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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipsy
Adjective
  • The victim told police Cruz-Diaz was drunk and high when the incident happened.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
  • Happy is miserable, drunk, broke, and working at the local Stop and Shop, where his daily grind is only broken up by taking nips from increasingly insane flasks (a cucumber, a TV remote, and many more).
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • That path is instantly decimated as a more and more drunken Adriana spends the day going scorched earth on Marysol, both behind her back and to her face.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 July 2025
  • The menu includes drunken noodles with Chinese broccoli, peppers, onions and Thai basil in soy sauce; lo mein, with egg noodles, cabbage and vegetables in XO sauce, and rice dishes such as General Tso's chicken and sweet-and-sour chicken.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • Gentile also recommended the fried chicken at The Country Cat at Oregon's Portland International Airport (PDX).
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Fourteen Chinese exchange students were treated to an American dinner of fried chicken, watermelon and homemade desserts this week as they were welcomed to their two-week visit to the Elgin area.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025

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“Tipsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipsy. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.

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