Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopped-up
Adjective
  • Burns spent well under 100 innings in pro baseball before he was called up to go head-to-head with Aaron Judge and the loaded New York Yankees.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • The bar will sell all the typical bar drinks — lemon drops, Long Islands and margaritas — plus a full food menu centered on loaded potatoes.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • The clock is ticking down on Trump's 90-day pause on those tariffs — but institutional investors are actually growing more enthusiastic about emerging markets, according to Bank of America's most recent Fund Manager Survey.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 June 2025
  • But that outlook changed dramatically under Chip Kelly, who was neither energetic nor enthusiastic about high school recruiting.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • The end of the footage shows a man in a ripped shirt trying to leave before being punched in the face by a woman.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Hal and Whitney would sit around the living room on the ripped couch and talk about sailing the world.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump has been an avid proponent of reshoring U.S. manufacturing, using tariffs as a leverage to convince companies to build plants in the U.S. and attacking Apple for manufacturing its iPhones in Asia.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • Residents who live near a fishing location, spend a lot of time near the water or are avid boaters are encouraged to get involved.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • The problem is these devices seem to be designed to keep us hooked.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
  • Saville became hooked on feminist critical theory, familiarizing herself with the work of Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous, and Luce Irigaray, among others.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • From there, fans were excited about the existence of an unreleased song between the two Colombian stars, who confirmed their romantic relationship in 2023.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
  • His uncle is clearly excited and expecting big things from him.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Key stat Muncy tied his career high with seven RBIs.
    Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Daily high temperatures are forecast to be well into the 90s, with overnight temperatures dropping only into the mid-70s from the Great Lakes to the East Coast.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Their silence is not surprising—the Trump administration has been eager to punish individual colleges, especially those that speak out against administration policies.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Psyche will be the first metallic, or M-type, asteroid visited by any spacecraft, and scientists are eager to study an object that's largely made of metals—probably iron, nickel, and perhaps some rarer elements— instead of rocky minerals.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 June 2025
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“Hopped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopped-up. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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