Sentence examples for passions were high from inspiring English sources
A Palestinian intifada was raging and passions were high.
"And I'm sure they want to capitalize on that while passions are high".
When the urge to connect is strong, passions are high and fantasies are vivid, the trinkets of our modern lives are impotent amulets against political intoxication.
Passions are high among the farmers near the mine, many of whom have been trained by former student activists known as the 88 Generation Group.
If passions are high as the referendum campaign enters its final leg with unionists ahead in polls but wary of a late nationalist surge this reflects the stakes.
You do not spread American values — especially in places where passions are high, governments fragile and guns plentiful — by remote control from Washington.
"Sometimes it can overstep the mark of what people want to see, but it is an intense game and there is a lot of pressure on things, passions are high and people find it difficult to control themselves.
Tensions and passions are high on both sides, and in general I believe there is a lot of finger-pointing being done within the conflict itself, let alone in the reporting of the conflict.
"Especially today where passions are high and people are working their socks off and there's lots at stake.
Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, said, "Because people's passions are higher now than at any time during the election, it's a tough road to navigate without the vice president first saying, 'It's time for us to move forward.' " Asked if Republicans miscalculated by stirring passions among Democrats, Mr. Brownback said: "There's been over-partisanship all around.
