In modern usage guides, drank is the past tense of drink, as in "I drank a lot last night," and drunk is the past participle (following "have"), as in "Yes, I have drunk wine before." Throughout history, however, these words have been confused and used in their opposite contexts, perhaps because of the association ...
Has drunk has been drinking?
"has been drinking" is idiomatic for "drinking alcoholic beverages recently enough that he is still under the influence thereof." "He has drunk." merely means someone has drunk something farther away in the past than if we said "He drank." In fact, it would be better if you said: "The driver drank tonight.
How do you use drunk in a sentence?
Drunk sentence example
- He was drunk , Lori. ...
- Maybe I'll get him drunk instead. ...
- It was like being drunk , but on a person, not alcohol. ...
- Maybe friends didn't let friends drive drunk , but how did they stop them when there were so many? ...
- Now, to drunk driving.
