How To Use Intensity In A Sentence

He is doing research on radiant intensity.
The sun beat down with fierce intensity.
There has been no trend in tropical cyclone intensity or frequency worldwide. Times, Sunday Times
Price as tested is $44,600, including $8,525 in options Deep Sea Blue pearlescent paint, eight-speed Audi Tiptronic transmission, high-intensity discharge headlamps, power liftgate and onboard navigation with backup camera and an $875 destination charge. 2011 Audi Q5 2.0 T Quattro
These prose pieces ultimately acquire a kind of poetic intensity of effect in their bleak circumscription of the character's experience, although they avoid self-consciously "poetic" devices: Narrative Strategies

But the intensity of the performances light the blue touchpaper. The Sun
The delicate cycle, which uses a slower and gentler spin intensity, is for laundering lingerie, stockings and other garments that are normally handwashed.
Come vecchio sartor fa nella cruna," it is the intensity of the gaze that is present with us, not the old tailor and his needle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864
Deuterium is a relatively insensitive nucleus because it has a low gyromagnetic ratio and the spectral intensity is generally spread over an extremely wide frequency range due to the quadrupole interaction.
I was studying a phenomenon known since 1908 as the phototaxy of chloroplasts: the property of some algae living at the surface of ponds to orient their large unique chloroplast according to the intensity of light; if the light was too intense, the chloroplast turned inside the tubular cell to present its edge. Luc Montagnier - Autobiography
I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.
Luminescence is rarely more than 1% efficient and thus of comparatively low intensity.
Caffeine appears to offer ergogenic benefits during prolonged exercise, but not during short-burst, high-intensity activities.
The luciferin-luciferase's reaction system may emit fluorescence, while the toxic substances will suppress the luminous intensity.
Whether you have 1 or 10 pounds to lose, vary your intensity daily to avoid burnout and overfatigue.
Sturges was also quick to spot the feral intensity of Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine's brutal boorishness, using them to give Bad Day At Black Rock its seething core of twisted hatred.
We quantified color using three standard descriptors of reflectance spectra: hue, chroma, and intensity of each individual.
Yet effort and intensity of a workout and diet also affect aerobic capacity. Times, Sunday Times
That occurs because a reduction in shock intensity is immediately discriminable provided that it exceeds some threshold change, but a decrease in shock duration is discriminable only when the briefer shock is terminated.
And Miranda's supernatural visitations, which began on the night of the murder, are escalating in both frequency and intensity.
It creates a startling atmosphere of intensity and highly unusual inwardness - sometimes disturbing - and makes it utterly distinct from anything in Western dance and theatre.
They reduce the frequency and intensity with which the authorities must intervene as lenders of last resort to avert systemic crises.
Dara, a counselor, is convinced that everyone is inescapably marked by childhood; she throws herself into romantic relationships with frightening intensity. The House on Fortune Street: Summary and book reviews of The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey.
But, rather like the public debate in the Assembly chambers, it did not have quite the same intensity.
Xylem and xylem parenchyma can be recognized in the centre of the taproot surrounded by a ring of meristematic tissue with very high intensity.
Hyperimmune responses, either at the initial immunisation challenge or in the amplification of immune response, can be observed in cellular mechanisms such as basophil degranulation, or at a molecular level, with changes in the levels of messengers such as leukotrienes; reduction of the intensity of these mechanisms are described in terms of molecular pharmacology, such as selective or nonselective inhibition of lipoxygenases. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
Student welfare officers became concerned about the intensity of Life at oxford University, and in todays report they urge immediate action.
This has been going on for a week or so now, growing in intensity, and I reckon it'll reach a peak tomorrow or the day after.
It starts to become more difficult for the low intensity peaks, those with low signal-to-noise ratios, or those with a different elution profile e.g. peak tailing. Recovering full mass spectra from GC-MS data
This friend - who in an ironic twist of fate, appears in the film not as a gambler, but as the casino manager - would sneak down to the casino, after hours, and start playing with feverous intensity.
You were supposed to read it once and then remember it, as if you were an eidetic reader who recalled every single word with equal intensity.
_merit-thermometer_, a sort of _Aeolian-harp-test_; in the flat parts his voice was unimpassioned, but if the gust of genius swept over the wires, his tones rose in intensity, till his own energy of feeling and expression kindled in others a sympathetic impulse, which the dull were forced to feel, whilst his animated recitations threw fresh meaning into the minds of the more discerning. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
The opposing magnetic intensity that must be applied to a magnetized material to residual magnetism.
Data on gender differences in self-reported emotional intensity and expressivity are conflicting.
The players were subdued, passes went astray, and the game lost any intensity.
The ballade, full of dramatic intensity, mainly inspired by Polish epic poems, was a new musical form invented by Chopin. Chopin's 'Soul and Heart'
The Environment Agency's rain level gauges around the region confirmed the intensity of the downpour.
He has deemed himself a failure and largely abandoned literature, but Jed's portrait of him captures his bygone intensity—"he appears to be in a trance, possessed by a fury that some have not hesitated to describe as demoniac. Reflections on Self-Regard
The effort has revolved around the shut-down of outdated capacity, differential pricing policies, limits to “high energy intensity, high pollution” projects, an increase in inspections to enforce energy efficiency standards, and so on (Chinese). Alex Wang: What to Make of China's Efforts to Meet Its Energy Intensity Targets
The piece is illustrated with images that demonstrate the austere intensity of his work since then, exquisite abstract interiors and still lifes executed in his preferred palette of white, grey, light ochre and sienna.
as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain
That isolation along with a lack of funding for extensive aerial and ground surveys translate to light monitoring - nothing near the scale and intensity aimed at ducks.
The fireballs grow in intensity until the sky is a curtain of drizzling flame bursts.
An activated word might be defined as any word placed in a context such that it takes on emotional intensity.
She deftly defeats those who dare challenge her with a relentless intensity.
He went to his room-to his oak desk, comfortable chair, and his high-intensity study lamp.
Alan sings with shy intensity, hiding behind the security blanket of his guitar.
Greaves achieves considerable intensity on this tiny scale through his mastery of infinitely subtle tonal gradations, often in black and brown or gray hues that evoke the palette of old photographs.
Intensity of feeling, passionate belief, and utter commitment to the behavior therapist are rare.
So the primary options for its meaning here are either adverbial intensity or some kind of conjunctive use, since it is unlikely introducing the rare rhetorical question. Solomon’s Song of Love
Your order for 1200 Genome Intensity Emitter vents and 1500 DNA compressors have been received and are being manufactured.
At least Bardem acknowledges that he has a certain seductive intensity. People Magazine Proves What I Knew In My Heart To Be True: Javier Bardem is Hot! | Best Week Ever
The intimacy of the theatre-in-the-round contributes to the evening's startling intensity. Times, Sunday Times
All of these reports focused heavily on the emotional intensity of Blair's speech.
It's not a particularly bright colour, nothing like the sunshine intensity of gorse, or a male brimstone's wings, not even as showy as the palest daffodil. Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk
Or we could diminish its intensity and power. Times, Sunday Times
With his not-quite-leading-man looks and sui generis intensity, Clarke gives you the sense that Wysocki's got more layers than a deep-dish pizza. Cheers & Jeers: The Chicago Firebrand
Liu's non-figurative paintings embody an extreme intensity which has become a trademark style of this talented painter.
However, it should be noted, rating of perceived exertion cannot be used to monitor training intensity, without educating the swimmers beforehand.
You might expect the music of this remarkable life to express a searing, protesting intensity.
And no other country has explored the painful parts of its history with such rigour and intensity. Times, Sunday Times
The 1999 is a peppery, luscious wine of considerable complexity and intensity.
There was really no point in pretending that she didn't desire him with equal intensity.
The only difference between these two cells was that in Lenard's cell the electrons were taken from the cathode by light, whereas on the "3-electrode lamp" the cathode is a white-hot filament capable of sending into the vacuum currents of much higher intensity. Philipp Lenard - Biography
The intensity of the autumn timetable has the ring to it of the World Cup knockout stage. Times, Sunday Times
The works often retain an astonishing degree of emotional intensity and chilling weirdness. Times, Sunday Times
But she invests the role with a fragile intensity as if she is experiencing a bad dream, and has one wonderful moment when her eyes gaze adoringly at her young son who has been strategically placed in the courtroom, wrote Michael Billington in a review in the Guardian. How Shameless stars came of age on West End stage
The final set was a virtuoso display of spin and slice, of movement and controlled intensity mixed with enormous mental and physical fitness. The Sun
These convey not only shadow but also heat, his suns gaining in intensity from a surrounding ring of black.
As one of the most promising light sources, white LED has many advantages, such as high luminous efficiency, high luminous intensity, long life period etc.
Over the washstand was a little black-framed water-colour drawing, depicting a large eye with an extremely fishlike intensity in the spark of light on the dark pupil; and in "illuminated" lettering beneath was printed very minutely, "Thou God Seest ME," followed by a long looped monogram, The Best British Short Stories of 1922
We've rarely seen him in such unheroic mode (at one point he even breaks down and weeps), though he does radiate the intensity of a desperate dad.
The total fluorescence intensity from tumor sites was less than that from noncancerous sites.
This is not in fact all echo, but sound amplified either in intensity or Length.
It was pianistically challenging to create the required intensity and expressionism, and thus colour and line were of utmost importance, as also an improvisatory element.
PUNE: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials in Pune have said that the city will continue to receive good rain for the next two days, but the intensity is likely to reduce thereafter. The Times of India
It was a shock to see the intensity of their feelings over a seemingly minor issue. Christianity Today
If one continues to look at it, one's sight becomes dazzled and dimmed, so it is preferable to look at its image in water and avoid a direct look at it, because the intensity of its rays is thereby reduced.
For the sake of computational intensity, the normal mode methods meet difficulties in the calculation of transmission loss fields at high frequencies.
Of course, this great need for all things me... was parallelled in intensity by my complete and overwhelming need to get my office hooked up. Phew!!
What do the high-intensity headlights, anti-lock brake systems, global positioning screens and trunk- or hood-mounted light switches on your car have in common?
Stone-faced, Garnett went through his warmups as if it were any other game in any other venue, with that trademark intensity smoldering from the moment he stepped on the court. USATODAY.com
He once thought that all this yearning would consume him in its searing intensity, until he could no longer bear the pain.
As intensity is the urgency in her work, form is the malleable substance.
They possess an intensity that feels almost surreal. Times, Sunday Times
They played with huge intensity and the quality of their tackling and blocking reflected the increase in work rate.
City needed to re-establish their control and impose their own rhythm and intensity on the game. Times, Sunday Times
(AP) - In a game that lacked much defensive intensity, the New Orleans Hornets produced a season-high points total Monday night in outgunning the Sacramento Kings. USATODAY.com - Basketball - New Orleans vs. Sacramento
And so the first thing I did when they storyboarded out the film was, I went through sequence-by-sequence, shot-by-shot, and I kind of charted what the emotional intensity was: What's the level of the conflict, the level of emotion in each shot? Q&A: Will All Movies Be 3-D in the Future?: Bruce Handy
You've allowed the passage of time to dim the intensity of the moment and your rational faculty to devalue what is no longer integral to your life.
The English term for eighth-notes gets it right with "quaver", since these and other notes can do exactly that when played with alternating intensity, and even, suggests Quantz, duration. CounterPunch
To test your own training intensity during cardio, say a few lines from a favorite song or poem.
This example shows meaty aromas with peppery spice and black fruit aromas of attractive intensity.
This wine is deep, bright ruby colour an opulent ripe, blackberry fruit intensity.
In the sensors, small acoustic vibrations or environmental strains induce frequency and intensity modulations.
For instance, there is a positive correlation between marital dissatisfaction and the reported intensity of premenstrual symptoms.
The intensity of electric field lines can be observed from this sketch map.
In general, the strain intensity is commonly considerably higher in the granodiorite dykes than in the tonalitic wall-rock gneisses, which probably reflects strain localization into the dykes.
The three classic Stooges remain so special mainly because they capture young soul in utter torment with an unflinching honesty and intensity. Times, Sunday Times
Every light inside the ship burst on at full intensity, the bright glare cruelly lighting the snow and lowering skies.
The onrushing prose and stabbing emotional intensity that are Oates 'greatest strengths imbue the volume with compulsive readability. Dear Husband by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary
Did you revel in Zuckerberg's intensity, passion, and joy in working so devotedly on one thing and being so stunningly good at it? Bella DePaulo: Facebook Movie: The Arrogance of Achievement vs. the Arrogance of Inheritance
I thus associate the compact world of the admirable hill-top, the world of a predominant golden-brown, with a general invocation of sensibility and fancy, and think of myself as going forth into the lingering light of summer evenings all attuned to intensity of the idea of compositional beauty, or in other words, freely speaking, to the question of colour, to intensity of picture. Italian Hours
A semiconductor diode in which the reverse current varies with the intensity of received light.
Our experiences vary in intensity, we have a perception of time passing so we have sequential experiences, we experience some synesthesia between senses, etc etc.
The wrestling could have been a washout as the rain reached comical proportions and just kept going, with the occasional long brattle of thunder thrown in, but a dense crowd gathered under brollies to watch competitions of the highest quality and intensity.
The sharp sensation in her midriff shocked her by its intensity.
They wrote with an intensity and a biting edge which was unusual in intellectual discourse hitherto.
Whether managers fully exploit the pocket of discretion thus created depends on the intensity of their own commitment to profit maximisation.
The intensity of the work left little room for personal grief or anxiety.
You do not have to exercise at a high intensity to get most health benefits.
There is no question that the dead trees greatly multiplied the speed and intensity of the San Bernardino fires.
That's more than twice that of an average high-intensity centerfire cartridge and more than enough to cause the damage seen here.
I dislike with intensity days like today, it was dull, overcast and intermittently pouring with rain and my mood was only marginally better.
A foot-candle is the intensity of light from a candle held one foot away or one lumen/sq. foot.
Start as softly as possible and gradually increase in intensity until most students indicate they can hear it.
Every inch of the canvas is worked to its ultimate conclusion, with the foreground and background given the same intensity of observation and attention.
The intensity with which fire burns and the speed with which it can destroy something is terrifying. Christianity Today
The pain is of severe intensity and lasts anywhere from 15 to 180 minutes.
The intensity of a thought or image largely determines the immediacy of the physical materialization.
Music is the aspirin of the aching body. Listening to music reduces chronic pain and the frequency, intensity and duration of migraine, and chronic headache. Dr T.P.Chia
Such things are no doubt very excellent, but they do not promote intensity of feeling, fervour of mind; and as art is in itself an outcry against the animality of human existence, it would be well that the life of the artist should be a practical protest against the so-called decencies of life; and he can best protest by frequenting a tavern and cutting his club. Confessions of a Young Man
We are not prepared enough to handle the intensity of that emanation.
The greater the fraction of atoms with that speed the greater the intensity of metal deposited at that place.
The destroyer will be a highly potent, multi-role platform capable of operations across the spectrum of tasks from peace support to high-intensity warfare.
A solid sophomore entry for a band born out of intensity, Sparta have made an iffy decision in veering off into a lighter direction.
Nonlinearity of the sweep circuit of streak camera distorts the time and intensity information of the streak image.
Nicknamed ‘The Bullet’ because of his speed and intensity, Adams is the wedge buster on the Eagles' kickoff teams.
It's there in Patti Smith's visionary diction and hortatory intensity. Beaternity
The intensity of his possessive attention is unchanged, but its quality is dramatically transformed. Trauma and Recovery
Mason's low, slightly strangulated voice is perfect for suggesting the thin-lipped intensity of his newly unpeeled anger.
Unlike the radiometer, this device enables a rough image of the subject to be constructed corresponding to a fixed illumination intensity.
I am not necessarily saying that your headaches will be cured, but they should be diminishing both in intensity and frequency. Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache
Flow controlled can be adjusted as per people's vital capacity and labor intensity.
Increase the intensity of the colour by dampening your brush slightly before applying to give an opaque finish. The Sun
The charity which we should thus bear to ourselves is the model of that which we owe to our neighbour, whom we are to love _as ourselves_, not with the same intensity, but with the same quality of love, wishing him the good, human and divine, temporal and eternal, which we wish for ourselves, though not so earnestly as we wish it for ourselves. Moral Philosophy
The apparent intensity of this backlash masks the real emptiness of such complaints.
It was thickly covered with milk chocolate, which increased the sickly sweetness of the ice-cream to a nauseous intensity.
The recursively increasing threshold method is first proposed. Then the method of contour integration region labeling and the design of intensity homogeneity segmentation criterion are presented.
Material: fitting the high intensity cold plate, the surface spray; Matt reflector using quality aluminum; Stall use of aluminum shafts starting grid.
No lyric poet has been her equal for the intensity and variety of subjective states dramatized.
Sprint intervals and high-intensity weight training are demanding - make sure you have your doctor's clearance before trying either technique.
The scowl of the opposing parties, the blanched cheeks, the knit brows, and the grinding teeth, not pretermitting the deadly gleams that shoot from their kindled eyes, are ornaments which a plain battle between factions cannot boast, but which, notwithstanding, are very suitable to the fierce and gloomy silence of that premeditated vengeance which burns with such intensity in the heart, and scorches up the vitals into such a thirst for blood. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
I winced in pain, so distracted by his intensity that I was deaf to the clunking of boots on the concrete floor.
The axial intensity distribution was calculated by integrating the region from 0.013 nm - 1 on either side of the meridional axis of the x-ray pattern.
A spare, sinewy ascetic, he gazes at the crucifix with an emotional intensity unseen in paintings of the early 1470s.
Miscellaneous fill low - intensity, high - compression, the uniformity of poor, the general also has collapsible water.
Intensity, anger, exuberance, easygoingness -- the fact that it all kind of happens together is a little weird, frankly. Hillary's Announcement Video — Promises Online Video Chats
Before beginning any pharmacologic treatment, the pattern, intensity, and cyclic nature of the patient's migraine must be clarified.
The same Pew Research Center survey found - tut-tut - a surge in the intensity of partisan feelings also turned up a decline in cynicism about government.
He can feel about two-thirds of the normal sensation of being touched and half of the usual intensity of pinpricks.
With high-intensity-discharge lamps, electronic ballasts are just becoming common.
People who know me will know the general drift of my thoughts and the intensity of my feelings on disasters, whether they be personal, natural or man-made.
The results indicated that the intensity ratio of beta-ray I/T0 was consistent with the resin content value.
By monitoring of intensity of EM radiation for TV Broadcasting in Jinan city this paper proposed a evaluation conclusion and a distributive law of space and time.
However, what is actually measured is the intensity of the beam after it has passed through the flame.
Through these outcomes we can observe that the migrainous subjects with no visual afference show a higher pain intensity during the migraine crises comparing to those subjects with no visual handicap.
The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks.
Consider the physiologist's intuition that an increased neuronal firing frequency explains increased intensity of experience.
The photometric signal - to - noise ratio is roughly proportional to the square root of the signal intensity.
Analysis was complicated by perfect hemihedral twinning, which was masked in intensity statistics by pseudocentering.
To intensify the dark shade on the outer corner, take your grey eyeshadow and apply to the lower lid, keeping the intensity at the outer corner. The Sun
Those attacks may increase, both in frequency and intensity.
In the first half we had the right intensity. Times, Sunday Times
The whole set-up, the diabetes, and the sledgehammer violence were all played in a way that's atypical of what I expect in a mainstream film, feeling much more like a fringe flick in the greasy intensity of it all.
It's a moderate-intensity workout that challenges your body without overtaxing it, so you improve your mood while increasing your confidence.
For the entire ride, those same questions whirled through his head with mind-numbing intensity.
The cast are superb and bring together the right mix of intensity and intelligence. The Sun
We then calculated the residuals, the difference between each interval's extinction intensity and its lowest smoothed value.
The evolvement of echo during the formation of hail storm and the relation of echo intensity with its height are analyzed by use of echo data. of the 711 rain radar.
It's a little disconcerting hearing the wide-eyed troubadour so distraught, but if it's any consolation, the emotional intensity of his folksy confessionals and heartfelt power-pop nuggets have been jacked up considerably.
Momentum is a physical quantity measuring the intensity of the mechanical motion of a material body.
Improved power structure distribution led to enhanced intensity of flow field and higher separation efficiency.
Genuine panaritia only spring up in psoric ground, and in regard to extent and intensity of development, depend altogether upon the existing psoric taint. Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent
Rainfall erosivity is the result of the kinetic energy in raindrops striking the soil; the amount of kinetic energy increases with rainfall intensity; it leads to soil compaction and demolition of aggregates. 2.1. Factors in rainfall erosion
They emerged on stage bathed in a hellish red glow and launched into a set astonishing in its ferociousness and intensity.
Although you are speaking before the National Football League's 2011 season kick off between the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints, the pressure and intensity is more akin to the fútbol moment weary fans are only too familiar with: the nail biting end when the hard-fought soccer championship between teams tied in skill and public support hinges on a postgame penalty shoot-out. Viviana Hurtado: Open Letter to Barack Obama: Mr. President, Three Plays to Score a Jobs Golazo
The electron emission film can restrict the field intensity to a low level when it causes an emission current to flow, and has a uniform electron emission characteristic.
Holly was inspecting the wooden dowel on the staircase with the intensity of an archaeologist with a shard.
There was the intensity and energy and creativity that was going on, that was the slot for that. Times, Sunday Times
Each of the songs on Layla is charged with emotional intensity and passion.
Seldom before had music possessed such hyper-sensitivity, such visceral intensity, such manic-depressive immediacy.
With his compact body and leonine looks, hair brushed back like a mane, Adam Hendrickson at 19 looks a little like the young Jean Babilee, and even dances with much of the intensity of the great French dancer.
A washy monochrome, its broad rectangles of turpentine-thinned burnt sienna lack not only the powerful materiality of the other paintings, but the intensity of fully saturated color as well.
Most hot flashes are mild to moderate in intensity and usually abate over time without therapy.
Are they necessary or would you recommend a new high intensity tube in its place?
Low-intensity agricultural system based on fishing and fowling was replaced by a high-intensity system based on arable crops.
The sun beat down with fierce intensity.
Brad noted that Rimov was staring at the intensity slide visible on the breechblock of his sheathed weapon. The Universe — or Nothing
We love the frisson and the excitement of those feelings, the near hysteria and the intensity. Times, Sunday Times
With the increasing of elasticity of fluid, the turbulence in shrink hole comes into being, whose intensity is in direct proportion to elasticity.
Her headaches started to increase in intensity.
And what's fascinating about this love story, if you will, is that the intensity of that honeymoon stage never seemed to dissipate, which is very unusual, when you think about it. CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2007
Despite the stable temperature at present, the intensity of the radiation makes it difficult for human beings to work here. Times, Sunday Times
Intensity of the job has increased and so has the number of patients going through the system.
Reductions in the intensity of conditioning regimens for allografts will improve safety and increase applicability.
He's ditched the Mother Bates outfit for jeans and a crewneck body-hugging sweater, but at over six feet of coiled spring intensity, he is still extremely prepossessing.
‘Meaty’ aromas of plum with spiced wood and minty scents deliver dense plum fruit flavours and festive-spiced wood backing with a great intensity and length.
Singletary's intensity still there; 49ers 'players left with' chills '- USATODAY. com Singletary's intensity still there; 49ers' players left with 'chills'
A major factor with significant explanatory power for both participation and intensity is the leisure orientation of the consumer.

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