For the left, he offered a pumped-up foreign policy. From Wordnik.com. [The Crafty Superpower] Reference
A pumped-up public opposition had to be smoothed over. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
He gets so much out of being this pumped-up bully guy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2005] Reference
I was excited, pumped-up about possibly solving the puzzle. From Wordnik.com. [Roses are Red]
A pumped-up Obama called his victory a "defining moment in history.". From Wordnik.com. [‘The Status Quo Lost’] Reference
But drivers nationwide are not laughing as they pay pumped-up prices. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2004] Reference
Ditto for the pumped-up feeling in my arms and legs after a weight workout. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Fit for the Links] Reference
A pumped-up David Boies said last night that it's a "dead certainty" that the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [J.D. Lasica: Boies Predicts Supremes Will Take Up Prop 8] Reference
That is exactly the impression Ford is hoping the pumped-up station wagon will make. From Wordnik.com. [Ford Tries to Turn Heads, Change Minds] Reference
"You just hold on to those words, Captain," Marks railed like a pumped-up evangelist. From Wordnik.com. [A Maiden's Grave]
They reminded me of pumped-up ex-football players doing pre-game analysis and diagramming plays. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Cohen: Military Propaganda Pushed Me Off TV] Reference
That's because the pumped-up profits are being fueled by cost cuts like layoffs and overseas sales. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls In July] Reference
But, no, I certainly don't think the gift story was pumped-up, because it fits a normal Clinton pattern. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: How Should the Media Handle Election Results? Did the Clintons Manipulate the Media While in the White House? - February 3, 2001] Reference
It ` s just a bunch of pumped-up young bimbos and buffoons acting on the beach with their spiked-up hair. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2009] Reference
COOPER: A pumped-up President Obama earlier tonight speaking at a retreat in Virginia for House Democrats. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2009] Reference
She couldn't help but notice that he had that pumped-up look most doctors get after coming out of the O R. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Cradle]
They'll return home to a nation where swim-meet tickets go begging and the only pumped-up fans are Mom and Dad. From Wordnik.com. [A Splash Of Records] Reference
Sylvester Stallone and his posse of pumped-up action heroes held on to the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend box office: 'Expendables' holds steady] Reference
He said "there is ample liquidity in the domestic financial system" to absorb a pumped-up level of sovereign debt. From Wordnik.com. [Malaysia Stimulus Tops $16 Billion] Reference
Unique is a unique word, and Madison Avenue illiterates to the contrary, it is not a pumped-up synonym for unusual. From Wordnik.com. [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]
But in the meantime the pumped-up MMA had already nominated Rahman as its non-negotiable prime ministerial candidate. From Wordnik.com. [Romancing The Mullah] Reference
For Canadians traveling overseas or Canadian companies prowling for acquisitions abroad, the pumped-up loonie is a bonanza. From Wordnik.com. [Loonie's Rise Yields] Reference
Yet, before the first success is recorded, or the first major failure has landed, our pumped-up journalists are out of Dodge. From Wordnik.com. [Stewart Nusbaumer: Covering Crucial Afghanistan Operation] Reference
If this is not possible, a pumped-up tire, for example from a wheel barrow or automobile, can be used as a compressed air tank. From Wordnik.com. [1.1 Blow pipe assaying] Reference
Earlier this month, Honda Motor Co. 's president warned that the pumped-up yen could cause the "hollowing out of Japanese industry.". From Wordnik.com. [Weaker Dollar Worries Japan, Germany] Reference
He was dressed in an orange short-sleeved jumpsuit, open at the chest, revealing ornate tattoos covering his pumped-up arms and chest. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
A tanned woman with slicked-back blond hair and pumped-up arms set off by a sleeveless green T-shirt, she made a reply I couldn't quite hear. From Wordnik.com. [Yummy Chinese Cuisine At West Village Spot Yumcha] Reference
Much of the fun on America's Got Talent comes from the juiced-up audience - both the live audience and the pumped-up soundtrack version of one. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin Downey: America's Got Talent, The Season Premiere] Reference
The rubbery, cushy, pumped-up, neon kind that may or may not feature springs, air pockets, reflectors, retractable wheels and motion-sensitive lights. From Wordnik.com. [Simran Sethi: Life Cycle: Green Shoe Fetish] Reference
ANDERSON: But for his hottie, pumped-up role in "Batman Begins," he packed it all back on by healthier means, a strict diet of chicken, tuna and veggies. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2005] Reference
Oqo's Ultra-Personal Computer: Last spring, Oqo promised its "ultra-personal computer" -- a pumped-up PDA that runs Windows XP -- by the end of the year. From Wordnik.com. [Vaporware 2002: Tech up in Smoke?] Reference
Why should they, with their testosterone perpetually on pumped-up display, though our knowledge of steroid's side effects tells us they may not have much to grab. From Wordnik.com. [Devra Maza: Michael Jackson's Other Big Move: The Crotch-Grab] Reference
The rally in Birch Run worked: More than 1,000 pumped-up people jammed an expo center to hear Mr. Huckabee give a passionate stump speech and play his bass guitar. From Wordnik.com. [Huckabee's Task:] Reference
Carefully groomed, he resembled a pumped-up version of Alec Baldwin, but his face had an absence of emotion, as if the seriousness of his predicament had left him dazed. From Wordnik.com. [Incident in the 70th Precinct] Reference
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