The phrase "a general heightening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an overall increase or intensification in a particular context, such as emotions, awareness, or conditions.
Example: "The recent events have led to a general heightening of public concern regarding safety."
Alternatives: "an overall increase" or "a broad intensification".
I find, too, that there is a general heightening of diction — "attacked" for "went in," "swoops" for "goes," "countless" for "many," "battalion" for "rank" — and a loss of some fine points ("fury" misses the fact that Homer's thespesioi homadoi, "with an inhuman din" is meant to evoke a sound).
There is no single answer, he says, but many: a mix of chronic stomach pains, never diagnosed and for which Cobain started "self-medicating" with heroin; a shattering of his childhood idyll when his parents divorced; a general, heightened sense of shame; the unexpected pressures of fame; punk guilt for bringing alternative music to the charts; drugs.
Nothing suggests that Republican officials, or anyone else, will be able to exert control over Mr. Paladino in a general election, heightening fears that a man famous for calling the Assembly speaker the "Antichrist," for forwarding sexually explicit e-mails and for occasionally mangling the English language could implode under the scrutiny of the campaign trail.
Although never substantiated and was brushed off by local officials as a spurious hoax, the "purge" showed up in a leaked FBI warning reportedly issued to Louisiana law enforcement as a sign of general heightened danger to them over the weekend.
In general, heightened locomotor activity would facilitate escape behaviors [1].
Given the evidence for CGRP in migraine and potential roles for other hypothalamic peptides, it seems likely that altered neuropeptide actions may be a general theme underlying the heightened sensory state of migraine.
For individuals who experienced pleasure, peripheral skin surface temperature demonstrated a general decrease as participants experienced heightened pleasure states.
Even allowing for the heightened emotions of a general election campaign, Erdoğan's extreme behaviour has served to intensify doubts about his reliability and dependability both within Turkey and beyond.
According to psychophysiologist Stephen LaBerge experimenting with lucid dreaming can help cultivate heightened awareness and a general sense of well being.
This could suggest that those participants who have a general propensity for experiencing positive affect showed a heightened negative response to more unexpected loss feedback.
Obese children are at increased risk for OSA, but are also at increased risk for cardiovascular changes that might heighten their risk of undergoing a general anesthetic.
