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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
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Adjective
  • In his memoir, Perry recalled how Aniston was the first costar to confront him about his troubles despite him never having been drunk on set.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • In August 2024, the nursing home was penalized when federal surveyors found that two residents were leaving the nursing home without signing out and then returning drunk.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Survey data showed that Naperville police made 258 drunken driving arrests in 2024, a 51.8% increase over the 170 made in 2023.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Matters are complicated by Olivia's drunken uncle, Sir Toby Belch (John Ellison Conlee), serving-woman Maria (Daphne Rubin-Vega), and Belch's friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Ferguson).
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Sloan, originally from New Jersey, didn’t eat a lot of fried chicken growing up — other than the occasional KFC.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • And like with other Southern stalwarts (think sweet tea and fried chicken), where a taste undoubtedly leads to seconds, one trip to the Smokies always begets a return visit.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Tipsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipsy. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.

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