Higher

//ˈhaɪ.ə//

"Higher" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Banks charge higher interest on loans to risky customers.

Milk boils at a higher temperature than water.

We climbed higher so that we might get a better view.

The price of books is getting higher these days.

The mountains in the Himalayas are higher than those in the Andes.

The tree stands higher than the roof.

Even the periodical pay raise could not keep abreast of higher living costs.

The bird went up higher and higher into the sky.

The temperature here is higher than that of Tokyo.

Smaller classes mean a higher standard of education, and that's what we want for our kids.

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It is a fact that other countries have not followed our example, nay, that they have in fact, in some cases, highered the duties upon the admission of our goods. But what has been the result of that policy upon the amount of your exports?

I am glad also that my hon. friend the Minister of Finance had the firmness to oppose all these influences to make him change his policy, and I hope, for the good of the country and the blessing of the Dominion, that when any change takes place it will be in the direction of lowering rather than of highering the tariff.

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