'high' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'high' with 20 example sentences.

high adjective

: standing above others in quality or position

: happy and excited and energetic

: (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

: greater than normal in quantity or amount

: (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

: used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

high noun

: a lofty level or position or degree

: an air mass of higher than normal pressure

: a state of sustained elation

: a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

: a high place

: a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

: a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

high adverb

: at a great altitude

: in or to a high position, amount, or degree

: in a rich manner

: far up toward the source

Children generally have a higher body temperature than adults.

What's the world's highest mountain?

They say stress causes high blood pressure.

Their goods are of the highest quality.

We're high school teachers.

My mother is a high school teacher.

They are high school students.

Basketball was my favorite sport in high school.

The water level is very high.

Are you still a high school student?

A bird was flying high up in the sky.

The price is a little high for me.

This history book is written for high school students.

Your expenses are much higher than your income.

This beer has a high content of alcohol.

Japan has a high population density.

I need to find a higher paying job.

I haven't done this since high school.

I can't sing that high.

It's the highest building in this city.

Words related to 'high'

tall lofty up