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Recent Examples of light-headed Low Blood Sugar Low blood sugar can lead to feeling lightheaded because your body requires sugar to function on a cellular level. Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 4 June 2025 As some may experience headaches and feel lightheaded, experts recommend that patients have someone drive them home after the therapy. Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025 About 25 minutes in, while holding a pose with one leg up and her foot clasped in her hand, Ms. Carbone began to feel lightheaded and took a sip from her water bottle. Gina Cherelus, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 Feeling light-headed and nauseous, hospital staff performed an ultrasound that showed her baby's vitals were healthy, reassuring the mom. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for light-headed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for light-headed
Adjective
  • In a season-one episode, Taylor raised a concrete grate at Homestead 2 and suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
  • The key, besides constant hydration, is to not get dizzy or distracted mid-flow.
    Aemilia Madden, Glamour, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • Through goofy quips, energetic displays of enthusiasm, and consistent perseverance, Derek continues to push himself and his classmates toward a productive (and silly) semester of learning.
    Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Despite his affectionate nature and goofy charm, no one ever came to reclaim him—and no one has shown any interest in him since.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • This is for sure: Acuna makes just $17 million per year despite everything, and Braves officials are beyond giddy.
    Terence Moore, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Pixar’s first feature is still the template for every great movie the studio has made since: earned emotions; ripping action sequences; dead-on insights into human nature; and lots of giddy, witty, silly laughs.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • One of Netflix’s big movie plays for July is the sequel to its very silly but very fun action fantasy film The Old Guard.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
  • None of that, however, excuses the silly and juvenile behavior of the Assembly’s majority Democrats last week when the chamber took up a resolution commemorating Pride month.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Victims may see a bruise or small red mark at the injection site and, if injected with an unknown substance, report blurry vision, nausea, or feeling woozy, dizzy, and even loss of consciousness, according to Spike Aware UK's website.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • Dowd, who had been woozy in the immediate aftermath of the play, left the game an inning later.
    Shotgun Spratling, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The regime’s tyrannical efforts to control and extinguish their savings were futile against their newfound freedom money.
    Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The researchers said their findings should not suggest afforestation and carbon offsetting are futile.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025

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“Light-headed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-headed. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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