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He got drunk one night, took a truck without authorization, and hopped from town to town until he wrecked it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got him drunk and stole his armor?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Postal Service mailbox, so that it falls over on its side like a drunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You didn’t get far. You were too drunk to back out of the driveway. You ended up in the neighbor’s yard. You crashed into a telephone pole. Luckily, no one was hurt.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Well, I never have drunk much. It’s not good for me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Because he was drunk? Because one of his loser friends finally paid him back? Hell, I don’t know. And I don’t care.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Closer you get to the coasts,” Clarence whispered, pointing east, west, and then north, “the more water’s left that can be drunk. The middle grounds?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Are they too drunk to communicate in English? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A few weeks later I stumbled home from the garage apartment late one night, drunk on some gin filched from a friend’s parents’ liquor cabinet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Men Only sections are where the rowdy drunks and rubby-dubs hang out; they’re floored with sawdust, and the smell of spilled beer and old urine and sickness wafts out from them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You and Miss Dalton were drunk last night. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He would say that she had been drunk, sloppy drunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It got to a point where Brad was getting stoned or drunk before school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Some people in a booth were laughing because without knowing it the drunk had picked out a deaf-mute to try to talk with. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I said to myself, “He’s just a drunk,” and continued my adventures. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes open for anyone who might help, but the only folks in the street were sailors, and most of them were drunk. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was drunk, just trashed drunk, and 1 really didn’t think she would drive or anything. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Then he said, with the gravity of the very drunk, “You’ve hired a coward. What would he do if I hurt you, do you think?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z One of the white men was very old and drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "Todric. I killed him for getting drunk and fighting over loot." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The flapping of enormous wings echoed across the black water: The dragon had drunk its fill and risen into the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had drunk most and talked least over the course of the evening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m fine, Matt. I’m fine,” he repeated in that voice people talk in whenever they’re trying to convince someone that they’re not drunk. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Harley told the others not to bother him, but they were drunk and they kept after him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In France once, in the bitterest week of winter, raging drunk on cognac, he had even conjured her onto the end of his bayonet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Finally he sold his suit and helmet and pump and went on a hell of a drunk and then he left town. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I am grudgingly impressed that he’s managed to come up with a fairly decent bargain, despite having been tied to a chair for most of the night and probably quite drunk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Things could not have been much worse if we’d invited Blake Grunwald over so he could do a German dance, then get drunk, start a fistfight, and puke his guts out all over my bed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “How much was drunk before you bought the fifth of rum?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately he had been too drunk to quarrel, so the whole business would have to erupt this morning. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The thousand-yard stare of intoxication, I thought, and as I watched her with an idle fascination, it occurred to me that, yeah, I was a little drunk, too. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It’s surprisingly therapeutic talking to someone so drunk. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As they near the end of the meal, it occurs to her that she is neither very drunk nor full. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And they were drunk and unhappy in the same exact way. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z They can sit, stand, talk, shake a stick at a drunk man, reach around their backs to fetch forth a baby to nurse, all without dropping their piled-high bundles upon bundles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The toilet is running over, the drunks have smeared some of its contents on a wall, and the stench is overpowering. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The Russians go into the closet, and they hear the handles of mops being kicked drunk- enly and a crate of dictionaries go thudding down the stairs, and then someone rattles the knob. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “He thinks he’s getting better, but I don’t see it. I think he doesn’t notice as much because he doesn’t have to do anything. Well, that and he’s usually drunk.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “You could have eaten that rooster!” the old drunk hollered at him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I kick a soccer ball around with Marv at the local grounds on Thursday night and watch him get drunk afterward at his place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Richie wasn't much bigger than Park, and he was drunk and disoriented. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I guessed he was new to the job, or drunk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was trying to get as drunk as possible as rapidly as possible. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “The demons are all getting drunk and getting ready for beating up Tang men. The word is out to stay inside.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, Dad is a drunk and Mom is an ex-drunk, but they don’t want their kids to be drunks. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I could not help remembering what fine houses and mansions had once been there, and what richly dressed demons had eaten and drunk within them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z On Saturday afternoon Tar Baby had stumbled drunk into traffic on the New River Road. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Yet die drunk times were becoming deeper but more seldom. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Tom is affable and good-natured right up until the moment the whiskey he’s tippling from a flask in the pocket of his father’s too-big suit coat makes him drunk. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The strong drink was making Tyrion light-headed, but not so drunk that he did not realize that the Old Bear wanted something from him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It's a funny thing, I always shiver like hell when I'm drunk. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He doesn't have a job, but he goes out every night and comes back with drunk eyes and bad breath, if he even comes back at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He knows she’s stone drunk, but this is too much, even for her. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I'm sure he got drunk just in order to get up the nerve to walk in the door and tell me he loved me, and after that eruption of sentimentality, he wanted out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A strange woman from a bar filled with petty and not-so-petty criminals brought a drunk, underage teenager back to her house, where he spent the night. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She was very drunk and in an exhilarated mood. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This is when I know I’m drunker than I realized: from the looks on their faces, if I’m reading their expressions correctly, I just said something offensive. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She’d laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “But I have a really great idea. Next time why don’t you have your brother jump dead drunk off this cliff instead of mine?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “But he said they tricked him! They made him drunk and stole it away!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When she reached the sidewalk, the policeman met her, grabbed her, accused her of being drunk, called a patrol wagon and carted her away. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “They re drunk. Hurry, let’s go! Before they start shooting,” I said, not wanting to drop the file. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “What you told him about me, boy? You told him I was a drunk?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was a white gal, all right, but that wasn't the way it was. She was drunk —" another voice said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She had me on the ropes; I felt punch drunk, I couldn't deliver and I couldn't be angry either. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you drunk?” she asked, trying to understand the man’s unusual behavior. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The men on the Comer were southern working men: plumbers, carpenters, painters, drunks, con artists, retired army lifers from nearby Fort Knox, tobacco workers for Brown and Williamson, and some just plain ol’ hustlers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “But has your mom shown up drunk to places before?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Otto ate until his belly was full and then fell against me like a contented drunk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “For the daughter of the town drunk, you sure got big plans,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It served me right for being stupid enough to get drunk in the first place. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “But she doesn’t have to worry about me. I’ll never get drunk again because I don’t like to throw up.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have been drunk, although the newspaper account said nothing about this. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z All this happy freedom and confidence passed away, of course, as they either grew sober or got drunk, but while it lasted it was like being possessed by a power greater than themselves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would not say she was drunk. She had had a few drinks.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, sitting next to Blaine, laughing as he told her about the first time he got truly drunk in his freshman year, she realized that she could like beer. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "Aeron is drunk on seawater and sanctity. He lives only for his god—" "His god? Not yours?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is too hot here, and too noisy, and they are all getting drunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From the corner of his eye he noticed that the drunk slammed his fist down on a table and turned away from the men to whom he had been talking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “That’s not what we were taught at camp. Centaurs are crazy, always getting drunk and killing heroes.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Listen, I know about these things. My brother started getting drunk in tenth grade, and it just about destroyed him. I might have been like him, except that I saw what it did to him.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Mami said he was a harmless drunk, “like a kid,” and always made sure he ate something when he was at our house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “So drunk he didn’t even know where he was.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He did not know the drunk at all. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized that if I kept doing this, people wouldn’t just think I was drunk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He fell, when drunk, on the slippery cobblestones of Revenue Street, and broke his hip. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We had drunk several glasses of brandy and I said yes by God on Bulgaria too and on Japan. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Ammu said that he had only carried them for the photograph and even then had been so drunk that she was scared he’d drop them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He staggered out of the room, drunk with grief, and collapsed in an armchair, weeping like a child. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later, C.P. was still haunted by the memory of his father, drunk and wielding an ice pick on the porch of their house, while he huddled inside with his mother behind the locked door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “And she doesn’t have to worry about me, either. I don’t need to drink to get drunk. I can get drunk on things like the tulip—and this night.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hop in,” said Chief White Halfoat, driving up drunk in a covered jeep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I would have liked to have a good, maudlin drunk, but I couldn’t afford it, so I made my slow, limping way back across the river as the sun was setting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Half drunk, half there—it was a no-brainer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Others were running around in circles, still others stumbling about as if drunk. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He had been, the man said, and had already been carried out drunk. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Because there is talk among the citizens. It is shameful for a young man to die while drunk.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The adults were rich, and they were drunk on it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Her cheeks are so red she could be drunk. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It went on that way for a couple of hours, with Robbie getting sloppy drunk, losing to Dad, and groping me when we danced or sat at the bar between games. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s still drunk and can’t see straight, but if he can find his way back to the main road, he can find his way back to school. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “My friends are waiting for me. They’re probably drunk as we speak.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Not stinky drunk, just drunk enough to be drunk. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The scene were blocking takes place in a tavern, and I’m basically just making notes reminding myself to act drunk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “I steal a little bit from my momma’s cabinet every day. Refill it with water. She’s so drunk all the time she doesn’t notice.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s because she’s totally drunk, but I don’t notice any shred of shame or embarrassment, which I admire in a strange way. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “For the joy of it,” said Sweeney, sober now, or at least, no longer visibly drunk. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “But he is drunk as usual and most likely will not remember seeing us.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Catching his horse by the bridle, Ser Dontos tried to mount, but the animal would not stand still and the knight was so drunk that his bare foot kept missing the stirrup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Claudia, who had eaten cereal and drunk pineapple juice, scolded him about the need to eat properly. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He had observed that a man got just as drunk on half a glass as on a whole one, that is, if he was in the mood to get drunk at all. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will get you drunk and take out your liver and put you in a good Italian liver and make you a man again.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Well, that’s just tough, isn’t it? Now get out of my sight. I never could stand a drunk.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Big Bol was a bouncer at the Crow Club, perfectly suited to tossing out drunks and wasters, but too heavy on his feet to be much use when it came to a real tussle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On one wall was a large painting of a Seine river scene which Bull had bought while drunk in Paris. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Once upon a time, the gods had drunk wine from it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "In the west, they call that a traitor's moon. Try not to get too drunk tonight, and see that your axe is sharp." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My mother’s scrubbing clean sinks till her hands are raw. Penny watches you sleep and writes down what you eat. They drink a fuckload. They’re getting drunk until the tears roll down their faces.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I almost forget I’m working for a drunk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The horse seemed to bend time and space as he ran, blurring the landscape and making Frank feel like he’d just drunk a gallon of whole milk without his lactose-intolerance medicine. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He had never seemed really drunk like that before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He held it motionless, drunk with color and shape, speechless, and together he and the woman stared at what he held. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When I was thirteen, they both decided it would be really fun to get me drunk. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Thinking of the way he looked at me when he was drunk in the hedge maze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They went to his home: he had locked himself in the bedroom, and had to be persuaded to come out: he was staggering drunk, but still pretty funny. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Bassi said no that was no test because he had already drunk twice as much as 1. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But I knew I was drunk as hell too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They proceeded to get drunk and to seize the women. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Hercules became very happy and very drunk and very noisy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If Francie saw the good in her father, even though most people considered him a shiftless drunk, maybe I wasn’t a complete fool for believing in mine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The crowd was the boys, the dancers, and the drunks. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Yeah. One of the fellers had some bottles of beer and we went down the cellar and drank it. I drank two bottles and got drunk.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat back there drinking, an old man who’d been drunk for years. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Cari’s mother, Candy Lightner, vowed to take on drunk driving and founded Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, later renamed Mothers Against Drunk Driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mary Louise later said she never in her life saw her father drunk. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z There’s a full moon, and it’s late at night, and I’m peering out my window at Nino Carlitos, who is drunk and banging on the front door. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That milk is drunk by the children of men alone and without it they will not wake to life. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z One night he had come home drunk and angry. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Antonapoulos let him know that while they were not noticing, their guest had gone into the closet and drunk up all the gin. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But he was drunk—or at least half drunk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Child like you drunk as a lord ringing for a priest at this hour. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Genie played Repeat and hoped he wouldn’t get drunk on his first sip. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Once he drank a little too much palinka, a plum brandy made in Hungary and Transylvania that is supposed to aid digestion after a meal, and he got drunk. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I went home and slept for a while because I’d drunk too much wine, and when I woke up I felt like having a smoke. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She was drunk, stumbling sideways and laughing as she sloppily embraced him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I made you drunk because I love you and because America is in the war. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z His wife won’t let him in the house when he’s drunk, so he goes over yonder and she sends a colored boy name Fish to see after him.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The end result looked to Thomas like an army of drunk guys had done the work, but it was solid enough. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He seemed almost drunk, or like he’d just rolled out of someone’s bed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was not only a little drunk, she was weary and had been for weeks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Eva was quite a spiritual girl with a big family of brothers and sisters but she was an unpredictable drunk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the men in his paint crew drive drunk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Were they also able to spot the future drunks and depressives? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They had all been a little drunk, but he knew he’d heard correctly, toward the end of an evening much like this one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a drunk on the other end. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was numb to it all, uninterested in drinking and pool and other people, and the more drunk he became the more lucid his mind was and the colder he felt toward everyone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “She was really drunk, so she could have thought she wasn’t going to hit the cop, although I don’t know how,” Takumi said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Some folks move aside; others, some drunk, some space cadets, I’ve got to push. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I felt drunk with it and wanted to shout at the world: Here’s the proof: nothing touches me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When he had been drunk the place had seemed violent and riotous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I have only drunk tea as yet,” replied Wang Lung and he was half ashamed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He seemed drunk, almost manic, in the way he shook Richard’s hand, pumping up and down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He began to cough and mutter and I realized that he was either drunk or sick. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z To us, it was what a bar is to a drunk, or a church is to a Bishop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He never would own up to being drunk; he’d always say he had a headache or needed to get the prescription for his glasses readjusted. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “They were just drunk. They didn’t know what they were doing. I don’t think they were even from around here.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And I realized that, sure, Indians were drunk and sad and displaced and crazy and mean, but, dang, we knew how to laugh. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Just as now he was right about Porter having a shotgun, being in the attic window, and being drunk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There was always a lot of discussion about it around Redding, and sometimes people in the tavern would get into arguments over it when they’d drunk too much whiskey. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bad attitude, Colonel. Besides, he gets drunk and picks fights with NCO’s all the time.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bear had fairly stuffed himself with food and drunk down the remainder of his ale in one great gulp, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and rose up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Huddled in the furthest corner, they sipped at the heady crimson liquor, wondering when they’d become drunk, and how they’d tell when they were. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Ser Aenys put it forth that the man had drunk too much and gotten lost in the storm, though no one could explain why he had taken off his clothes to go outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By Friday afternoon, though, I was more jittery than when I’d inadvertently drunk a whole pot of Dad’s tar-strong coffee while studying for finals last winter. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny celebrated his voting birthday by getting drunk for three days. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the ' king’s arm and led him from the bedchamber, feeling strangely light-headed, almost drunk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not that she was drunk all the time or anything like that. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They tipped out drops for the blissful gods, and drank the rest, and when they had drunk their thirst away they trailed off homeward drowsily to bed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He called me to get in, and as if he had not been helplessly drunk a half hour earlier, he drove unerringly toward home. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I know only, like, five Indians in our whole tribe who have never drunk alcohol. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z During Mardi Gras, when the local jails were full, the New Orleans police often housed drunks and thieves in temporary jails set up in tents. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The gods must have been drunk when they got to me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was the shame of her father staggering home drunk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I could tell what they were thinking, and I said, “I got drunk. And I lost out first, too.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z By the time the two of them made it back to the Club House, they were, as my mother sniffed, “drunk as Cooter Brown.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I was so tired and drunk I started to laugh. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z You have an early-morning gardening job tomorrow and you get drunk the night before. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He was so drunk that I thought for a moment he might fall asleep on his feet, but he snapped to and found some rope and quite deftly tied our packs on the roof. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I was a complete drunk by the time I was in tenth grade. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’d had a couple of drinks in the afternoon, but I wasn’t drunk.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If any Muggle is unwise enough to confide in another that he has spotted a Hippogriff winging its way north, he is generally believed to be drunk or a ‘loony’. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian felt as if he were drunk on the statistics, the figures like liquor, making him lightheaded, giddy and dizzy. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look. Don’t screw your life up. There’s plenty of time to get drunk and hang out with boys. That guy’s too old for you.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Soon as I’d close my eyes, though, everything would start spinning like crazy ’cause I was so drunk and I’d have to jerk them back open. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, man. It was weird. He bought a few beers and some loosies for that drunk that always hangs on Albany. The one with all the nasty holes in his face.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I told her: Be careful of drunk drivers,” says her mother, Linda. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A storm, he realized, or else I am even drunker than I knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what he wanted all drunk like he was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The hard bucking lasted forever, and Cole was drunk with pain by the time the boat finally slowed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He stood at the curb retching like “a drunk with the dry heaves.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t so drunk or sick that I had forgotten how to manipulate Mom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Hey!” the crazy drunk shouted, wavering unsteadily in front of the sheriff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He took what little money we did have and ran away to get drunk. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Patrick and Brad both got pretty drunk at this party. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘Is that drunk fool still hanging around downstairs?’ she demanded. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He calls her name, and then in a voice drunk with sadness he calls for his sons, his daughters, he doesn’t want to be left alone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the pigeons, the drunks, and the trees were left in the little park. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not drinking, drunk. He was coming in from an all- night boozing down at that jook they have.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Behind us, we can hear the drunk people yelling and yahooing, and there are people in the front bedroom doing what people do there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Being a bit drunk and bold, my father pushed the policeman aside and quickly mixed into the crowd. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z So, drunk with my sudden power, I pulled off some lame disco dance moves that sent the place into hysterics. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Nancy’s boyfriend is somewhere getting drunk right now too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He almost succeeded, but at the very end he rested his weight on his legs and his knees buckled in a rubbery way just like a comedian I once saw trying to act drunk. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z If there’s someone acting strange down the block, looking drunk or dangerous, cross to the other side of the street, but don’t be obvious about it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “And now you know it all, Sissy. Johnny’s a drunk.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a big gangly man, a little bit drunk. He says his name is Adam Trask.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The toast he gives—to surprises and to the benefits of being too drunk to show up for the first coronation—causes all the lords and ladies to laugh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Still, he put off telling Susan for another week, until the evening they returned from a party where she had drunk too many glasses of wine. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You don’t think I know a drunk when I see one,” Jim Don countered. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarce had they drunk when she flew after them with her long stick and shut them in a pigsty— bodies, voices, heads, and bristles, all swinish now, though minds were still unchanged. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At last I felt a powerful drowsiness drifting through my veins from all the pinebark wine I had drunk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He was not so drunk that he was able to accept it without repeated apologies and promises to repay it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead of staying in the tavern with Parker, the slightly drunk Forbes decided to go into the theater and sit in Parker’s chair. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “No I’m not. Besides, if you don’t sing it to me, I’ll tell Father how many times you got drunk.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If you drink a Coke and mix two aspirins in with it, it’s supposed to make you drunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I look so drunk in this one,” he says. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I think she was referring to the drunk driver who killed her.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She lives in the country and likes to hike in the woods, so she says that the neon colors are necessary to keep drunk hunters from mistaking her for a bear. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Cissy claimed he wasn't driving while drunk. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Somehow I’d always known it was going to happen this way, the two of us alone, Bunny drunk, late at night....“Why no,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Picking himself up from the floor of hell, we can imagine him rubbing his head like a drunk coming to after a five-day bender. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Two are so drunk they lean against each other. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “I was a boy of twelve then. I sang in saloons for the drunks and they threw pennies at me. Then I started working around saloons and restaurants...waiting on people....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He paid Tante Heleen for information—stock tips, political pillow talk, anything the Menagerie’s clients blabbed about when drunk or giddy on bliss. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Grandpa had taken Luke to town and had been arrested for drunk driving. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Plus, it’s early. In another three hours, the place will be packed and everyone will be drunker and the mood will lighten considerably.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z "Don't try and make me drunk. The count? Oh, rather. He's quite one of us." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He’s surly, violent, and drunk most of the time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Actually, I hadn’t drunk since that night, and didn’t feel particularly inclined to ever take it up ever again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The next day I got so drunk in relief I couldn’t make it home. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe he’s drunk,” Sully said, and there was more laughter, except for a silent spot between them where Conor knew Harry wasn’t laughing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Ah,” he said, like a thirsty man who, having just drunk deeply, puts down the glass to let out the breath he has held while drinking. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z People who didn’t know my father automatically assumed he had to be drunk to do some of the things he did, but he wasn’t. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z If I had dared to, I would have gotten drunk, but after the experience with Fay, I knew it would be dangerous. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They lived a surreal, quasi-adult existence, becoming sober straphangers as many of their peers were getting drunk at frat parties. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They dined on trout fresh from the river, and Sansa drank more wine than she had ever drunk before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lourdes’s boyfriend, who likes to get drunk, goes to a bar to celebrate. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z When he had drunk enough, he stood up, bloody intestines draped around his neck like a scarf, and went to find Draupadi and bathe her hair in fresh blood. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept sitting there getting drunk and waiting for old Tina and Janine to come out and do their stuff, but they weren't there. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I was covering Wimbledon, the world’s premier tennis competition and one of the few events I go to where the crowd never boos and no one is drunk in the parking lot. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the other painters are merely stoned, or drunk, but sometimes they want to tell me their problems. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Bored and probably drunk, he pulled his pistol out of its holster and shot our foreman—simply shot him, at point-blank range, for absolutely no reason. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “It's our bad luck they had a photographer hanging around doing nothing they could send out to take a picture of you laying in the street like a drunk bum.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But now they were just black-clad boys, some depressed, some drunk, shouting at one another across the lanes about philosophy and that butcher’s beautiful redheaded daughter. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “She was in no conditionV “Just how drunk was she after the beers and rum?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I started to think maybe she wasn’t so drunk after all. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They were allowed to get drunk before taking off, since it would be their last drink. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked almost as if he were drunk, stopping, moving on, wandering to left and right, stumbling over little ruts and stones on the path his living feet had known so well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He said it was too hot and he had drunk too much at lunch. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if I was drunk or not but I was definitely sick. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She was alone in a bone-cold bus station on December 23, listening to a drunk guy and scraping the last of someone’s blood from underneath her nails with the corner of her bus ticket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I could hear people around us whispering about the crazy drunk man and his dirty little urchin children, but who cared what they thought? The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing. Calm down. Jules, tell her. Tell her nothing was happening. I’m just drunk. She was helping me so I wouldn’t puke.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Gracious, I’m drunk. “. . . look back, now,” her uncle was saying. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Died drunk, probably. We never saw him again. He didn’t come to Mama’s funeral.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I began to feel drunk but I did not feel any better. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z If they were drunk, they were less likely to see reason but also less likely to catch me if I ran for it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Gollum said nothing to them, until he had drunk deeply and washed himself in the stream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I take a long swig of my filtered water—Farmer and Ti Jean haven’t drunk anything yet—as we stride across a ridge through yellow grass. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In a sudden swift movement that seems impossible considering how drunk he is, he spins out of my arms, casting me backward in slow, torturous motion. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Going to the Gem meant walking past staggering loudmouth drunks and being around seedy-looking people who frightened us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could become a drunk, or use an arrangement that has been around for as long as there have been taverns and musicians. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It had become his custom, each time he was deserted, to buy a gallon of wine, to stretch out on the comfortably hard bunk and get drunk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re one to talk, you old drunk. You seriously want to protect these brats?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He’s wearing a polo shirt and normal jeans, and he's very cute, and I think he might be drunk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z But they have a coffee urn, and bottles of wine, for why shouldn’t the Wives get a little drunk on such a triumphant day? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He was completely incoherent when he was drunk, but when sober he was one of the chief philosophers of the Comer. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those who die heroic deaths are long remembered, thieves and drunks and cravens soon forgotten.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I get drunk, and I drive my wife away with a breath like mustard gas and roses. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Amber wasn't drunk either, or at least, not drunk enough for the cops to arrest her, they were allowed to leave. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The bottle was brass, so no one noticed the frog until all the water had been drunk. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Once, though, I watched them get drunk on some foul brown corn brew, stand at the enclosure gate, and shout for me in accented Lingala, their eyes dancing mad. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Percy had challenged him to a contest, and the loser had drunk a deadly vial of gorgon’s blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The way they were slumped forward made me realize they were drunk. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z |
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