drug-riddled

[NewHope]

Context;
Before West meadow Beach, we had been a fairly happy, drug-riddled bunch of sniping American kids.

(1) drug-riddled = ?
(2) sniping =?

 

[Natalie27]

Context;
Before West meadow Beach, we had been a fairly happy, drug-riddled bunch of sniping American kids.

(1) drug-riddled = ?
(2) sniping =?

(1) drug-riddled = ? =someone whose body is saturated with drugs, full of drugs
(2) sniping =?[/quote]= mouthy, attacking verbally, lashing out.

:lol:

 

[NewHope]

Thanks Natalie27!

 

[Francois]

Is drug-riddled common? I thought "riddled" worked better with countable nouns :-|

FRC

 

[Natalie27]

Is drug-riddled common? I thought "riddled" worked better with countable nouns :-|

FRC

I think both will work. You can say : a disease riddled body or a bullet riddled body. One is uncountable and the other isn't. :lol:

 

[Francois]

OK, thanks.

FRC