hopped-up

Example Sentences

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Sanjit De Silva turns Buckingham, the king’s chief enabler, into a hopped-up hype man, high on the fumes of ambient amorality.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

But the fan wasn’t sure halting the performance was the right move; he worried about how the hopped-up crowd might react.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2021

A rancher tries to stop king-size, hopped-up carnivorous rabbits as they roar through Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020

But this time, instead of hopped-up teenagers hurling moralistic condemnation at mediocre TV shows, it was middle-aged men condemning a 220-page financial statement on Twitter, in real time.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2019

Maybe there would be a place in the asteroids for a hopped-up superman.

From Anything You Can Do ... by Garrett, Randall