Sentence examples for had been high from inspiring English sources

Their expectations had been high.

There had been high hopes for "Tannhäuser".

Going abroad had been high on Mazower's wish list.

Before the summer, prices had been high for years.

Temperatures that had been high, began to cool.

European expectations of the Washington meeting had been high.

The couple had been high school sweethearts, neighbors said.

Thailand's GDP growth had been high at around 8.5% during the first half of 1990s.

Diesel's drawback had been high levels of smog-forming nitrogen oxides and carcinogenic soot.

Their rivalry had been high-pitched ever since, adding to the sting of Mr. Rosado's defeat.

At 15, about two-thirds of those who had been high-reactors in infancy behaved pretty much like everybody else.