Sentence examples for was keyed up from inspiring English sources

Serra was keyed up, buoyant.

He was keyed up, of course, but he talked in a refined way.

The tape was keyed up near the end of the film, where Toshiro Mifune confronts the bad guys who have made his career as a bodyguard so difficult.

The game at Stamford Bridge, however, was no ordinary one and Dembélé, like many of the players, was keyed up to the point of combustion.

I was keyed up, anticipating the flesh-and-blood impact of the man who has taken to calling himself "your strange little TV friend who tells you the truth, unlike all your other friends".

"He's been training exceptionally well and was keyed up for a big start to the season," Wolves coach Tony Smith said.

He is keyed up, searingly focused.

"The players were keyed up, the spectators agog over the drama that might unfold before the final curtain".

And remember that it can be good to be keyed up: the right amount of nervousness will enhance your performance.

Driven by his supercharged ambition, they are keyed up and tenacious, surrounded by what he called, later, a "Goliath's armor of brazen metric".

Like Angel, Oswaldo is keyed up, lonely, and bewildered, it seems, by all that has gone wrong, not only in his world but in the world at large.