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Recent Examples of tipsiness
This alleyway, right next to Kyoto’s main Kamo River, is packed with tiny, pristine bars and yakitori, an excellent place to sit outside and watch people—of all ages and nationalities and levels of tipsiness—flow by.
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Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipsiness
Noun
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Despite his intoxication, Paul allegedly continued driving the boat and crashed it into the Archer's Creek Bridge.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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There’s the bus stop on 12th Street and the liquor store on 11th Street, both magnets for public intoxication and drug deals.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Begging or drunkenness could mean a week to a couple of months on a chain gang, grading and paving roads, fixing bridges, hauling debris, and otherwise helping to construct the fast-growing city.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
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Not even a day after Bethea’s denial of his confession due to drunkenness, a white jail guard said that Bethea had confessed privately to him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This Halloween, there are no lights, no revelry, no sugar highs.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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By the end of the game, hundreds of shirtless brethren had joined in on the revelry, stretching across four sections and making headlines.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Tipsiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipsiness. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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