How to Use heady in a Sentence

heady

adjective
Definition of headynext
Synonyms for headynext
  • The plane soared to heady heights.
  • They were heady with their newfound success.
  • Art in New York in the early 1960s made for a heady mix.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • This is heady stuff, and Berger goes deep in the weeds.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The questions from the audience weren’t all on the heady side.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
  • This is heady stuff (the pointillist dots on his sleeve!).
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • Late 2022 was all about the heady discovery of what AI could do for us.
    — WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Notes of lime help balance this heavy and heady blend of aromas.
    — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • His heady statements match what he’s put onscreen and on the pages of his comics over the last 60 years.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • In this sense, a gold rush is an apt metaphor for those heady days of the early social web.
    — Sam Venis, The New Republic, 30 July 2023
  • Sure, this all sounds like heady stuff, maybe even hoity-toity, but none of it would work if the whole thing weren’t so fun.
    — Vulture, 2 May 2022
  • All this is a heady way of saying: Let’s pit ’em against each other!
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Viewers love the glitz and glamor of the races, and the heady sounds of roaring engines and screeching tires.
    — Reina Sasaki, Fortune Europe, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Somehow, the writer, and her favorite hat, survived the heady days and nights of youth.
    — Erin Overbey, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Katchouk has been the best of the bunch trying for the few roster spots open, and his goal was a result of heady two-way play.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The heady daytime scent has smooth base notes of cedar and vetiver.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2022
  • This, then, is the heady point in time, the cultural crux, in which the Clapton letters were written.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Auerbach’s new work emerged from no less heady a quandary than the existence of free will.
    — Julia Felsenthal, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • That's heady stuff, but exactly the kind of idea young people reckon with all the time.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 23 July 2022
  • The powder is a rather novel and heady invention, an anecdote of the glossy leaves on his trees.
    — Erica Zora Wrightson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The heady mix of sweet saffron, black pepper, amber, vanilla and more will set a cozy scene.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Other flacons filled with heady notes of amber or essences of grass mark the turning of a new leaf.
    — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Other researchers are less gung ho about such heady prospects.
    — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
  • These are heady times down on The Plains, where usually the focus is football year round.
    — Wally Hall, Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2022
  • In the heady days following the Battle of Gettysburg, the press exalted Meade as the savior of the Union.
    — Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023
  • Elegance and power can be a heady mix if the balance is right.
    — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Stamkos made a heady backhanded flip from below the goal line, and the puck bounced off Prosvetov into the net.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2021
  • From this heady story, the film tackles themes of class, refugee crises, migration, grief, and change.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
  • But amid all the heady talk of technology and the future, CHROs shouldn’t forget that the job comes down to people.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The heady Thatcher era is ancient history, and in contemporary England, where the new novel winds up, all the fizz is gone.
    — Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024

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