The phrase "air heightened" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in a poetic or metaphorical context to describe an atmosphere that feels more intense or charged, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "As the storm approached, the air heightened with anticipation, making everyone feel on edge."
Alternatives: "tension in the air" or "charged atmosphere".
There was a biting chill in the air that heightened the earthy, sour scent of leaves decomposing.
He has suffered from alopecia - hair loss - since childhood, and his otherworldly air is heightened by an eerie lack of eyebrows.
Pearson gives us grim human behaviour aplenty, but offsets it with toe-curlingly black comedy and an air of heightened weirdness.
Cross-fostered pups showed significantly more ultrasonic vocalizations, more pronounced hyperventilatory responses (larger tidal volume and minute volume increments) to CO2-enriched air and heightened aversion towards CO2-enriched environments, than normally-reared individuals.
I think it's the thinness of the air that heightens your reactions — and not just to comedy, either.
During my first try, with a bass fillet, the bag exploded; when water boils and becomes steam, it expands in volume by a factor of 1,600 (Mr. Myhrvold explained that one liter of water becomes 1,600 liters of steam), so excess air will heighten the risk of popping.
Therefore, it appears reasonable that moisture within the air can heighten the olfactory senses of predators because of increased scent released by the bird.
The authors found that exposure to moderate/high concentrations of negative air ions significantly heightened aggression among subjects classified as Type A, but not Type B. In addition, the authors reported that negative air ionization produced positive shifts in mood when not provoked by an accomplice, but negative shifts in mood when incited.
There's a gilded air to Ansari, heightened by the purring mechanics of a show, called Buried Alive, that he has been performing since last summer.
On Tuesday, fears of air travel were heightened when news reports showed an American Airlines jet from Tokyo being quarantined in San Jose, Calif., after several passengers said they felt ill.
