Sentence examples for understood the stakes from inspiring English sources

She understood the stakes.

And he understood the stakes were very high.

On this score not another living writer, it seemed to us, understood the stakes as well as Colette.

I wrote to Ekirch to see how he understood the stakes of the battle to preserve the dark.

In Honolulu last week, he told a meeting of Pacific Island leaders that few people understood the stakes of climate change better than residents of their part of the planet.

Henry Kissinger, who, for all his flaws, understood the stakes and possible outcomes when he served as Secretary of State for two Republican Presidents — Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford — has observed that "the complexity of the emerging world requires America to operate within the attainable and to be prepared to pursue ultimate ends by the accumulation of nuance".

They understand the stakes.

But he seems to understand the stakes.

Some commissioners understand the stakes.

"Second Amendment voters understand the stakes.

"We understand the stakes are high".