Sentence examples for sign of high from inspiring English sources

I preferred to think it was a sign of high expectations.

But cows were a sign of high status; to northern Europeans, beef was a prized food.

For ancient Egyptians it was thought to be an initiation ritual and a sign of high social standing.

Men lust after Playboy bunnies and supermodels because they learned that an hourglass figure was a sign of high fertility.

Meyers's new film, "It's Complicated," will open on Christmas Day — itself a sign of high studio expectations.

And as adiposity was democratized, the elite in industrialized countries began seizing on thinness as a sign of high status, not to mention of a good education.

My first summer, I sat in the Jacuzzi with another mother for an hour comparing our children's conniptions, which she assured me were a sign of high intelligence.

The challenge for policymakers is not to avoid the transition because it's painful – running away at the first sign of high prices does not make a brave politician.

Lumpy eyelids Whitish yellowy lumps around the eyelids can be a sign of high cholesterol, a major factor in heart disease.

What if we entertained the notion that obsessive competitiveness after, say, the age of thirty-five isn't a sign of high character but, rather, deep neurosis?

Either way, the authorities' unusual handling of the death (which the Chongqing police initially ascribed to overdrinking) may, some say, be a sign of high-level struggles.Mr Bo's opponents (presumably led by President Hu Jintao and the prime minister, Wen Jiabao) have shown unexpected strength by purging Mr Bo so thoroughly.