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Recent Examples of beery
Around five, the sun broke through the clouds, a beery yellow light that made the leaves glint like glass.
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Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
In 2023, Thomas made beery history by earning the title of Master Cicerone from the Cicerone Certification Program.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Several years from now, however, if scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their way, some chinook salmon will be chasing a very different scent: the rich, beery bouquet of brewer’s yeast.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2023
Founded in 2001, the XFL was loud, beery fun at first.
—Kevin Cook, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
While sanctioned après festivities will be severely curtailed this year, with ski bars closed and beery events canceled, a lot of fun can be had in a parking lot.
—Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2020
Something about the smell of beery body odours attracts mosquitoes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2010
Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
In 2023, Thomas made beery history by earning the title of Master Cicerone from the Cicerone Certification Program.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Several years from now, however, if scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their way, some chinook salmon will be chasing a very different scent: the rich, beery bouquet of brewer’s yeast.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2023
Founded in 2001, the XFL was loud, beery fun at first.
—Kevin Cook, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
While sanctioned après festivities will be severely curtailed this year, with ski bars closed and beery events canceled, a lot of fun can be had in a parking lot.
—Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2020
Something about the smell of beery body odours attracts mosquitoes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beery
Adjective
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After the move, Bailey, along with bar director Austin Hennelly, built a program that considers nonalcoholic cocktails and wines just as thoroughly as boozy beverages.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Classically a blend of tequila and bottled grapefruit soda, our version swaps in fresh grapefruit and lime juices with a splash of club soda for a drink that’s equal parts refreshing, boozy, and just a little salty.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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But when those synths get more fried, the glitchiness melts away, and that slurry singsong becomes a drunken, glorious shout.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
10 Dec. 2025
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On Saturday morning, an employee at the Ashland-area liquor store found the trash panda passed out on the bathroom floor at the end of his drunken escapade.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Vuvuzelas honked like a chorus of drunk geese, and spectators chattered excitedly.—
Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
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And his father was a drunk and not a nice person.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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Frustrated with her imperfect husband, a tipsy Marge stirs up a trilogy of fantasies of a different Homer.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Olympic broadcaster Danika Mason has issued an apology for being tipsy on air while covering the Winter Olympics in Italy.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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To watch the sunrise, the inebriated couple climb to the rooftop of a high-rise tower block, where Lux falls asleep and Jessie stands too close to the edge.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 May 2026
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For his memorable impression, Ferrell often acted inebriated or over-the-top while performing and interrupting himself to tell random stories.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Or simply to help other individuals in dire straits — like the widow (Whitney Morgan Cox) and daughter (Veda Cienfuegos) of that inebriate driver, their current plight worsened by the bankruptcy brought on by a Bernie Madoff-like financial predator?—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
30 July 2023
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The money covers additional shelter beds, more street outreach, rapid rehousing, safe parking and the serial inebriate program.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2023
Adjective
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Homeowners on Westchester Way told CBS News Detroit their street was filled with cars and some intoxicated partygoers.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Rivas was charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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There’s a real industrial approach to the sound — hard, percussive rhythms beneath the plush interior of melody, and lyrics that are just about the most fun a listener can have pretending he, too, is this glamorously besotted or gloriously bereft.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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DiMarco is a perfect fit as the besotted but fragile boy-man groom while Jason Leigh interjects hazy weirdness while Levine, Wilbusch, Birney, Crome and Fraser keep our suspicions about them on high.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Beery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beery. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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