He got sozzled at the party last night. reportedly, the legendary actor John Barrymore was sozzled when he gave his most memorable performances

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Fancy restaurants might lay on luxury AVs to ferry sozzled customers home, as part of the cost of a meal. The Economist, "A different worldSelf-driving cars will profoundly change the way people live," 1 Mar. 2018

But these kinds of remarks don’t do much for readers who might be more interested in a scene of Ray at that Atlanta boardinghouse, with its sozzled proprietor, than a description of the author discovering this information. Jacob Silverman, New Republic, "Can A Historical Novel Be Too Deeply Researched?," 16 Aug. 2017

Three beautiful, sozzled men with flowers in their turbans walked with us for about half an hour, before our paths diverged. Parul Seghal, The Atlantic, "Arundhati Roy’s Fascinating Mess," 17 June 2017

Neither does his awkward incursion into the dismal marriage of his lover (Katharina Schüttler) and her sozzled husband. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, "Review: From Wooing Women to Plotting Hitler’s Murder in ‘13 Minutes’," 29 June 2017

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