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Recent Examples of tipsy One day, the resort hosts a grand festival and the younger daughter, slightly tipsy, boards her family’s yacht and sails out, before waking up the next morning and finding the prince onboard. Sara Merican, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025 Darkly tipsy aromas that include rum, fruit cake, maraschino cherries, slight petrol and carrot cake. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for tipsy
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Adjective
  • Tsukahara was in the back of a Cybertruck when the driver who was drunk and had taken drugs smashed into a tree in a suburb of San Francisco, according to the suit.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • However, Joe proceeded to get blackout drunk at the pool party with the other couples, went back to nap in their room, and told Madison not to come with him.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • They get wasted at a party and engage in a drunken brawl.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Naturally, no shortage of love triangles, drunken decisions, and roommate squabbles ensue — common comedy tropes that get turned on their heads by Waller-Bridge’s trademark offbeat, razor-sharp comedic instincts.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Bring it all together: Transfer the fried chicken to the prepared baking sheet and top with the sauce, about ¼ cup of sauce per cutlet (reserve any extra sauce for serving), mozzarella cheese and remaining ¼ cup of parmesan cheese.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • They can be used in stir fry dishes, as well as fried rice, curry and soup and are found across much of Southeast Asia.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Tipsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipsy. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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