Example Sentences

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The story is pure dialogue between the star, Baby, and director, Toner: They’ve forgotten much of the plot and tipsily put it together.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

A disco ball ambitiously sparkled for nobody but two mullet-sporting ladies tipsily writhing by a bistro table.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2023

At one point Ecbert’s son, Aethelwulf, tipsily greets Ragnar and the viking King dismisses him with a brusque “I don’t like you.”

From Forbes • Mar. 13, 2015

The dance party closed at about 2:30 in the morning with, as I may or may not have tipsily described it, “the official theme song of Slate dot com,” Kanye West's “Runaway.”

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2014

Demetrio and the girl called War Paint staggered tipsily hand in hand down the center of the street, bound for the hotel.

From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by Munguía, E. (Enrique)