giddy

Example Sentences

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Like giddy schoolboys, they couldn't wait to get there, says Ferguson.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“When you see these billboards that say ‘stop hiring humans,’ those people are just giddy for the replacement of humanity with AI,” Krueger said.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

We rushed into the decision giddy about the project, thrilled to have outflanked our competition at Universal Studios and, alas, oblivious to the potential ramifications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

In the middle of it all, songwriter Diane Warren paused to take a selfie, still evidently enjoying the giddy thrill of being in a room full of fellow hopefuls even after 17 times.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

They were already in a giddy mood from an inspired discovery that the Fannings' name sure sounded like the word for a person's bottom they had recently learned in the playground at school.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez