How to Use heady in a Sentence

heady

adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• So are the echoes from those heady times when the cheers were deafening and bounced off the walls and into fans’ souls.
  — Freep.com, 11 Apr. 2021
• 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
• These zamburiñas are braised in a heady tomato-wine sauce.
  — Benjamin Kemper, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020
• This, then, is the heady point in time, the cultural crux, in which the Clapton letters were written.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• The cult-favorite brew is a Chinook IPA that gives off a heady hop aroma with a light body.
  — Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 29 May 2020
• At times like this, there can be a heady mix of excitement and panic.
  — Claus Jepsen, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
• But Trump wasn't the only one who badly damaged the national psyche in those heady days.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025