Elevated

//ˈɛl.əˌveɪ.dɪd//

"Elevated" in a Sentence (17 examples)

Pretty soon, there was an elevated train going back and forth just above the small village.

The book reviewer who detects a missing comma, immediately feels elevated to the level of the writer.

I do not eschew an elevated style of speech, especially when my interlocutors are themselves well read.

Women with mothers or sisters who have endometriosis are at elevated risk of developing the condition themselves.

An elevated seaside bike path collapsed in Rio.

Two persons were killed when an elevated bike path collapsed in Rio.

Seven people were injured when an elevated television camera fell to the ground in Rio's Olympic Park.

The more elevated a culture, the richer its language. The number of words and their combinations depends directly on a sum of conceptions and ideas; without the latter there can be no understandings, no definitions, and, as a result, no reason to enrich a language.

Indoor environments often contain elevated levels of carbon dioxide and lowered levels of oxygen. Studies have shown that such conditions lead to reduced cognitive ability as well as negative health effects; this is detrimental to students' academic performance as well as their overall health.

Do not search for what you are worth in the eyes of people, but rather try to find it in your conscience is free your status is automatically elevated. If you truly know yourself, you would not be hurt by what others about you.

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the elevated language of poetry

The patient presented with elevated blood pressure.

Install all the required tools from an elevated console.

‘I hope,’ said Mr. Pickwick, ‘that our volatile friend is committing no absurdities in that dickey behind.’ ‘Oh dear, no,’ replied Ben Allen. ‘Except when he’s elevated, Bob’s the quietest creature breathing.’

the Washington Street Elevated

Mr. Nunheim's home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.

While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.

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