run high
idiom
: to be or become very strong or intense
Emotions are running high between the two teams.
Passions often run high in these debates.
Examples of run high in a Sentence
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Emotions run high around solar farms in Livingston County, and many townships have had contentious public meetings.
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Ruth Thornton, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024
Total costs for a new bridge could run high into the hundreds of millions, and insurance claims expected to reach $1 billion or more could make the collapse the maritime industry’s largest-ever financial loss.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
Fears run high among some Western international leaders that if Ukraine falls, Russian President Vladimir Putin will target other countries in the region, pulling the world into wider regional conflict.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
Political tensions run high at community gatherings, where an errant sentiment can prompt whole families to walk out in disgust.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Tensions run high as food runs short and hundreds of thousands of people starve to death.
—The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
But interest rates run high, inhibiting the creativity and risk-taking celebrated in Kigali.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
Violence against health care workers is on the rise, including in the ER, where tensions can run high as staff juggle multiple urgent tasks.
—Sejal Parekh, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
Tensions run high and plots move fast in some of our favorite thriller films of all time.
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Get out of your head and into the exploits of some of Hulu's best thriller movies.
—Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2024
Ruth Thornton, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024
Total costs for a new bridge could run high into the hundreds of millions, and insurance claims expected to reach $1 billion or more could make the collapse the maritime industry’s largest-ever financial loss.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
Fears run high among some Western international leaders that if Ukraine falls, Russian President Vladimir Putin will target other countries in the region, pulling the world into wider regional conflict.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
Political tensions run high at community gatherings, where an errant sentiment can prompt whole families to walk out in disgust.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Tensions run high as food runs short and hundreds of thousands of people starve to death.
—The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
But interest rates run high, inhibiting the creativity and risk-taking celebrated in Kigali.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
Violence against health care workers is on the rise, including in the ER, where tensions can run high as staff juggle multiple urgent tasks.
—Sejal Parekh, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
Tensions run high and plots move fast in some of our favorite thriller films of all time.
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This video file cannot be played.(Error Code: 224003)
Get out of your head and into the exploits of some of Hulu's best thriller movies.
—Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2024
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“Run high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20high. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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