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Recent Examples of beery
Around five, the sun broke through the clouds, a beery yellow light that made the leaves glint like glass.
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Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
In 2023, Thomas made beery history by earning the title of Master Cicerone from the Cicerone Certification Program.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Several years from now, however, if scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their way, some chinook salmon will be chasing a very different scent: the rich, beery bouquet of brewer’s yeast.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2023
Founded in 2001, the XFL was loud, beery fun at first.
—Kevin Cook, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
While sanctioned après festivities will be severely curtailed this year, with ski bars closed and beery events canceled, a lot of fun can be had in a parking lot.
—Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2020
Something about the smell of beery body odours attracts mosquitoes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2010
Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
In 2023, Thomas made beery history by earning the title of Master Cicerone from the Cicerone Certification Program.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Several years from now, however, if scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their way, some chinook salmon will be chasing a very different scent: the rich, beery bouquet of brewer’s yeast.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2023
Founded in 2001, the XFL was loud, beery fun at first.
—Kevin Cook, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
While sanctioned après festivities will be severely curtailed this year, with ski bars closed and beery events canceled, a lot of fun can be had in a parking lot.
—Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2020
Something about the smell of beery body odours attracts mosquitoes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beery
Adjective
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Bright and boozy, these spring cocktails are made for the season when there's plenty to celebrate.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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Kentucky Half and Half Fans of the Arnold Palmer will love this boozy version.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Jaxon’s foster mother pleaded no contest in 2014 to felony child endangerment after drunken driving with her 1-year-old daughter in the back seat.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Screenwriter Jeremy Robbins sets up what appears to be a potential threat in a creepy kangaroo hunter (Matt Whelan) and his drunken mate (Rob Carlton), whose names alone, Diesel and Ripper, carry a hint of menace.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Those who are caught routinely speeding in school zones are not any less dangerous than those who drive drunk.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Ward had previously spent two days in jail after suffocating her 2-month-old son while drunk and high.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Of course, no seder would be complete without everyone sitting at the table at the end of the night, totally stuffed and maybe a little tipsy, to chat and gossip about everyday life.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
24 Apr. 2026
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At a tipsy, intimate dinner with two of their friends mere nights before the wedding, Emma reveals the worst thing she’s ever done.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But instead of paving the way for some good ol’ fashioned infidelity, the liquid courage causes the women to turn on each other, with the evening devolving into inebriated insults and recriminations.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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The annual SantaCon bar crawl that floods New York City with inebriated young people in Santa suits every holiday season was run by a real-life Grinch, according to federal prosecutors.—
Larry Neumeister,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Or simply to help other individuals in dire straits — like the widow (Whitney Morgan Cox) and daughter (Veda Cienfuegos) of that inebriate driver, their current plight worsened by the bankruptcy brought on by a Bernie Madoff-like financial predator?—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
30 July 2023
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The money covers additional shelter beds, more street outreach, rapid rehousing, safe parking and the serial inebriate program.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2023
Adjective
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Police say the woman received a citation for operating while intoxicated child endangerment.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stuart Roane, 59, is charged with causing serious bodily injury when operating a vehicle with a Schedule I or II substance in his blood, a Level 5 felony, operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment, and reckless driving, both Class A misdemeanors.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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DiMarco is a perfect fit as the besotted but fragile boy-man groom while Jason Leigh interjects hazy weirdness while Levine, Wilbusch, Birney, Crome and Fraser keep our suspicions about them on high.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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If anything, Oppenheimer can be overly besotted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Beery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beery. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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