How to use alcoholic in a sentence

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• He's an adrenaline junkie: he thirsts for excitement the way an alcoholic thirsts for beer.From the entry thirsts
• Alcoholic beverages are sellable anywhere, if you're willing to skirt the law.From the entry sellable
• I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic.From the entry concern
• Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now.From the entry dry
• We couldn't break through his denial about being alcoholic.From the entry denial
• Alcoholic beverages aren't sellable in this county.From the entry sellable
• The authorities claim they turned from unemployment checks to food stamps to avoid alcoholics wasting their families' allowances in pubs.From the entry food stamp
• Adult children of alcoholics often become alcoholics themselves.From the entry adult child
• She was used to Del’s sarcastic nature by now, as well as her dislike for alcoholic drinks.2023 June 17, Micky Carre, chapter 1, in Like Tears in Rain (Aurora Chronicles; 2), ASIN B0C4HYYT6P. From the entry hydro
• They are like an alcoholic that can't drink without becoming intoxicated.2013, Tom Ward, Paul Gustavson, Ed Foreman, The Power of Living by Design, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry negaholic
• I have seen them behell a saint for ignorantly drinking an alcoholic drink.2006, Philangi Dasa, Swedenborg the Buddhist. From the entry behell
• What a nice thing for a baby to wear; a crawler with an alcoholic drink on it.2005, Dan Crowley, “Liquid Medication”, in The 505 Weirdest Online Stores […], Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Hysteria, →ISBN, page 52. From the entry crawler
• These alcoholic stories break open the experience of the absurd in vivid, painful, and humorous ways.2004, James B. Nelson, Thirst: God and the alcoholic experience, page 127. From the entry drunkalogue
• Do you have any suggestions on ways to gently ease myself into the alcoholic lifestyle?2001 May 22, Mike Dahmus, “GENIUS resume online!”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet). From the entry drunkardliness
• The only liquidation I will be enjoying will be the alcoholic type.2000 April 13, Diamond Dan, “Falkirk Slum Dwellers”, in scot.sports.soccer (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Aug 2026. From the entry liquidation
• One of the best ways out of a "dry drunk" is to work with another still-suffering alcoholic.1995, Hamilton B., Getting Started in AA, →ISBN, page 186. From the entry dry drunk
• Continuous revolution goes on and you're not with it with your alcoholic, tawdry, self-indulgent subculture.1978 December 23, anonymous author, “More Angry Young Men”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 22, page 2. From the entry put out to pasture
• And by alcoholic I mean a man whose chemistry craves alcohol and drives him resistlessly to it.1913 August, Jack London, chapter I, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 8. From the entry resistlessly
• “The suspected cause of the death is believed to be the consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages,” KPL said.2024 November 21, Helen Regan, Isaac Yee and Eve Brennan, “Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected…. From the entry testimony
• Grace and her twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) lost their mother during birth, and their alcoholic father during their hardscrabble childhood.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club, archived from the original…. From the entry hardscrabble
• She was an alcoholic, very chageable, very deceptive.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 268. From the entry shapeshifter
• Bread: alcoholic fermentation isn’t just for booze.2020, Meredith Hardie, "Back To Basics", Foodism, Summer 2020, page 39. From the entry womp womp
• An alcoholic can never become a “Sunday drinker”.2016 January 18, Renars Sidrabs, Memoirs of a Drunk, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry Sunday
• She said, “I'm an alcoholic, just like my mother was.2013, Edward Kelsey Moore, The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 284. From the entry aa
• It was a common tactic of the alcoholic type to think that a move would make all the difference.2011, Michael Carson, Benson at Sixty. From the entry geographical
• A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink-driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday.2008 June 26, Rae Wilson, “Ex-alcoholic jailed for repeat drink-driving”, in Sunshine Coast Daily, Australia. From the entry drink-driving
• For the perfect alcoholic beverage for a nutty, chocolatey, caramelly dessert, look no further than the world of beer.2008 April, Marnie Old, Sam Calagione, “Beer & other dessert pairings”, in He Said Beer, She Said Wine, New York, N.Y.: DK, →ISBN, “The…. From the entry caramelly
• Several gutfuls of alcoholic laughter-breath rolled around the room.2006, David Blackwell, Clamped, page 198. From the entry gutful
• Did you have any noniced alcoholic drinks?2005, Kenrad E Nelson, Infectious disease epidemiology: theory and practice. From the entry noniced
• Is it safe to drink alcoholic beverages?2004, Jocoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, page 137. From the entry analgesic
• My dad is an alcoholic smackhead with nowhere to live apart from the pub and his fishing boat.2001, Pretext, page 105. From the entry phet
• The vinosity of a wine is a taste property relating to the amount of alcohol it contains, to its alcoholic strength.1996, Emile Peynaud, The Taste of Wine: The Art Science of Wine Appreciation, page 225. From the entry vinosity
• Worse, he moonshined the honey into metheglin, an alcoholic brew.1985 June 6, “Opinion: Topics: Lean and Rich History: Ancient Eatings”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Dec 2023, Section A, page A26. From the entry moonshine
• Breweries, for example, are experimenting with it in the 14 states in which couponing for alcoholic beverages is legal.1985, William M. Kincaid, Promotion—products, services, and ideas. From the entry couponing
• For the alcoholic there are numerous substitutes: a period of intense diversion and excitement, pressing need for rest, hypnotic sedatives, sleep.1939, Walton Hall Smith, Ferdinand Christian Helwig, Liquor, the Servant of Man, page 193. From the entry hophead
• Lotta Dann, 46, from New Zealand, was once a 'high functioning alcoholic' and was drinking almost every day from the age of 15.2018 July 4, Emilia Mazza, “'It was like looking into a black abyss': Mother-of-three, 46, who battled alcoholism for 24 YEARS reveals the…. From the entry lotta

Meaning of alcoholic

1. noun A person who is addicted to alcohol.
2. noun One who abuses alcohol.
3. adjective Of or pertaining to alcohol.

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Questions about alcoholic in a sentence

How do you use alcoholic in a sentence?

Alcoholic is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “He ordered an alcoholic beverage.”

What is a short sentence with alcoholic?

“He ordered an alcoholic beverage.”

What does alcoholic mean?

Alcoholic means a person who is addicted to alcohol.