high-up
Example Sentences
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Raising their beds off the ground can keep older dogs away from draughts, while cats may like playing or resting in high-up dens or on climbing posts.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
Misguided, opinionated labor is dead weight; the high-up leaders know best, which is why they’ve earned the positions they have to begin with.
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2023
Their entire scheme was later revealed by Mark Tinsley, the Beach family's civil attorney, who found that the Murdaughs were close acquaintances with several high-up officials working on the investigation.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2023
The Aug. 14, 1978 cover depicted the façade of a New York building, with a bald-headed bird with glasses in a suit perched on a high-up window and enlightened by pale yellow rays of sunshine.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2022
I tell myself this, over and over, until dawn comes, and a patch of weak morning sunlight seeps through the high-up windows.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
