primed

IPA: prˈaɪmd

Examples of "primed" in Sentences

So basically, the figures amounted to nothing more than a "primed" figure.
I had been waiting for his call primed with a remark which had not occurred to me till after he had gone away.
For instance, it does not matter what background or culture we belong too, we are still "primed" by a pretty face.
He realized he would have to become the Philosopher’s Stone himself, his brain primed by this device utilizing the secrets he so fortuitously discovered …
Their intense emphasis on reducing budget deficits "primed" participants to focus on deficits rather than on the needs of retirees when evaluating Social Security policy.
For some of the volunteers, they "primed" their political identity with photos of party leaders and party logos; the idea was to bring this particular strand of identity to the mind's forefront.
So I was kind of primed for the vicarious necro-erotic thrill of seeing this very real young woman hung up for hurting like a pinata but when the scene rolled around I already had one foot out the door.
When a person is exposed to a list of words (or "primed") in one setting, than later asked to come up with words from a specific category, say "types of fruit," in another setting, the person is more likely to name fruit that had appeared during the priming session than fruit that hadn't.