Examples of use of (to be) under the influence
1. One in four offenders were found (to be) under the influence of alcohol.
2. "The traders seemed (to be) under the influence of a chemical," he said.
3. DeSalvo told reporters that if Davis wasn‘t drunk, he appeared (to be) under the influence of something.
4. Galbreath says the driver, who is in his 20s, did not appear (to be) under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
5. Prosecutor Bryony Darbyshire told the magistrates that officers noticed that he seemed (to be) under the influence of "something" with his eyes glazed and pupils dilated.