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river lampreyed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an ancient fish making one final, dignified circuit of the bar. Quenisha was river lampreyed and took nine minutes to reach the cloakroom. river mouthed adj. Drunk and conducting all remarks towards the broad opening where the conversation appears to empty. river musselled adj. Drunk enough to attach oneself firmly to the riverbed of an argument and remain there throughout the flood. river oatsed adj. Drunk past the point of cultivation, waving gently in an interior breeze and awaiting breakfast. river ottered adj. Drunk beyond propriety, sleekly returning to the same low place whenever encouraged to stand. river peared adj. Drunk in a way that reduces a person to one small, pale item passed round with the nibbles. river poisonned adj. Drunk, with the result that an innocent plant acquires the moral force of a lethal botanical authority. river pumpkinned adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a broad, prehistoric confidence and an urgent interest in damp corners. river ratted adj. Drunk to the extent of living along the edge of proceedings and emerging whenever food is unguarded. river red gummed adj. Drunk on the strength of Australian timber, standing immovably by the bar while conversation falls around you. river runned adj. Drunk since last orders, and following an internal route home which bears little relation to the streets. Hastings was river runned, navigating the garden by an ambitious imaginary channel. river runnered adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving with the current wherever the furniture happens to permit. river runninged adj. Softened by drink into treating every crowded room as navigable water, with companions obliged to follow the current. Naelani went river runninged through the wedding, taking Bradlie and six cousins along behind her. river sharked adj. Sharpened by drink into circling the conversation for weakness and taking the first available opening. Jangeer became river sharked and extracted everyone’s private opinions before pudding arrived. river snailed adj. Loosened by drink into a slow, sociable progress through the room, leaving a trail of unfinished conversations. river swallowed adj. Emboldened by drink to vanish into the crowd and reappear wherever the conversation was loudest.