Sentence examples for rampant drinking from inspiring English sources

The rest have vowed to stick together, following the vision that brought Mr. and Mrs. Mullet here nearly 18 years ago, and to stay removed from what they describe as rampant drinking, smoking, use of musical instruments, premarital sex and other sins of nearby Amish.

She writes candid, sassy prose about her travels in Tibet and elsewhere, whereas my work deals with rampant drinking, odd sex, and important social questions like how to effectively steal a llama using a Volkswagen camper.

However, the rampant drinking (which is often disguised as being "classy"), the numerous divorces, and the desperate need to show themselves better (as parents, as businesspersons, as friends) than the others prove the point.

The suit alleges that Iona administrators and the owners of Ketch 22 North and the now-defunct Molly's Bar failed to control an atmosphere of rampant underage drinking and fraternity hazing.

From the Democratic side of the aisle, the guy who was previously photographed at a party featuring rampant underage drinking lost his bid to become Maryland's governor.

Extreme poverty and neglect by the rest of the world are part of this Caribbean nation's legacy, along with rampant disease, filthy drinking water and corruption.

Chabrol presents a jarringly unsentimental view of the town — he creates a Zola-esque fresco of rustic dereliction, filled with rampant poverty, deadening boredom, pervasive drinking, and crude sexual relations — and also a sharply sarcastic view of François, the intellectual who presumes to offer the benefits of his lofty wisdom.

(This was how he felt comfortable explaining that alcoholism runs rampant in our family and makes drinking even riskier for Chase than for the average bear).

Mr. Krutov's assessment is not unique in modern-day Russia, where drugs and drinking among youth have become rampant and the old ways have taken on a nostalgic glow.

Though hundreds of citations were written for public drinking, there were reports of officers ignoring rampant drug and alcohol abuse, and some officers have asserted that the behavior was tolerated to avoid provoking Hispanics.

It depicted an agency where partying, heavy drinking, inappropriate sexual liaisons and other off-duty problems were rampant.