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Recent Examples of tipsy An arrangement by Thomas Adès of Conlon Nancarrow’s Study No. 6, one of his ingenious player-piano exercises, somehow transformed complex rhythmic layerings into a blithe, tipsy rumba. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 The crowd is diverse, ranging from tipsy college students to international visitors. Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 2 Feb. 2025 Everyone else is too tipsy, and Ubering is so unsafe. Danielle Jennings, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025 Most of the arcades are open late into the evening as well, making for a quite fun after-dinner, slightly tipsy escapade. Reece Rogers, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tipsy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipsy
Adjective
  • He was arrested twice for driving drunk, in 2012 and 2019.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 3 July 2025
  • But even just bringing up the incident is enough to send a very drunk Lisa off the deep end.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Assistant state’s attorneys will assist police in obtaining search warrants to conduct blood, breath or urine tests on people who are stopped on suspicion of drunken driving and refuse to submit to testing as required by Illinois law, the release said.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • In a stunning decision, the jury in her retrial voted unanimously to only convict Read of drunken driving sparing her any jail time.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Midtown Global Market’s Irie Jamaican serves oxtail (jerk or barbecue) with festival (a sweet, fried bread); sweet plantains; coconut shrimp skewers; and a ginger and hibiscus drink.
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
  • The finalists included a fried pickle ranch Whopper, a maple bourbon Whopper and a Mexican street corn Whopper.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025

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“Tipsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipsy. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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