run high
Be intense, as in Feelings are running high on the issue of raising taxes. This expression, first recorded in 1711, transfers the strong currents or tides that make for high waves to human concerns.
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How to use run high in a sentence
Sometimes when tensions run high, even our esteemed elders show a certain lack of maturity.
When Politicos Attack: Six Biggest On-Camera Blow-Ups | Rachel Bronstein | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy food tastes run high and low, and I travel whenever I can.
Wall Street Gets Punked Again With Sprouts Farmers Market IPO | Daniel Gross | August 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe think it a pleasant variety when a stiff breeze makes the waves run high.
Mary and I | Stephen Return RiggsOur cheeks are flushed as with a fever, and our pulses run high this morning.
By order of the company | Mary JohnstonBets run high, with stakes mostly "something good to eat" after the "muster out."
An Artilleryman's Diary | Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Toasts are drunk, speeches are made, wine flows freely, and spirits run high.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 | Friedrich SpielhagenWalking on the water is a great feat if it be calm, but when the waves run high it is still more wonderful.
A Few Words About the Devil | Charles Bradlaugh
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