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
Recent Examples on the Web
Political tensions run high at community gatherings, where an errant sentiment can prompt whole families to walk out in disgust.
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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
Belize is an ideal place to escape stress, an emotional response that can run high among this article’s target demographic.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Prices run high across the board for Micro Four Thirds lenses compared with those for other systems.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
Emotions run high over Chandler project At a tense meeting in late January 2023 for Dominium’s Chandler project, about 150 people showed up to mostly object to 500 affordable apartments.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
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.
0 seconds of 16 minutes, 2 secondsVolume 0%
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
Belize is an ideal place to escape stress, an emotional response that can run high among this article’s target demographic.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Prices run high across the board for Micro Four Thirds lenses compared with those for other systems.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
Emotions run high over Chandler project At a tense meeting in late January 2023 for Dominium’s Chandler project, about 150 people showed up to mostly object to 500 affordable apartments.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
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“Run high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20high. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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