Below you will find example sentences with "heavy drinking". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Heavy Drinking in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: drinking
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.9 words

Words in this phrase

heavy drinking

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • heavy can mean: Having great weight. Common word
  • drinking can mean: An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

allegations of heavy drinking and mistreatment 1× also includes heavy drinking which is 1× and of heavy drinking by depp 1× associated with heavy drinking also separately 1× binge or heavy drinking 1× both heavy drinking and illegal 1× different from heavy drinking and shouldn 1× drug addiction heavy drinking and a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 27 year 1× both heavy drinking 1× collins said she 1× excessive drinking also 1× exercise lowers your 1× heavy drinking is 1×

Common sentence endings:

a criminal conviction 1× and substance abuse 1× drinking by depp 1× employees and investors 1× for colorful language 1× heavy drinking rates 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

drinks 4× worse 4× increase 3× binge 3× night 3× alcohol 2× cancer 2× risk 2× says 2× risks 2× week 2× women 2×

Related phrases

heavy rainfall heavy rain drinking water heavy rains heavy water heavy metal binge drinking heavy showers heavy snow heavy losses

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around drinking:

binge drinking 13×

Just before it in the phrase index:

heavily influenced heavily damaged heat waves heat transfer heat stroke heat pump

Just after it in the phrase index:

heavy load heavy losses heavy metal heavy rain heavy rainfall heavy rains

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

heavy rainfall heavy rain heavy rains heavy water heavy metal heavy showers

Same ending:

binge drinking

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "heavy drinking" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as allegations of heavy drinking and mistreatment, also includes heavy drinking which is, drinks, worse and increase stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with heavy rainfall, heavy rain, drinking water and binge drinking, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with heavy drinking

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

In New York, 18% of adults reported binge or heavy drinking. (11 words)

Both heavy drinking and illegal substance abuse could lead to a criminal conviction. (13 words)

Lifestyle choices like daily smoking and heavy drinking are also significant contributors to their score. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The photograph shared alongside the post detailed a number of things which makes anxiety worse, and included the likes of caffeine, heavy drinking, neglecting sleep, not getting fresh air and spending too much time on social media. (37 words)

A 27-year-old man is on trial accused of Miss Millane's murder on 1 December last year, the night before her 22nd birthday, after a night of heavy drinking which ended in his hotel room. (37 words)

Ian Rankin says he has never watched any of the television adaptions of his famously brooding, heavy drinking, loner detective because he didn’t want the actors’ faces replacing how he envisaged Rebus in his head. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

While drinking any alcohol can increase one’s cancer risk, she says heavy drinking and binge drinking pose the greatest risks.

Excessive drinking also includes heavy drinking, which is defined as eight or more drinks per week for women and 15 or more for men.

More than a third (35%) of adults across the UK report binge drinking at least once a month and only Romania and Denmark have worse heavy drinking rates.

There were company events featuring heavy drinking, and he played drinking games while shirtless with employees and investors.

Heavy drinking is about four to five drinks on at least five occasions in a month while moderate drinking is about three drinks on an occasion, according to the study.

However, as heavy drinking is pervasive in Russia, it has long been seen as a tacitly accepted part of the country's military culture.

However, he also had a tumultuous side marked by a history of drug addiction, heavy drinking, and a penchant for colorful language.

Lifestyle choices like daily smoking and heavy drinking are also significant contributors to their score.

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Much like her character, things slowly took a turn for the worse for Mischa in the late noughties - who became involved in heavy drinking and substance abuse.

The photograph shared alongside the post detailed a number of things which makes anxiety worse, and included the likes of caffeine, heavy drinking, neglecting sleep, not getting fresh air and spending too much time on social media.

Both heavy drinking and illegal substance abuse could lead to a criminal conviction.

Collins said she pressed Hegseth on allegations of heavy drinking and mistreatment of women, including a rape allegation made in 2017.

In New York, 18% of adults reported binge or heavy drinking.

Physical inactivity and obesity, often associated with heavy drinking, also separately increase cancer risks but on top of alcohol makes this much worse.

This is different from heavy drinking and shouldn’t be used to describe someone who drinks too much by choice.

Unfortunately, when heavy drinking is promoted or advertised, it may lead to increased instances of drunk or drugged driving.

Exercise lowers your blood sugar levels, therefore heavy drinking and late-night dancing could increase your risk of hypoglycaemia.

Ian Rankin says he has never watched any of the television adaptions of his famously brooding, heavy drinking, loner detective because he didn’t want the actors’ faces replacing how he envisaged Rebus in his head.

The three-week trial in July heard evidence from Depp and his former wife Amber Heard about a tempestuous marriage marked by violence on both sides and of heavy drinking by Depp.

A 27-year-old man is on trial accused of Miss Millane's murder on 1 December last year, the night before her 22nd birthday, after a night of heavy drinking which ended in his hotel room.

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