hopped-up

Example Sentences

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They built a modified car — a Ford Starliner with a hopped-up V-8 — and it performed better than most muscle cars on occasional drag strip runs.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 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 they'd have a place in the asteroids for a hopped-up superman.

From Anything You Can Do! by Garrett, Randall