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inferior laryngeal arteried adj. Drunk enough to wake with a dry, hoarse throat supplied by last night’s poor decisions. inferior laryngeal nerved adj. Drunk past the point of a reliable voice, and still trying to explain the evening at breakfast. inferior mesenteric arteried adj. Drunk beyond dignity, with the morning’s consequences travelling steadily towards the lower end. Makston emerged inferior mesenteric arteried and treated the bathroom as a place of quiet administration. inferior nasal conchaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the largest available passage occupied by regret, congestion and dry air. Josphe woke inferior nasal conchaed and spent ten minutes negotiating with the kettle. inferior oblique muscled adj. Drunk, with the result that each eye reports the room at a slightly different angle. Vasilia woke inferior oblique muscled and missed the mug while reaching for it. inferior obliqued adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning appears to rise upwards and sideways at once. Maiki came downstairs inferior obliqued and held the banister as though it were moving. inferior orbital fissured adj. Drunk to the extent of having allowed the morning’s nerves and fluids to escape through every available opening. Melanija woke inferior orbital fissured and regarded the curtains as an unnecessary source of light. inferior petrosal sinused adj. Drunk on the strength of a night that has settled behind the eyes and joined the pulse. inferior pharyngeal constrictored adj. Drunk since last orders, and now swallowing toast in small, carefully supervised portions. Aul woke inferior pharyngeal constrictored and took twenty minutes over half a slice of toast. inferior planeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and still orbiting the table without displaying any useful forward motion. Keiuna woke inferior planeted and completed several quiet circuits between the sofa and the kitchen. inferior rectused adj. Drunk by closing time, and looking downwards whenever asked to meet the morning directly. Raleigh woke inferior rectused and addressed the floor until the tea had cooled. inferior sagittal sinused adj. Still drunk, and draining the remaining evening backwards through a long, concave headache. Cammi remained inferior sagittal sinused, lying perfectly still beneath the duvet until noon. inferior thyroid arteried adj. Too drunk to produce a normal morning voice, with the neck conducting proceedings reluctantly. Moniquea woke inferior thyroid arteried and communicated her breakfast order in a whisper. inferior turbinate boned adj. Having drunk enough to wake with a solid obstruction between oneself and any reasonable plan. Ruan arrived inferior turbinate boned, delayed by a lengthy inspection of the bathroom tiles. inferior turbinated adj. Sufficiently drunk to have converted the night’s airways into a congested and poorly ventilated interior. inferior vena cavaed adj. You have drunk enough to return every consequence of the night to the heart of the morning.