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I have drunken vs I was drunken

Both phrases are incorrect in standard English usage. The correct form is "I have drunk" when referring to consuming alcohol. The word "drunken" is an adjective used to describe someone who is intoxicated.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 683 views

I have drunken

This phrase is incorrect. The correct form is "I have drunk" when referring to consuming alcohol.

The correct phrase is "I have drunk" when talking about consuming alcohol. For example, "I have drunk two glasses of water."
  • I'll have no drunken relic holding up the discipline aboard my ship.
  • Your cells have drunken its radiation strengthening your muscles, your skin, your senses.
  • I have a good reason to forbid drunken boxing.
  • Not like the drunken, homeless penguins in the ghetto, but I have definitely seen you drunk.
  • The following rule of thumb seems to apply: the more you have drunken and the faster you drive, the more people are killed and injured.
  • Drunken behavior can sometimes be a sign of neurological impairment.
  • It was a drunken college dare.
  • Everyone thought prince hal was a drunken wastrel.
  • Conducting yours like some drunken shopkeeper.
  • You staggered home like a drunken sailor.
  • The worst is reckless or drunken driving.
  • Just discussing their drunken wedding night in Vegas.
  • Escaping a boring dinner and a drunken fiancé.
  • By being a drunken, irresponsible, drunken...
  • I admit I have had, in these past months... a drunken, clouded experience, if you want morbid
  • I have treated you in your drunken stupors and your delirium, and you've never paid what you've promised.
  • Do I have to eat cold junk just because Grogan got himself beat up in a drunken brawl?
  • Lynch's mother was beaten to death by a drunken boyfriend.
  • He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet.
  • They got the courage to be drunken buffoons.

Alternatives:

  • I have drunk

I was drunken

This phrase is incorrect. The word "drunken" is an adjective used to describe someone who is intoxicated.

The correct phrase to use when describing someone who is intoxicated is "I was drunk." For example, "He was drunk at the party."
  • I was in another drunken, ribald, sticky country.
  • I started to go blind. I was puking like a drunken sailor.
  • I was Hitler leading millions to the slaughter, and I was the drunken driver who killed your mother.
  • I thought that was a drunken brawl that got out of control.
  • I thought one of your interests was drunken rambling chats in pubs.
  • He beat her to death in a drunken rage when I was 22.
  • In the drunken scenario I came up with... I was doing it for my country.
  • I'm sorry if I was a bit of a drunken mess the other night.
  • I was worried you thought my job is to get felt up in elevators by my drunken candidate.
  • I was thinking that for some drunken poet I was about to hit a great man...
  • Drunken behavior can sometimes be a sign of neurological impairment.
  • It was a drunken college dare.
  • Everyone thought prince hal was a drunken wastrel.
  • Conducting yours like some drunken shopkeeper.
  • You staggered home like a drunken sailor.
  • The worst is reckless or drunken driving.
  • Just discussing their drunken wedding night in Vegas.
  • Escaping a boring dinner and a drunken fiancé.
  • By being a drunken, irresponsible, drunken...
  • I was good enough to get you away from your drunken daddy, wasn't I?

Alternatives:

  • I was drunk

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