How do you use Drunkard in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like drunk or rummy, plus the exact meaning.
Drunkard meaning
A person who is habitually drunk.
Using Drunkard
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who is habitually drunk.
- Useful related words include: drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate.
- In the example corpus, drunkard often appears in combinations such as: the drunkard.
Context around Drunkard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drunkard
- In this selection, "drunkard" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fellow, magnificent, notorious, person, suspended and walk stand out and add context to how "drunkard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a chronic drunkard whose constant and a notorious drunkard gastronome and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drunkard" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drunkard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Enjoy the malpractice suit, you magnificent drunkard. (7 words)
In his book (1996), Gould uses the model of the drunkard walk. (12 words)
History The Drunkard's Progress: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement, January 1846. (16 words)
It contains a few bold hints to the communist leadership; e.g. the name of the drunkard donor of the human organ implants is Chugunkin ("chugun" is cast iron) which can be seen as a parody on the name of Stalin ("stal'" is steel). (44 words)
Figaro, Susanna, and the Countess attempt to discredit Antonio as a chronic drunkard whose constant inebriation makes him unreliable and prone to fantasy, but Antonio brings forward a paper which, he says, was dropped by the escaping man. (38 words)
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has launched a scathing attack on President Lazarus Chakwera and the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), saying even a drunkard person cannot vote for them. (33 words)
Example sentences (12)
He is referring to “Feloniously Yours — a memoir,” a sequel to 2012′s “The Drunkard’s Son: A Chicago Story” (Side Street Press), which is billed as part memoir, part not.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has launched a scathing attack on President Lazarus Chakwera and the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), saying even a drunkard person cannot vote for them.
On the Canton cop unemployment line Carnes joins Trooper Proctor and Proctor’s fellow drunkard, suspended-with-pay Canton cop Kevin “Fat” Albert.
In his book (1996), Gould uses the model of the drunkard walk.
Reacting to the news, the Rev. Frederick W. Smith of Waterville, superintendent of the Christian Civic League, says the days of the drunkard are returning to the Pine Tree State.
Enjoy the malpractice suit, you magnificent drunkard.
Feodor Tolstoy's watercolour of his house in Moscow Count Feodor Ivanovich Tolstoy (1782–1846) was a notorious drunkard, gastronome, and duellist.
Figaro, Susanna, and the Countess attempt to discredit Antonio as a chronic drunkard whose constant inebriation makes him unreliable and prone to fantasy, but Antonio brings forward a paper which, he says, was dropped by the escaping man.
He later told that his passion for Homer was born when he heard a drunkard reciting it at the grocer's.
History The Drunkard's Progress: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement, January 1846.
It contains a few bold hints to the communist leadership; e.g. the name of the drunkard donor of the human organ implants is Chugunkin ("chugun" is cast iron) which can be seen as a parody on the name of Stalin ("stal'" is steel).
More’s language, like Luther’s, was virulent: he branded Luther an "ape", a "drunkard", and a "lousy little friar" amongst other insults.
Common combinations with drunkard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: