How to Use amped in a Sentence
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The festival lineup in past years is a mix of the chill and the amped.
—Drew Fortune, SPIN, 6 Jan. 2023
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The crowd at the Linc will be well-lubricated and amped.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
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But nothing has me as amped as our 2022 Food Awards, which are in full swing.
—Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2022
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An amped Stroman slapped his mitt walking off the field.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2022
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An amped up slip dress, this silky orange neon number has a side slit that soars to the top of my thighs.
—Marielle Elizabeth, Vogue, 25 June 2021
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Their younger pass rushers can’t get too amped, run past the play, and let Rodgers escape the pocket.
—Sam Farmerstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2020
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Edwards blamed it on his team being too excited, too amped up for the first game of the year.
—Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2021
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They can be tri-amped and tri-wired, so extremists can throw six MC1.25KW amps at them if so inclined.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2022
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But don’t blame the U.S.’s northern neighbors for being pretty amped this time around.
—Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
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Featuring dual five-way binding posts, the Passif 50 can be bi-wired or bi-amped.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 July 2022
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Kansas handled Texas’ press and amped tempo for the first few minutes of the second half and even forced the Longhorns to abandon their press at a handful of intervals.
—Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2021
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Meanwhile an amped up kiddie pool, complete with an inflatable slide, will make your backyard the place to be this summer.
—Leah Koenig, Forbes, 26 May 2021
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On the following possession, Davis might have gotten a little too amped up.
—Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 26 May 2021
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In addition to the lettuce and tomato, this dish features an amped up mayonnaise flavored with spices, herbs and crisp pieces of bacon.
—Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
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The aim is still speed and maintaining the glory of summer tomatoes—just with an amped up texture and flavor deserving of your best box of pasta.
—Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 16 Aug. 2022
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So don't — whatever super-amped drama might unfold — force one off its hinges like someone did in training the day before.
—Joe Robertson, kansascity, 15 Mar. 2018
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Pulling equally from jazz, funk, house, and electronic influences, the track sits at the apex of all dance music, with WhoSampled listing up to eight samples used to achieve the amped up revivalist sound.
—Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 May 2021
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For the grill-master dad Ah, summertime—nothing gets a food-centric father more amped for fair weather than the prospect of cooking for his friends and family from the comfort of his own backyard.
—Reviewed Staff, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
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The frenzy is also fueled by buyers’ desire for amped up living space in which to work and backyards decked out to replace vacation getaways.
—oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2021
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Unfortunately, Bridgewater may have been a little bit amped up to get back onto the field and wound up throwing an interception on his first pass of the game.
—Ryan Wooden, ajc, 17 Dec. 2017
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The amped Calzada, who owns perhaps the strongest arm of any quarterback in program history, no doubt settled down as Saturday’s game wore on.
—Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Sep. 2021
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The contrast to the Lingua Franqa stage persona – wide-eyed, free-fro’d, amped, pontificating – is striking, but Parker isn’t here to perform.
—Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2022
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Even without deliberate foreign malfeasance, if too many people got too amped and called in a panic about Venus, the government would have fewer available resources to sort the MiGs from the chaff.
—Sarah Scoles, Wired, 3 Mar. 2020
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Smart is unsurprisingly amped for this litmus test for his No 6 Longhorns against coach Scott Drew’s undefeated wrecking ball.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2021
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Drummond looked amped early, missing his first six shots, committing a few turnovers and unnecessarily forcing offense.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2020
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Primary hyperhidrosis happens when doctors can’t pinpoint an underlying reason for your amped up sweating, like a health condition or medication.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 4 Aug. 2020
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