Sentence examples for an escalating sense from inspiring English sources

I read this little book with an escalating sense of anxiety.

But once Chuck is aboard a FedEx plane flying over the Pacific, an escalating sense of dread takes over as the aircraft gives a warning shudder.

We have long speeches from the prime minister of Israel, from the ayatollah, an escalating sense of panic as the environmental catastrophe unravels into a political crisis.

Nancy Roman, who had taken over the food bank's top slot after finishing up a stint with the United Nations, read the note with an escalating sense of alarm.

The ambiguity of context in Internet communication can often be perceived as a threatening situation, and the flight-or-fight attitude is triggered, resulting in an escalating sense of offense as a form of defense.

So there it all is: a room, a child and an adult thrown into claustrophobic proximity, not to mention an escalating sense of manipulation, jeopardy and possibly abuse.

The significance of Catholicism in this novel could be explained, apart from any escalating sense of mortality in the author, by a desire to capture every significant aspect of Italy in one storyline.

One thing is certain: whoever and ordered this attack, and for whatever reason, it will feed into a dangerously escalating sense of conflict enveloping the wider region, and that is very frightening indeed.

A relentless and escalating sense of dread prevails over the film, as the horror keeps closing in.

Without doubt, one of the hallmarks of the era of Sightings has been a pervasive and escalating sense of crisis.

Her rough, untutored camerawork has an ugliness and urgency that only add to the escalating sense of chaos and unease.