emotions

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Emotions ran high, she said, and faculty focused on proposals to define the division’s future before administrators made decisions for them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Emotions are running very high, and I’m very worried about what may happen in the next few weeks.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2025

Emotions run high because Sadr is so revered by his followers - both for his political reputation, having advocated on behalf of his native Lebanon's then-marginalised Shia Muslims, and as a wider religious leader.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

Emotions could run high; there was resistance; there were arguments.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

“I’m not saying it’s rational, Bast. Emotions by their very nature are not reasonable things. I don’t feel that way now, but back then I did. I remember.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss