Usage of "punch-drunk"

Dazed from or as if from repeated blows.

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Usage of punch-drunk in English

Just like the punch-drunk boxer who has fought on for too long. 
 The Irish Times 

Less than five years ago Brazil's currency, the real, was punch-drunk. 
 The Irish Times 

Gladys was looking at him in appreciative if slightly punch-drunk delight. 
 Murder in the Gunroom 

She felt punch-drunk, happy, and she didn't care what was real any more. 
 Blood music 

For punch-drunk financial markets, truly scary numbers seem to have lost their shock value. 
 The Irish Times 

I watched him last night and truly believe he may be 'punch-drunk', Trump tweeted. 
 Reuters 

Sudden fame has left Mai-Davies punch-drunk on her own celebrity. 
 The Guardian 

Dilshan also delivered a routine hundred against a Scottish side close to becoming punch-drunk. 
 The Guardian 

The sound of the applause in her ears made her feel woozy, almost punch-drunk. 
 Carrie 

We arrived just after dark, punch-drunk with fatigue and satisfaction. 
 Climbing Magazine 

His voice sounded thick and punch-drunk to his own ears. 
 Wizard and glass 

Deadbeat, punch-drunk, it was utter indifference that nearly killed me. 
 The Guardian 

And in five minutes we're going at each other like a couple of punch-drunk pugs. 
 Nothing in her way 

Atmosphere was punch-drunk kind of hot, moody and solid, humidity up around the barely tolerable. 
 City of lies 

It occurred to Rapp that the man was punch-drunk, but he didn't dwell on it. 
 American assassin 

But meeting investors' punch-drunk expectations on this, his biggest deal yet, will be a tall order. 
 Reuters 

Meanings of punch-drunk in English