DEBAUCH in a Sentence

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This procession was so long that when the first vehicle reached the barrier, the last was barely debauching from the boulevard.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEBAUCH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
debauch
 v.  corrupt; seduce from virtue
Classic Sentence:
1  This bit of forest might have appeared to an ethereal wanderer as a scene of the result of some frightful debauch.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
2  The very prospect of beer which my expected coming had opened to him had proved too much, and he had begun too early on his expected debauch.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
3  You were still fast asleep, and I did not know what to do with myself; I was still stupid from our yesterday's debauch.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 28 THE RETURN
4  This castle, for ten years, has opened to no priest save the debauched Norman chaplain who partook the nightly revels of Front-de-Boeuf, and he has been long gone to render an account of his stewardship.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
5  This procession was so long that when the first vehicle reached the barrier, the last was barely debauching from the boulevard.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG
Example Sentence:
1  Did Socrates' teachings lead the young men of Athens to be virtuous citizens, or did they debauch the young men, causing them to question the customs of their fathers?