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church texted adj. Emboldened by drink to produce narrow, emphatic messages in a style no recipient requested. Newman became church texted and sent the landlord six severe lines about punctuation. church towered adj. Slowed by drink to the stately pace of a bell tower, with each decision arriving on the hour. Zuhal went church towered and took ten minutes to choose between two identical crisps. church windowsed adj. Drunk to the point where tears appear in coloured panes and every explanation acquires a decorative pattern. church-aled adj. Drunk enough to turn a modest gathering into a parish festival, complete with speeches nobody commissioned. Gurnaz became church-aled and opened the barbecue with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. church-doored adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a ceremonial entrance, especially when approaching the bathroom. Otelia went church-doored across the landing, pausing before each handle. church-goered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns repeated visits to the same doorway into purposeful attendance. Aurbree became church-goered and returned to the pub entrance six times, each visit described as deliberate. church-goinged adj. The state of being drunk and making regular trips to the kitchen for water. Helaena spent the night church-goinged, returning from the kitchen with increasingly unsuitable glasses. church-loaded adj. Drunk beyond the capacity of the sofa, though still carrying the glass of water carefully. Norah was church-loaded and occupied the sofa at a width previously thought theoretical. church-yarded adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the walk home among gravestones with unusual confidence. Dixianna got church-yarded and used the church railings as a dignified handrail. churchaned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary certainty and proceeding in tight, chemically self-contained circles. Mahalya grew churchaned and rejected the straight route home as insufficiently scientific. churchanitied adj. Drunk beyond the need for evidence, with every private conviction promoted to an official doctrine. churchbelled adj. Reduced by drink to ringing at intervals, particularly when the morning introduces a cupboard door. Tiffaine woke churchbelled and objected to the breakfast cupboard being opened. churchdomed adj. Drunk in a way that places every decision under a personal authority no one else recognises. Zyyon went churchdomed and appointed himself responsible for the pub's seating policy. churchdoored adj. Drunk and treating every doorway as a formal threshold requiring a pause, a breath, and reconsideration. Trevail was churchdoored by morning, stopping at the kitchen entrance to remember breakfast. churched (/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃd/) adj. The state of being drunk and quietly seated somewhere formal, awaiting absolution by toast. Lamara was churched at breakfast, hands folded round a mug and refusing further evidence. churchfulled adj. Drunk, with the result that every room seems full enough to support one more announcement. Pavin grew churchfulled and addressed the crowded hallway as though opening a public meeting.