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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost drunk" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of inebriation that is not fully realized, indicating that someone is nearing the point of being drunk but has not yet reached it.
Example: "After a few too many drinks at the party, I felt almost drunk, but I managed to keep my composure."
Alternatives: "nearly intoxicated" or "close to being drunk".
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I was almost drunk with exhilaration.
After the line "life was no prize," suddenly her voice changes, darkens and becomes heavier and soggier, almost drunk, before snapping back to lightness again.
But in the opening moments of the war, 24-hour cable news shows and network newscasts seemed almost drunk with their access, filling television screens with astonishing images.
Crouched behind a rosebush in the garden, she waited, almost drunk with the fragrance, with the novelty, with the daring of what she was about to do.
This was the moment when the imposing history-makers displayed three young faces, shining with glee and pride, as they waved to a crowd almost drunk with delight.
Clearly, the young people I spoke to could identify with being giddy, almost drunk, on the power they felt from rioting and looting.
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Like almost blackout drunk,the kind of drunk where people are staying away from you because they don't want you to throw-up on them drunk.
"You could almost get drunk following it".
But that year, at the Butlins Grand Masters semi-final, he was almost too drunk to walk.
You know, the ladies haven't changed fundamentally; they may be tattooed, pierced, half-dressed and almost permanently drunk.
It was offensive, being ordered about n one's own home this way, having Henry referred to as a grasping old man, almost a drunk.
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