Sentence examples for determined to get higher from inspiring English sources

This sends a frisson of fear into Emma, but since she's high on pot and determined to get higher, she insists on sticking around to cheer him up.

My body rejected the heroin but day after day I kept spearing myself with syringes, determined to get high.

The officials there suggested a high school equivalency program, but he was determined to get a high school diploma.

Meanwhile, in Chelsea, a 40,000-strong city flanking Boston, some residents worried pot dispensaries would draw the wrong crowd: people determined to get super high and disturb child-friendly neighborhoods, City Councilor Damali Vidot told me outside of City Hall last week.

Summers, who has faced vociferous objections, has enthusiastic friends in high places determined to get him the job.

With youth unemployment at its lowest level since 2005 and the employment rate of young people who have left full-time education at a 10-year high, we are determined to get more young people earning or learning".

Come hell or high water he was determined to get it right".

According to analysts at Goldman Sachs, "if Cingular is determined to get the asset, then its in-country system will probably support a higher offer than Vodafone could justify".

As a high school student in Richmond, California, I was determined to get out of my bad neighborhood.

I am determined to get to grips with air quality, something that has not been a high enough priority until now.

"I was determined to get on that aircraft," says Vincent, who first heard about the program in high school.