How To Use Heighten In A Sentence

  • Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness. Erich Fromm 
  • Experts attribute the behaviour to 'musth' (a state of heightened testosterone-fuelled aggression in bull elephants). The Times of India
  • Speak to fitness and conditioning coaches and they will tell you how long layoffs cause weaknesses that heighten a susceptibility to minor injuries. Times, Sunday Times
  • My father, who fought in the First World War, described fear as not so much a sick feeling as a heightening of the senses.
  • Our own Hemingway wrote so much grandiose nonsense about this so-called sport that the reader feels a certain dread as the climactic spectacle approaches — a dread heightened by the awareness that Montherlant was a matador in his teenage years. Monster of Marriage
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  • Heighten efficiency ; predigest working procedure to reduce cost.
  • The campaign is intended to heighten public awareness of the disease.
  • A heightened female sensitivity to ingested ethanol could possibly serve useful functions.
  • Briggs killed Elves and lycanthropes; he deflected arrows from above with his shield; and he heightened his troops' morale.
  • Isabella's cheeks heightened in color, but the blond man did not take any notice.
  • A second characteristic that distinguishes markets in which valuation is difficult is the heightened salience of product category boundaries.
  • And the comic's worries were heightened by the fact his father died at an early age of a fatal heart attack. The Sun
  • The increase of linerless labels has heightened the demand for an efficient adhesive remover product. Advertising Industry Newswire
  • Even a casual observer could hardly have failed to notice the heightening of an already tense atmosphere.
  • The drug is said to give users a heightened sense of well-being.
  • The background score, though overdone, heightens the tension and is perfect for the mood of the film.
  • Nevertheless, the novel is there, with its boundless substance, and the reader finds a certain solace in the heightened awareness which he acquires from the inevitable element of tragedy inherent in all life. Nobel Prize in Literature 1937 - Presentation Speech
  • The exterior glass walls of this sculpture hall are coated with tiny white ceramic dots (called frits) that screen city views and suffuse a supernal glow heightened by filtered daylight that streams down from deeply inset skylights ” an effect equal to the lighting of Piano at his best ” made possible when Tschumi rotated the story above this middle level of the museum. Grading the New Acropolis
  • Isabella's cheeks heightened in color, but the blond man did not take any notice.
  • The development project with mine-owner Wings Enterprises Inc. comes as concerns heighten about China's tight grip on production of metals such as yttrium required in hybrid vehicles, wind turbines, flat panel televisions, defense missiles and satellites. Glencore Backs Rare Earths Mining Project
  • Hypnosis is a heightened state of concentration and focused attention.
  • In respect of induction heating, a magnetizer will considerably heighten both heating efficiency of inductor and heat treatment quality of part so as to save energy.
  • Most of all, he shows a flair for matching the climaxes in the action with musical climaxes, using dissonance, the singer's virtuosity, or instrumental sonorities to create the sense of heightened emotion.
  • The room was very still; its ordered comfort, the measured ticking of the carriage clock on the mantelshelf, the insistent thudding of the sea, all heightened the sense of outrage, the crudity of destruction and hate. She Closed Her Eyes
  • In the clinic we also must heighten our preparations. Times, Sunday Times
  • I think the other thing is that if he ` s as disturbed as he seems to be, if he ` s a sociopath, often these guys are highly sexualized, and so they do engage in unusual sexual activities to kind of heighten their excitement in life. CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2006
  • The failure will heighten concerns about the vetting being applied by platforms to investment opportunities. Times, Sunday Times
  • This week it has launched the Depression Awareness Week Nationwide campaign to inform and heighten public awareness about depression.
  • While this may appear like a jaunt into the world of fungi, it may actually drug manufacturers that produce Cimzia, Enbrel Humira and Remicade to warn consumers that use of these drugs will weaken the immune system and heighten the susceptibility of fungal infections, including histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin Valley Fever). treatment of Crohn's disease, plaque psoriasis, and also arthritis. All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content
  • Yet the very decision not to touch only served to heighten the awareness of what could happen when they did.
  • Their balletic movements are heightened versions of everyday gestures; their costumes are mundane.
  • Fears of further racial conflict were heightened by news of the riots.
  • Similarly, Loach avoids the use of background music to heighten the emotion of a scene.
  • Friday's letter, however, states that Thomas actually did report the sources of his wife's income until 1997, therefore heightening the inference that the justice had not "misunderstood the reporting instructions," as he asserted in January when he filed seven pages of addenda correcting his omissions over a six-year period. Clarence Thomas Assailed For Alleged Ethical Lapses By More House Dems
  • When we close our eyes in gustative pleasure, the sense of hearing, smell, taste and touch are heightened. Archive 2007-10-01
  • It's true what they say about heightened aural perception when you're deprived of your other senses.
  • But deciding that people from that country should be subjected to heightened scrutiny at our domestic checkpoints … that seems to fall into the arena of debatably reasonable policy. Matthew Yglesias » Profiling Lite
  • Wartime discoveries of acute poverty among elderly people heightened awareness of their propensity to poverty.
  • His aspect was perfectly that of a pilgrim , heightened also by an apostolic dignity.
  • The material and the production technology have been optimized to heighten contrast and achieve brilliance.
  • Another area of heightened tension is the controversy over the draft of the new constitution proposed by Mr Mugabe.
  • Again he experienced the heightened awareness and sharpening of the senses, which always accompanied his bestial transformation into a primal killer.
  • Every heightening of emotion produced for her a new effusion of beauty in visible things, and with it the sense that such moments should be lingered over and absorbed like some unrenewable miracle. The Reef; a novel
  • With interesting applications here for diagnosis, therapy models and possibly even pharmaceuticals, the authors concluded that "the absence of this protective bias in short-allele carriers is likely to be linked with the heightened susceptibility to mood disorders such as depression and anxiety that has been reported in this group. MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada
  • This risk is heightened by its operation in a highly competitive arena. Times, Sunday Times
  • The visual impact is heightened and given greater depth in some of the paintings by creating a three-dimensional effect.
  • He has heightened his isolation by spurning diplomatic initiatives from African neighbours and launching a crackdown on local media.
  • At most periods in the history of opera, composers have valued and exploited the scope of the chorus for complementing and heightening the functions of principals and orchestra.
  • Police concerns are heightened by the fact that the alcohol seized has frequently consisted of not only beer and alcopops, but also bottles of strong spirits.
  • Yet a primary distinction between previous works and the new paintings is Dole-Recio's heightened reductiveness, which further pronounces their surface qualities of work and residue. Bill Bush: Made in L.A.: This Artweek.LA (October 10-16, 2011)
  • We may well imagine that such scenes were preceded as well as accompanied by a fearful racket within (a familiar device of our low comedy and extravaganza), the effect probably heightened by tempestuous _melodrama_ on the _tibiae_, as both the scenes cited are in _canticum_. The Dramatic Values in Plautus
  • Recovery requires many moments of metanoia as we bring forth a new worldview and heightened consciousness.
  • That heightens the risk that future abuse will go unpunished. Times, Sunday Times
  • In my view, the relationship with Linda was so difficult and so peculiarly distressing upon him, that it heightened those personality weaknesses.
  • That heightened sensitivity makes prostate cancer cells resistant to existing antiandrogen therapies. HHMI News
  • vex," therefore, is the heightening of grieving by a provocation unto anger and indignation: which sense is suited to the place and matter treated of, though the word signify no more but to "grieve;" and so it is rendered by lupeo, Gen. xlv. Pneumatologia
  • That sensation of disembodiment—pleasurable during a kiss, aversive when you first suffer the death of a loved one—is common in first experiences, as are feelings of heightened reality or unreality.
  • Fauvist color is often defined as "heightened"—concerned more with expressing the artist's emotional response to the subject in front of him than with replicating its appearance. A Modern Movement Unto Himself
  • Dreams pervade the play, giving it an illusionary quality and heightening the sense of dark hilarity that frequently has the audience hysterical with laughter.
  • It also serves to heighten the humiliation of people like me. Times, Sunday Times
  • She told me to heighten the letter i and to cross my t's so that the horizontal bar is equally long on both sides of the vertical line.
  • Horses stands out not only for how it can heighten feelings of alienation in poetic ways, but for the world it captured. Times, Sunday Times
  • There are many dancers and many wildly colourful costumes, all contributing to a mood of heightened sensations. Times, Sunday Times
  • The arrival of the police heightened the drama further.
  • Many now encourage healthy children 6 to 23 months old to be vaccinated as they are at a heightened risk of hospitalization from flu-related complications.
  • When he went on to suggest there was a lot that was objectionable happening off the ball it only served to heighten a suspicion that he had been whingeing.
  • TUESDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who "cyberbully" others via the Internet or cell phones are more likely to suffer from both physical and psychiatric troubles, and their victims are at heightened risk, too, a Finnish study finds. BusinessWeek.com --
  • The case has heightened public awareness of the problem of sexual harassment.
  • It heightens the awareness of what you have and haven't got.
  • The two years of right-wing government served only to heighten rural conflict in both Catalonia and the south. A Social History of Modern Spain
  • It also heightens her sense of personal vulnerability. Trauma and Recovery
  • Perhaps they hope to heighten their appreciation of nature by gaining insight into its ways.
  • The Staten Island ferries are decreasing in ridership, although there has been heightened demand at other ferry crossings.
  • The heightened uncertainty encouraged investors to seek a safe haven in the dollar. Times, Sunday Times
  • The drug is said to give users a heightened sense of well-being.
  • The sense of punishing frustration is heightened by the pounding rain in the opening scene, mirrored later by the emergency fire sprinklers that soak Banek's law offices.
  • This may have heightened its profile but it will take a lot longer to tell if it has any impact on rates of abortion and teenage pregnancy.
  • This means that they had had a heightened awareness of their own mortality more or less throughout the disability career.
  • The cornflower blue of her gown heightened her beauty, the simple line making her feel as if she could be nobility.
  • Despite Windschuttle's denials, the rise of pastoralism ushered in an era of heightened racial animus towards Aborigines.
  • An apparent upsurge in juvenile delinquency heightened concerns about teenagers.
  • They do not faint, but the art work heightens their attentiveness, and at the same time makes them recall important things in their personal lives.
  • Wind whistled against the hole in the back wall, which heightened the eerie effect of the scene which lay before them.
  • In the midst of our waiting room muted conversation, suddenly I broke out in heightened laughter after I realized what she had said. Spanish speaking can be fun!
  • When they feast a friend they kill an ox, and set immediately a quarter of him raw upon the table (for their most elegant treat is raw beef newly killed) with pepper and salt; the gall of the ox serves them for oil and vinegar; some, to heighten the delicacy of the entertainment, add a kind of sauce, which they call manta, made of what they take out of the guts of the ox; this they set on the fire, with butter, salt, pepper, and onion. A Voyage to Abyssinia
  • Does that go as far as shopping co-religionists for any indication of heightened religiosity?
  • The enthusiasm of the audience was heightened by the climax of the play.
  • Because it's memory, it's heightened, the colours are really bright and the actors' movement is choreographed, which is the kind of theatre I really love. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • During periods of social upheaval or political discord, they experience heightened levels of violence and trauma, both physical and psychological, both within the home and outside it.
  • It brings us back to the heightened state of narcissistic injury, which brooks no logic, reason or mollification.
  • There is always an element of pot luck with casting, but in this case that was heightened: there were a million Afghan refugees in the area, and we could have picked any two.
  • But the feeling is very heightened during this month, and if they see innocents -- we're getting reports now of hospitals, of the Red Cross buildings, homes for the elderly being bombed, which is really you have to expect when the Americans are bombing from such high altitudes and we warned them this would happen, that -- what will be the repercussions. CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2001
  • Our heightened sensitivity to cold makes a chilly draught invariably feel more uncomfortable than a warm breeze. Times, Sunday Times
  • (whose heightened gabbiness Solondz's films evoke, plus an acid drip), many will find the film's openly addressed ethical conundrum-Can you or should you forgive a selfish sibling or a thoughtless lover, much less a pedophile? In These Times
  • Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would. Baltasar Gracian 
  • China's internet users are suffering sharp slowdowns in access because of heightened efforts to police online content, industry experts say.
  • It also heightens her sense of personal vulnerability. Trauma and Recovery
  • One thing that heightens the risks is complacency. Times, Sunday Times
  • Only a heightened style of performance can make sense of such iconoclasm, but here, especially in the first half, Wrentmore takes it at such a languid pace that the epigrammatic power of Orton's language is utterly drained away.
  • The growing dialogue with medics heightened the moral input into medical discourse.
  • Even a casual observer could hardly have failed to notice the heightening of an already tense atmosphere.
  • Why is the valorization of a contingency beyond necessity, as we'll see Agamben defining it, not routed back through the heightened literary convolutions of "phonetic spelling" after all, in instances more ambitious and self-searching than that of Stoker's Cockney botcher? Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
  • His breakdown was followed by a period of heightened activity.
  • They have left large tracts of dead lodgepole pine trees in their wake, which -- most, but not all, believe -- has heightened the risk for fire. Church's Park Fire Prompts Michael Bennet, Mark Udall To Call Beetle Kill A National Emergency
  • The terror attacks did heighten security in the capital, but Norwegian officials have sought to allay fears over more attacks or any longer-term clampdown. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • Perhaps it was this heightened emotionality that led Sigmund Freud to speculate that dreams serve as wish fulfillment.
  • The case has heightened public awareness of the problem of sexual harassment.
  • The availability of consumer panel data and recognition of the critical importance of repeat buying has heightened interest in this area. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice
  • It can also be seen in heightened spending on solar, wind, hydrogen, ethanol and clean coal technologies, as well as on other energy-investment decisions. About: Blinded by Science
  • In fact, stamp your feet and run out of the room just to heighten the dramatics.
  • He wanted something heightened, very stylized, and a sense of twisted kink to get across his message.
  • But it holds the chief and highest power, as mese to hypate, in respect of the concupiscent; as mese to nete, in respect of the irascible; insomuch as it depresses and heightens, — and in fine makes a harmony, — by abating what is too much and by not suffering them to flatten and grow dull. Essays and Miscellanies
  • This could heighten the risk to the investor if the bank got into trouble. Times, Sunday Times
  • COOPER: Thelma, with tens of thousands of people going through, what exactly are customs agents doing during this, what they call the heightened alert? CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2009
  • In the modern state of heightened wariness, staring like a dullard sounds no more demeaning than walking in your socks through airport security.
  • The artist's job is also to heighten the atmosphere and to support the home team. Times, Sunday Times
  • In this heightened perception human beings appear as ‘fibres of light’ that assume the form of ‘luminous eggs’.
  • Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would. Baltasar Gracian 
  • The fulgent morning air heightened colors and sounds.
  • Barney's mythopoetic investment in the DJED installation is heightened by what for him is its somber materiality and coloring; its powdery, chipped and unreflective textures; the blackness and greyness of the ash, dirt, detritus and slag deposited around the room. G. Roger Denson: From Detroit, Egypt: Matthew Barney Resurrects an American God
  • But both the centre-left and centre-right coalitions proposed heightened security measures and clampdowns on illegal immigration.
  • These exercises heighten the presence of life energy, or vitality, which the ancient masters called kundalini. Meditation as Medicine
  • Bad weather heightened the difficulty for them to carry out the task.
  • The resolvability of global investment banking operations is a particular challenge, and of heightened importance to the Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • BLITZER: Is there increased what they call chatter right now around this anniversary of 9/11 that is causing experts counterterrorism experts in the U.S. government a little bit more heightened concerned? CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2007
  • Gone are maneuvers such as wallrides and heightened elevation ollie jumps.
  • Ah yes, there he was, in his dashing shade of azure, heightened by his tan, winking from the wall.
  • It may be that she needs her eyes open because the seeing of the members of the family may heighten by a kind of autosuggestion her sensitiveness for the perception of the slight signs. Psychology and Social Sanity
  • A good sharp sound effect can heighten a surprise and make you jump out of your seat.
  • The organizers had strongly denied government accusations that the protest was an attempt to heighten political tensions.
  • Animosity prevailed between headquarters and the field, heightened by the different career backgrounds characterizing the two groups.
  • Lord Ashley was a well-known philanthropist, and his consistent support and patronage of many religious and charitable societies had naturally given him popularity among the Protestant clergy of all denominations, -- a popularity heightened in the case of the Evangelical and Calvinistic ministers by his Lordship's strict Sabbatarianism and his belief in cold dinners on The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863
  • An oddly shaped white and yellow puddle of thinned pigment, its isolation heightened by an expanse of brushy, unmodulated blue, recalls Miro in its comic vulnerability.
  • The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd.
  • Nevertheless, the intense rivalry between France, England, and the empire, compounded by heightened religious tensions and the nervousness of Rome, lent the Scottish king unwonted diplomatic weight.
  • The poison theme is admirably heightened so that we see David Rubin's fine Claudius miming the insertion of the "leperous distilment" into old ­Hamlet's ear even as the Ghost describes it, and later Rubin whips a toxic bottle out of his pocket to envenom Laertes's sword. Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • All three composers, self-torturing, high-minded isolationists in their own ways, strove for heightened exaltation.
  • We may quite allowably heighten the above picture by supposing that the person in her trance, in addition to being mad, might have displayed some of the perceptive powers occasionally developed in trance; and so have evinced, in addition to her demoniacal ferocity, an "uncanny" knowledge of things and persons. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
  • This heightened awareness is partly the result of changes in the economic climate of the last ten to fifteen years.
  • The uncertainty of a general election heightens the risk for investors still further. Times, Sunday Times
  • Luther's individualism vested an enormously heightened dignity in the least of Christ's brothers and sisters.
  • The only expedient which could prevent their separation was boldly agitated and approved the popular resentment was insensibly moulded into a regular conspiracy; their just reasons of complaint were heightened by passion, and their passions were inflamed by wine; as, on the eve of their departure, the troops were indulged in licentious festivity. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • This will heighten your awareness of little-word buildup, and help you revise quickly.
  • Cheery yellow flower heads nod all around me, their colours heightened.
  • And as a result, he doesn't squander the talents of his cast, throwing in plenty of personality clashes and in-house stand-offs that serve to heighten the precarious nature of Roenick's predicament.
  • Fears of an invasion were heightened by long-range bomb attacks.
  • The culmination of that was an uplifting climax heightened by the emotional residue of what had gone before.
  • Eye contact reassures him, but also heightens his urgency.
  • Atop the stairstep stucco fence, cedar lattice was added to heighten the enclosure.
  • Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
  • Speculation was also heightened by the location of the meeting, which gained its own legendary status. The Times Literary Supplement
  • It heightens subvocal speech or forces you to - very quickly - develop nonverbal communication of some subtlety.
  • They lack the vision that inspires every moment, discerns a sure way, and heightens the spirit to battle without ceasing, which is characteristic of the great years. Principles of Freedom
  • This latest attack has greatly heightened fears of an all-out war.
  • Then too, even as regards the story, Shakespeare varies from Whetstone much more materially than the latter does from Cinthio: representing the illicit meeting of Claudio and Juliet as taking place under the shield of a solemn betrothment; which very much lessens their fault, as marriage bonds were already upon them; and proportionably heightens Angelo's wickedness, as it brings on him the guilt of making the law responsible for his own arbitrary rigour. Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters
  • In a time of heightened security one would think they would know where all the luggage was.
  • The corridors, she realized, had rubber mats so you could not hear sounds outside your cell, which heightened your surprise and panic when your cell door would clank open. Howard Kissel: Eva Zeisel: 1906-2011
  • Two quirky labels peddle delightful kitsch - bags with bright rickshaw Delhi can be rather dull, despite its high-end designer boutiques, but the weekend saw heightened activity, thanks to the launch of Designer Varun Sardana stripped the runway bare and removed the seats from the show area on Day 4. WN.com - Articles related to Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week kicks off in New Delhi
  • While we accept that feelings are running high on the issue of military landings at Shannon Airport, this kind of wanton vandalism does nothing to heighten our credibility and will probably do more damage than good.
  • And believe me, Madam (though I do not presume to add those expressions which might rather heighten the offence I fear this letter will give you), that the assurance of your happiness in the choice you have made, and which now no obstacle can oppose, will considerably -- lighten the pain with which I shall long recall my ungracious reply to your communication. Lucretia — Volume 03
  • There are however some traditional dramatic devices which function to heighten the atmosphere of absurdity, including the use of string tremolandi to underline Ubu's plotting and mistuned brass fanfares to herald courtly meetings.
  • She saw the artist as a unique individual, possessing a heightened awareness of reality.
  • Metrical speech not only produces some heightened form of attention that increases mnemonic retention; it also seems to provide innate physical pleasure in both the auditor and orator.
  • Erianne always set his senses on heightened alarm, even now when she was an emotional whirlwind.
  • Tension has heightened after the recent bomb attack.
  • Bathsheba's beauty belonged rather to the demonian than to the angelic school, she never looked so well as when she was angry -- and particularly when the effect was heightened by a rather dashing velvet dress, carefully put on before a glass. Far from the Madding Crowd
  • It was a bold move, and one that showed her resourcefulness, since he most decidedly had not asked her to dance, knowing that it would only heighten his urge to carry her off and swive her senseless. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
  • Lighting effects are unparalleled, the textures never appear blocky or blurry, and the performances by the character models really heightens the atmosphere.
  • The suicide of dayovercast and rainy leads meeting heighten, be why?
  • By applying heightened equal protection analysis to this case, the Court frustrates the liberating spirit of the Equal Protection Clause.
  • The Minister's gaffe came amidst a day of heightened pressure on all players involved in the saga.
  • India was very floppy when she was little and it has definitely strengthened her body and heightened her awareness of herself. Times, Sunday Times
  • Increased levels of fat in the diet could heighten the risk of cancer.
  • Scott also plays with lenses, camera speed and some excellent special effects to heighten the impact of the harrowing fight scenes.
  • Both were involved in high-profile incidents last semester that heightened racial tensions on campus.
  • He said the heightened joint police/army patrols and regular helicopter surveillance in the area was a contributing factor to the decline in criminal activity.
  • Speculation was also heightened by the location of the meeting, which gained its own legendary status. The Times Literary Supplement
  • This latest attack has greatly heightened fears of an all-out war.
  • Metrical speech not only produces some heightened form of attention that increases mnemonic retention; it also seems to provide innate physical pleasure in both the auditor and orator.
  • Ten years passing only heightens his status as a true street poet, devoid of current bling-bling pretense and full of scathing wit and sharp charm.
  • We are living through the juncture of eras, modern to postmodern, which unsettles our certainties and at the same time heightens our longing for certainty.
  • While we use salt to heighten flavor, we use acidity to provide definition.
  • The move heightened fears the pariah regime is hellbent on building up a doomsday armoury. The Sun
  • His recent cuttings files have, lest we forget, taken in two splurges of coverage that only heightened the sense of smouldering hostility.
  • The best known example of the phenomenon is in cells of the retina, where its effect is to heighten contrast.
  • The availability of consumer panel data and recognition of the critical importance of repeat buying has heightened interest in this area. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice
  • Heightened expectations for educational progress had not been realized.
  • Storm clouds, rain, fog, mist, and snow often dramatize the settings and heighten the fantasy of such regal scenes.
  • The mystery of these implicit questions heightens the novel's suspense.
  • Rice heightens aspects such as the jealous pangs felt by Genevieve's mum, who has her own eyes on the jeweller's assets. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - review
  • Speak to fitness and conditioning coaches and they will tell you how long layoffs cause weaknesses that heighten a susceptibility to minor injuries. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, the effects of fludrocortisone acetate, particularly on electrolyte balance, but also on carbohydrate metabolism, are considerably heightened and prolonged.
  • In times past, their presence has provoked rioting and other forms of violent conflict, but today, in spite of the heightened sensitivities to cultural displays, they attract little attention.
  • Acid reflux has been associated with bronchospasm, heightened bronchial reactivity, and airway edema.
  • They're warning of a heightened possibility of an eruption after more than a thousand small earthquakes.
  • The sensuousness of this piece is heightened by the softness and translucency of the polished stone.
  • Especially when you are struggling a little with your game, time in hotel rooms only serves to heighten the feeling of being under siege. Times, Sunday Times
  • The election of Keir Hardie in 1892 owed more to historical contingency than to a heightened class consciousness among the electorate.
  • Also contributing to the discussion were changes in the middle-class conception of the home, heightened fears about the foulness of the body, and new ideas about the human relationship with nature.
  • Despite improved growth prospects across the globe, heightened sovereign risk and the threat of monetary and fiscal tightening have deeply dented investor appetite.

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