as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol I don't believe it: you're totally plastered at your own dinner party
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Recent Examples of plastered
TIME, 24 Oct. 2023 The wide kitchen windowsill holds an assortment of Santa Clauses, and snow people find a home in the built-in, plastered niche in the dining room. —oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022 And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls. —David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022 Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2. —Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for plastered
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Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control. —TIME, 24 Oct. 2023 The wide kitchen windowsill holds an assortment of Santa Clauses, and snow people find a home in the built-in, plastered niche in the dining room. —oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022 And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls. —David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022 Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2. —Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for plastered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plastered
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And people are drawn to sports not just to gamble, or to get drunk, but because of the drama.— Mac Engel April 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
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The felony charge from 2014 involved drunk driving with her baby daughter in the back seat.— Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Reigns then nailed Punk with the stairs and continued to talk trash to the camera.— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Her skin is now nailed to the ceiling of the refuge office.— Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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Greenhaven had racked up years of health violations, including from letting untrained workers administer medications, lacking enough employees to care for people with dementia, and neglecting a resident who smeared feces over his body, bed, floor, and bathroom, the notice said.— Jordan Rau, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
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Many told me the liberal media had smeared them as racists, xenophobes and misogynists.— Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
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Underneath it all, is a town that’s been battered by hard economic times.— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles’ film and TV production crisis, which has battered the entertainment industry’s working classes, is emerging as a key issue in the city’s mayoral campaign.— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
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Jaxon’s foster mother pleaded no contest in 2014 to felony child endangerment after drunken driving with her 1-year-old daughter in the back seat.— Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Screenwriter Jeremy Robbins sets up what appears to be a potential threat in a creepy kangaroo hunter (Matt Whelan) and his drunken mate (Rob Carlton), whose names alone, Diesel and Ripper, carry a hint of menace.— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, over two-thirds of Fortune 100 CEOs had at least one social media account, and of those, 71% posted at least once per month, a 37% increase in activity from the year prior, according to a report from communications advisory firm H/Advisors Abernathy.— Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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No information was posted on the Monserratt family’s suit against the Riley family.— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
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Lagomarsini slathered the oxtails with the glaze, which was dangerously sticky.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Our Test Kitchen turned this classic dessert into a rich vanilla ice cream slathered with homemade strawberry sauce.— Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
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For Buffalo, Dahlin is one of the favorites for the Norris and he’s buffeted by the sturdy and surprisingly productive Samuelsson (13-28-41, plus-41).— Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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Use a pair of 10X50 binoculars to spot C/2025 R3's glowing nucleus, or long-exposure photography to capture striking details in Comet PanSTARRS' tail as it's buffeted by the solar wind.— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Plastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/plastered. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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