If anything, frustration levels seemed higher than a year ago.
But a diplomat said the financial stakes seemed higher this time.
The pale blue sky seemed higher than usual, and the puffy clouds especially buoyant as they hurried toward the horizon.
And if the accusations this year seemed higher profile than in the past, there might be a reason.
The American-led invasion of Iraq, in particular, motivated more people than the Palestinian-Israeli conflict because the stakes seemed higher and it was so much more accessible.
The L.G.B.T. community tended to avoid partisan politics, Albarracín said, but the stakes seemed higher this election cycle because of the extremism of Santos's right-wing opponents.
In years past, pros said the number of such calls seemed higher at Wimbledon, in large part because more players served and volleyed.
He's gotta have writers cramp by now! #DDlove #inthepleasuregrove #edbookfest pic.twitter.com/lBv7ej8NWG August 18 , 2013chris close (@chrisclosephoto) Oestrogen levels seemed higher than normal this evening in Charlotte Square.
"In retrospect, the stakes would have seemed higher," Brashares, the daughter of a lawyer, laughs, "but at the time I was so eager to write the book, and I didn't know it would sell any copies at all".
Indeed, everything about the Knicks 20-244) looked more or less as it did before Mike Woodson replaced D'Antoni on the bench, except that their intensity seemed higher and Carmelo Anthony was smiling more.
NEW ORLEANS -- The contest late Saturday in the Superdome was less an N.F.L. playoff game than a testament to offensive football and its value, which has never seemed higher than this season.
