How to Use heady in a Sentence

heady

adjective
  • The plane soared to heady heights.
  • They were heady with their newfound success.
  • So heady, in fact, that this adult got lost in the metaphor.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
  • All of which brings a heady mix of East and West to Hardy’s work.
    — Robert Taylor, The Mercury News, 23 July 2019
  • The past year has been a heady time at the film box office.
    — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • In the case of Argentina, the stakes are no less heady.
    — SI.com, 14 June 2018
  • The last few weeks have been both heady and humbling for the Biden White House.
    — Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Smart was a heady point guard and three-year starter for the Panthers.
    — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2021
  • At the most, a glass of heady red wine to sip together.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 21 June 2021
  • Late 2022 was all about the heady discovery of what AI could do for us.
    — WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Even though the recent gains for gold have been heady, the price has been climbing for the past few years.
    — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The ideas here are heady but compelling, and the prose stays grounded and rich and lovely.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
  • 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
  • This is heady with ripe peach, guava and a hint of pineapple.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The 6-foot-9 Thomas is a heady philosopher who likes to influence the game at the point of attack.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Tillman is a heady, savvy big man who has an innate feel for the game.
    — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2020
  • The sauce for the tofu tacos was a heady, smart mix of peanut butter, gochujang and sesame oil.
    — Jenn Harrisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • These were the early, heady days of the Jürgen Klinsmann era of the U.S. men’s soccer.
    — Andrew Helms, The New Republic, 11 June 2018
  • 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
  • It’s heady stuff, if given a moment or two to think about it.
    — oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2021
  • All this is a heady way of saying: Let’s pit ’em against each other!
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • However, don’t let the heady talk deter you from the event.
    — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The heady scent—a mix of white florals, amber, and sandalwood—induces daydreams of tanning on a white-sand beach.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 28 June 2025
  • Wright is a capable three-point shooter, a heady defender, and an ego-less playmaker who knows his role is to get the ball to the players paid to put the ball in the basket and space the floor in the corner on offense.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025

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