How to Use woozy in a Sentence

woozy

adjective

• She was already feeling woozy after her first drink.
• Mantha hit the ice hard, and looked woozy as he was helped off the ice.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2019
• The two-pointer put the Ravens up 42-35. Sendejo bounced off and came up woozy.
  — cleveland, 15 Dec. 2020
• But both would likely leave them a bit woozy for Round 2.
  — Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2017
• Hines got up woozy and stumbled as teammates tried to help him to his feet.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
• Gronkowski appeared to be woozy after the hit and walked to the locker room.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2018
• He had been knocked woozy when State was tagged with a roughing-the-passer penalty.
  — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• The end came later after a clash of heads opened a deep and bloody gash on Karl’s forehead that left him woozy.
  — John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 1 Nov. 2020
• The street scene was washed in a woozy blue light; a curved expanse of brick that might have been a bridge obscured what might have been a swath of sky.
  — Madelyne Xiao, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2021
• Here’s a way to switch up that morning brew with a taste of booze but without the woozy after-effects.
  — Chris MacIas, sacbee.com, 4 June 2017
• Hit by Fyffe’s dart, the woozy bird crash-landed on the school’s athletic field, where Fyffe wrapped it up for return to the zoo.
  — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2018
• Lauko, clearly woozy but responsive, was helped off the ice.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
• The boy is curled on his side under a blanket, his head swathed in surgical gauze, woozy and sick.
  — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2016
• The first group included those who were knocked woozy for as long as a day, but did not lose consciousness.
  — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2018
• This time, Carr’s tone is colored with a woozy, phaser effect.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 30 June 2020
• His eyes burned and watered, his throat grew tight and his head felt woozy, turning the labels on the packages into a blur.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 June 2023
• All directed with a woozy after-hours flair by Amy Seimetz.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2022
• Propulsive beats and woozy synths fade in and out as the trio chant the titular chorus and deliver smooth singsong raps.
  — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2018
• Tagovailoa, 24, was hit and appeared woozy during a Sept. 25 game against the Bills but later returned to the field.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2022
• Church was called for unnecessary roughness on the play, and Gronkowski seemed woozy on his feet.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2018
• The young duo dresses its propulsive, woozy rock riffs with lots of dreamy distortion and reverb.
  — Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2017
• But after picking himself off the ground, the woozy Tagovailoa struggled to stay on his feet and was taken out of the game — briefly.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2022
• As a rookie, Henry was knocked woozy at Atanta and missed a game two weeks later with a knee injury.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 May 2018
• Cal Clutterbuck in Game 3 on Thursday left him woozy and wobbly legged.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
• This year’s winner was the smiling face with hearts emoji, followed by the pleading face and woozy face emoji.
  — Nadia Suleman, Time, 17 July 2019
• Add a deer’s head above a fireplace and a doleful-looking fish just because, and the woozy sensation fits right into the 2020 vibe.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2020
• The hyenas were woozy but not docile enough for blood and hair samples to be collected or for their paws to be imprinted on round pats of clay.
  — Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2019
• Lovvorn said starter Garren James was woozy and unable to keep playing after taking a couple big hits late in the first half.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2022
• When the couple wakes up after their first woozy evening, their clothes have been changed to something more conservative and they’ve been locked in.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• Digitally processed yelps in the background lend the track a woozy eeriness.
  — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2021

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