charged moment

Example Sentences

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"In this charged moment, no one can look at this incident and not suspect that it may have been a hate-motivated crime," Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said in a statement.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

"My grandad always said he'd never see us get out of this league. Sadly, he passed on a few years ago, so it's a very bitter-sweet moment now, a very emotionally charged moment."

From BBC • May 1, 2023

The focus on the military’s role in the disappearances comes at a particularly charged moment.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

The meeting on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly could hardly have come at a more charged moment in Ukrainian-American relations.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2019

The adjourned inquest on Melrose, held in the large parlour of the old Whitebeck inn, was densely crowded, and the tension of a charged moment might be felt.

From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.