Sentence examples for drunken by from inspiring English sources

No, the phrase "drunken by" is not grammatically correct and would not be considered usable in written English
It is unclear what the intended meaning of "drunken by" is and how it would fit into a sentence. Here are three examples of how it could potentially be used, though none of them would be considered correct grammar: 1. "He was drunken by the smell of alcohol on her breath." (This could potentially mean that the person was affected or influenced by the smell of alcohol, but a more accurate way to express this would be "He was intoxicated by the smell of alcohol on her breath.") 2. "I was drunken by the feeling of freedom as I rode my bike down the empty street." (This could potentially mean that the person was drunk on the feeling of freedom, but a more accurate way to express this would be "I was intoxicated by the feeling of freedom.") 3. "The company was drunken by the success of their newest product." (This could potentially mean that the company was intoxicated or overwhelmed by the success of their product, but a more accurate way to express this would be "The company was overjoyed by the success of their newest product.")

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By chance, we landed on one of those uniquely animated patches of earth that people just don't leave: our quartier, rough, cheap, drunken (by the eternal Rue de Bouteille), violent (three Saturday night deaths in a row), but ancient and alive.

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THE DRUNKEN CITY By Adam Bock; directed by Trip Cullman; sets by David Korins; costumes by Jenny Mannis; lighting by Matthew Richards; sound by Bart Fasbender; music by Michael Friedman; choreography by John Carrafa.

Wine, Beer and Spirits: "The Drunken Botanist" by Amy Stewart; "Wine Grapes" by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Jose Vouillamoz; "The World Atlas of Wine, 7th Edition" by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson.

This is a soul cut adrift: abandoned as a child by his mother, ignored by his drunken father, dumped by his girlfriend and rejected by his best friend.

I was robbed in Ghana by drunken soldiers, and by a gang of teenagers in Peru.

They could also protect the rest of us from the threat of being hit by drunken drivers, or by exhausted motorists who dozed off during long journeys.

In 1993, the campaign started focusing on the consequences of drunken driving by depicting people who died in crashes caused by drunken drivers.

A novel that included imagined drunken escapades by Mickey Mantle drew another round of outrage.

The checkpoints are intended to deter drunken driving by simply being out there, vaguely.

One tackled drunken driving by telling people: "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk".

The killing was payback for a drunken tirade by Mr. Pizzolo demanding induction into the Bonanno family.

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