Sentence examples for quantities of vodka from inspiring English sources
During the 1939-40 warter wagainstnSoviet Russiasia, they steeled themselves against the cold by drinking large quantities of vodka, schnapps and other high-proof spirits.
The Russians know a thing or two about surviving cold, dark winters and we're not just talking about downing industrial quantities of vodka (though that does indeed help).
Ivan is not a particularly nice person: he brazenly poaches other agents' clients, double-crosses his own, cheats on his girlfriend (Lisa Enos) with prostitutes, and consumes prodigious quantities of vodka and cocaine.
On the other hand, we decry the variant that "take[s] pride in their country's distinct, if not unique, status" — in this case, pride in our status as "a non-soccer-following country," which he likens to the pride of the Russians in their ability to drink large quantities of vodka or the pride of the French in their worldly attitude toward erotic adventure.
Aug. 2 is Paratrooper Day in Russia, and every year more than a million burly active and retired soldiers take to the streets in their signature blue berets and striped undershirts to mark the occasion, often by combining large quantities of vodka with plunges into fountains.
The girl drank such large quantities of vodka that her blood alcohol content rose above.34 over four times the legal limit for drivers.
Instead, she bought a big tin of caviar and a quantity of vodka.
On Monday morning, "they consumed an unknown quantity of vodka and Coke and checked out of their motel," Mr. Ely said in court.
But when he was in his mid-thirties his doctor prescribed a tricyclic antidepressant, Amitriptyline, with which, along with a very large quantity of vodka, he could force himself into unconsciousness.
In the Turner case, defense attorney Michael Armstrong asked the victim if she drank a quantity of vodka in a red cup all at once ― "Like, chugged it," he said, and then "that was a decision you made; right?" The woman replied, "yes" to those questions.
As I recall, large quantities of schnapps — vodka and aquavit — were consumed before the revels ended, but nothing like the proverbial "one drink for every claw".
