How To Use High-octane In A Sentence
-
So what is the magic ingredient fuelling this high-octane performance?
Times, Sunday Times
-
It was a barnstorming production, a high-octane, rip roaring success.
-
a high-octane sales manager
-
The fund toned down its aggressive, high-octane formula.
-
There is a region in south Philadelphia where the underground water is known to be polluted with high-octane gasoline.
-
I was meeting two high-octane sisters: one the mother of my god-daughter and the other a blonde who has a tendency to tell real-time stories.
-
In the high-octane worlds of college football and basketball, the goal of most coaches is not to produce well-rounded human beings but well-rounded athletes.
-
Project Goal: Genetically engineer micro-organisms to use electricity instead of sunlight to make a high-octane gasoline substitute.
-
One of the main challenges of filming, he says, lay in translating the passion and the high-octane energy of the sport to the screen.
-
Once noticed, they'll be celebrating in Goteborg, Sweden's ‘little Detroit,’ by quaffing aquavit, a high-octane Scandinavian drink that could double as rocket fuel.
-
Ramsay's first high-octane job was working for Marco Pierre White at the legendary Harvey's.
-
The next four minutes are a whirl of high-octane activity.
Times, Sunday Times
-
It gets the album started on a high-octane note, but no matter how scratchy the lead-in guitars are, the expensive production can't make it as excitingly raw as it would like to be.
-
a high-octane marketing plan
-
It is a high-octane world of deals screamed down phones and a hedonistic lifestyle out of hours.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Between a high-octane offense that features quarterback Matt Barkley, wide receiver Ronald Johnson and tailback Marc Tyler and a defense that will be looking to attone for last week's porous effort against Hawaii, USC will have plenty of weapons and motivation at its disposal during first-year Coach Lane Kiffin's home debut.
Poll: How will Virginia fare at No. 16 Southern California
-
The bulk of the criticism levied against the Tea Party has been directed at their most visible absurdities: the laughable primitivity of O'Donnell, Rand Paul, and Sharron Angle, the drawing of Hitler mustaches on the president and occasionally on themselves, Glenn Beck's high-octane McCarthyism, the unhinged nativist fashion shows, etc.
Daniel Cluchey: The Price of Tea
-
To many non-Catholics, especially religiously skeptical ones, belonging to Opus Dei means nothing more than being a high-octane Catholic of a certifiably orthodox sort.
-
The opening numbers are all high-octane rock numbers with the emphasis on ultimate pomp and showmanship.
-
The bulk of the criticism levied against the Tea Party has been directed at their most visible absurdities: the laughable primitivity of O'Donnell, Rand Paul, and Sharron Angle, the drawing of Hitler mustaches on the president (and occasionally on themselves), Glenn Beck's high-octane McCarthyism, the unhinged nativist fashion shows, etc.
Daniel Cluchey: The Price of Tea
-
Hunt's laconic expertise provided a perfect counterpoint to Walker's high-octane delivery.
-
However, there was to be no blaze of glory and rather than producing a high-octane performance, Sligo stuttered to a halt when succumbing to a more mobile and industrious Donegal team.
-
It was a typically high-octane performance, and she looked drained and a little teary at the end.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The drawback is that investors 'prudence is likely to make this a lower-grade rally than the high-octane one that preceded it, says Barclays Capital strategist Talley Leger.
Investors Pump Up With Barbell Strategy
-
Things just don't get any more exciting than this in the high-octane world of audit.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The 100 cc motor is worth $3000 on its own and the kart runs on high-octane fuel, which costs about $4.80 per litre.
-
From the code: (cbolt beat me toit) pireader: Do you doubt that there was crazy high-octane rhetoric swirling around?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Waco
-
A high-octane two-part feature-length special launches the return of the critically acclaimed Spooks for a new season this Autumn on BBC ONE.
-
Get in tough with your inner siren and go for high-octane glamour: think sequins, heels and a slash of red lipstick
-
The "gasoline" version (Figure 1) consists of dimerising propene to high-octane isohexenes.
Yves Chauvin - Autobiography
-
The bulk of the criticism levied against the Tea Party has been directed at their most visible absurdities: the laughable primitivity of O'Donnell, Rand Paul, and Sharron Angle, the drawing of Hitler mustaches on the president (and occasionally on themselves), Glenn Beck's high-octane McCarthyism, the unhinged nativist fashion shows, etc.
Daniel Cluchey: The Price of Tea
-
Does he have life away from the cameras and the friends and the high-octane rollercoaster world he lives in?
Times, Sunday Times
-
Today's CEOs face the unique challenge of achieving appropriate valuations in a Wall Street climate ruled largely by high-octane portfolio managers driven by near-term horizons.
-
The next four minutes are a whirl of high-octane activity.
Times, Sunday Times
-
With the Dow Jones Industrials Average plunging to its lowest level since October 1998 and the NASDAQ faring even worse, the high-octane world of the trading floor is suddenly running on empty.
-
It is a high-octane world of deals screamed down phones and a hedonistic lifestyle out of hours.
Times, Sunday Times
-
A high-octane blend of action and patriotism fuel this predictable, average action flick.
-
High-octane fuel simply allows the higher pressures and temperatures in these high-output engines by preventing pre-ignition.
-
The high-octane thriller also has a John Hughes-inspired, sentimental young romance between Gosling and his co-star, Carey Mulligan.
Ryan Gosling turns tough guy for thriller "Drive"
-
FG: Barbara, we're really getting to the root of the matter here because your response ultimately raises a crucial question: what are the respective roles of parents and teachers in this modern, high-octane society?
Are the school summer holidays just too long?
-
Beaker & Flask is known for high-octane cocktails, both refined and capable of turning your head inside out so that you're wearing your brain as a kind of coonskin cap.
Portland Mercury
-
Homeland proved that trying to combine romance and high-octane drama is not always a recipe for success.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The company recently added motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc. to its high-octane roster of clients.
-
Most importantly, they kept the high-octane Kansas City offense off the field.
-
The high-octane pace only slows for us to catch our breath as Stover shows how well a fight scene can be executed – probably a result of his own devotion to the martial art of jeet kune do.
Review: Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover
-
From the Iron Cross t-shirts and the leather jackets to the greasy pompadours and rampant alcoholism, this is a high-octane outfit that would scare your mom and dad into thinking Eminem is a ‘nice boy?’
-
Shane Black, best known for his high-octane buddy pictures like Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight, makes his directorial debut after spending a decade away from Hollywood.
-
Dotty took a 1958 Ford Prefect, slapped three turbochargers on it, filled it with high-octane fuel and gave it to a 17-year old who crashed it.
-
Olah's contributions to carbocation chemistry have also led to new industrial processes e.g. for the production of high-octane petrol.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994
-
His overalls are soaked in high-octane fuel.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The high-octane performance of one young science teacher had us all enthralled.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The glories of technology, combined with our high-octane lasciviousness and natural good looks, have made our town the purportedly third-biggest pornography producing centre in the world, after Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
-
Most importantly, they kept the high-octane Kansas City offense off the field.
-
Even the most high-octane petrolhead should make time for a tour of Goodwood House, which is open from March to October.
-
They followed the classic journey from a high-octane career in the capital to a second act in more bucolic surroundings.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Where part of Woods' dominance is the overt intimidation that his high-octane presence provokes in others, Annika routinely whups what passes for her competition by dint of nothing more than total superiority.
-
The next four minutes are a whirl of high-octane activity.
Times, Sunday Times
-
So, while I liked the picture for what it was, it's one that I really have to see again - and preferably not in the high-octane insomniac setting of a film festival - to really digest and pass judgment on.
-
The AA says if you do that to a vehicle designed to run on high-octane petrol, the engine ‘would seize’.
-
That is why high-performance cars generally need high-octane gasoline - their engines are using higher compression ratios to get more power.
-
Both mainlined the European novel of ideas into the veins of American literature and infused it with a coruscating, high-octane style.
-
Dope high-octane Detroit-meets-UK-funky workout from the label affiliated to Berlin's legendary Hard Wax record store.
Harangue the DJ: James Priestley
-
And normally, to be squiring someone from the Models 1 brochure, you have to look the part, live the life, run with the fast-living, high-octane international set.
-
Get in tough with your inner siren and go for high-octane glamour: think sequins, heels and a slash of red lipstick
-
Hunt's laconic expertise provided a perfect counterpoint to Walker's high-octane delivery.
-
As we put them into high-octane situations, they need each other to survive.
CSI: Miami Producer: "You're Going to Meet a New Horatio Caine"
-
It's the time of year when the aroma of freshly mown grass is overwhelmed by the scent of high-octane fuel.
Times, Sunday Times
-
It was a typically high-octane performance, and she looked drained and a little teary at the end.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The next four minutes are a whirl of high-octane activity.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The inventive opening street brawl and the high-octane sword fight between a strident Mercutio and Tybalt are peaks in a work that is not shy to entertain.
-
The script is chucklesome rather than high-octane hilarious.
-
In fact, Reds boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes that ‘big-game player’ Rooney and his fellow teen terror Cristiano Ronaldo will revel in the high-octane atmosphere they are about to face.
-
For the first time, Rupert Murdoch's high-octane conservative channel beat out CNN, a division of AOL-Time Warner, in the ratings war in January.
-
If you drove a formula one racing car to work and you stopped at the garage to put in high-octane fuel, your car would purr with delight and function to the best of its capabilities.
-
High-octane fuel simply allows the higher pressures and temperatures in these high-output engines by preventing pre-ignition.
-
Indeed, from its outset, English has been about high-octane collisions with languages that its speakers never expected to encounter.
The English Is Coming!
-
Chow is best known for his role in the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but he made his name in high-octane Hong Kong gangster fare such as Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow.
-
A petrol tank containing high-octane fuel is beside your seat.
-
Thanks, however, to DeCandido's ability to brew up credible and intriguing politics on both the large and small scale, and his proven talent for fast-paced narrative and incisive characterization, Enemy Territory manages to aquaplane over the absurdities of its premise and deliver a package of absorbing, high-octane, bloodthirsty fun.
May 31st, 2005
-
He's a high-octane attorney who has assumed the case of a young lady's disappearance.
-
Add a little debt to the balance sheet—my editor used the quaint English jargon "gearing" instead of the now-famous "leverage"—and any dowdy financial firm can transform itself into a high-octane profit machine.
'Lazy' Banks Make Sense
-
He stunned colleagues and political opponents last week when he announced his decision to take his high-octane charm and permatan out of the spotlight to focus on being a husband and father.
-
But less familiar sports posed a challenge to the Atlas team whose job it was to ensure both press and spectators understood the rules and dynamics of games such as kabaddi-kabaddi, a high-octane game of tag and sepaktakraw, an acrobatic form of volleyball.
Archive 2006-12-01
-
How can this be reconciled with the market-driven, high-octane, modernising spirit of the new millennium?
-
The speedy Northern Ireland international turned in a high-octane performance that lifted his team-mates.
-
The band toured relentlessly, crossing the globe many times over, igniting critics and audiences worldwide with their high-octane, richly-textured, genuinely different live shows.
-
The high-octane production recreates the energy, style and music of the stars of the Motown stable.
