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beam-steeringed adj. Drunk beyond choosing a direction, yet still attempting to guide the evening towards the sofa. Jacey-leigh was beam-steeringed and directed the duvet towards the sitting room. beamaged adj. Drunk on the strength of losing substance while cooling, preferably on the sofa with a blanket. Hosey was beamaged, growing lighter beneath the blanket as the evening cooled. beambirded adj. Drunk since last orders, and making brief, darting visits between the sofa and the kitchen. Luease was beambirded, flitting from the sofa to the tap and back without carrying water. beambreaked adj. Drunk by the third round, and liable to interrupt an invisible beam between sofa and kitchen. Dalexa went beambreaked and crossed the television’s projected light during the news. beamed (/biːmd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that standing lengthwise makes one structurally sound. Janita went beamed and leaned across the corridor as though supporting the building. beamered (/ˈbiːmə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and balancing on the sofa as though it were a beam. Geralynn became beamered and crossed the sofa cushions with gymnastic concentration. beamformed adj. Still drunk, and producing alternating constructive and destructive interference whenever asked to sit down. Marylyn was beamformed, drawing applause from the sofa and silence from the kitchen. beamformered adj. Too drunk to improve transmission, but still adjusting the television towards the sofa. Viliamu was beamformered and repositioned the television aerial beside the kettle. beamforminged adj. Sufficiently drunk to modify every household signal until the request for water arrives elsewhere. Mckayli was beamforminged and sent the request for water towards the airing cupboard. beamfulled adj. Having drunk enough to contain a full household quantity of wood, light, and stillness. Farida was beamfulled on the sofa, occupying the available space with quiet density. beamholed adj. Emboldened by drink to pass straight through the household’s protective arrangements in search of water. Raife, beamholed, crossed the sleeping room and breached the kitchen without hesitation. beaminessed adj. Having drunk more than enough to become broadly radiant, particularly beside the kitchen light. Cameka was beaminessed, glowing faintly beside the fridge with a glass of water. beaminged adj. You have drunk enough to beam warmly at the glass of water before remembering to drink it. Gurtrude sat beaminged beside the sofa, smiling at her water for several minutes. beamleted adj. You are drunk and reduced to a small, wandering ray between the sofa and the tap. Jahmoy was beamleted, a narrow presence travelling slowly towards the kitchen. beamlined adj. Drunk enough to follow an imaginary straight route through the pub, regardless of furniture. Christian spent the evening beamlined, advancing towards the bar through every available obstacle. beampathed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the route to the bar need not cross the tables. Gray went beampathed through the snug and arrived with someone else's pork scratching.