How to Use giddy in a Sentence

giddy

adjective
  • The room was filled with giddy laughter.
  • He was giddy with delight.
  • The news made him positively giddy.
  • The mood at the event was giddy, even as the crowd thinned.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But for much of the night, the mood was lighter, if not giddy at times.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But many people on the right were giddy.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In her hands, this truth is giddy rather than gutting.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • That has Plattner in a giddy mood.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Have the giddy price hikes of the past few years become too giddy?
    — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
  • The two lovebirds were snapped looking giddy and in love if this blast from the past.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
  • My stay in the Brazilian town began in a giddy daze.
    — David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Just like a high school girl being giddy when the high school football hero stops to talk to her.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But in the morning, the couple emerged from the goathouse as flushed and giddy as naughty teenagers.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • All of us were a little giddy and nervous building this world for him.
    — Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Drake said in a giddy, sing-song tone in a video shared to Instagram.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The two-time Olympic gold medalist is giddy while getting a kiss from her boo.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Wilson seemed giddy to join the small ranks of directors who sing songs in their own movies.
    — Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 7 July 2023
  • The vibe was convivial and giddy, like a summer-camp reunion.
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • He’s aligned with his teammates and even giddy over some of the young pitching in the pipeline.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Coogan said, sounding less appalled than giddy at the figure.
    — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
  • No raucous laughs or giddy chatter.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But that's a small price to pay for one of the giddiest comedies of the century.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • The actor is not the only one giddy over the celebrity special.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • And this year, a giddy Petty wanted to see it for himself.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The crowd erupted in giddy laughter and threw their arms around one another.
    — Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2023
  • This is the kind of news that makes us children’s authors genuinely giddy.
    — Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Russell and Essiedu have a giddy first-date nervousness about them, too.
    — Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 18 July 2023
  • But what starts out as a giddy comedy ends on a note of tonally bizarre sobriety.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Just like the boys, Nana was as giddy to feed the donkeys grass pellets that sold for a dollar a bag.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Theater owners, meanwhile, are giddy at the prospect of the double-billing.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026

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