charged
of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,871 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,748 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge charged particlesa charged battery
- fraught with great emotion also: supercharged an atmosphere charged with excitementan emotionally charged speech
- supplied with carbon dioxide also: aerated
- capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy the highly charged issue of abortion
charged in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The atmosphere, dry and hot, seemed charged with mysterious, terrible power.
The Winning of Barbara Worth · Harold Bell Wright · Chapter 1
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Children occupying seats at the first table will be charged full fare.
Sketches New and Old, Part 7. · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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There should be no loose ends if he was ever charged with corruption.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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That Favoral is charged with embezzlement, that they came to arrest him, and that he has run away.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The busy days went on, and the work grew more absorbing, the atmosphere more charged with an electricity which foretold tempest.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1