Sentence examples for attempt to heighten from inspiring English sources

It fits uneasily, however, with the production's attempt to heighten the story's spooky sensationalism.

Rumors began to spread that Johnson was interested in relocating the team to New York City, in an attempt to heighten the AL's competition with the NL.

The letter is widely believed to have been a hoax, and may have been written by journalists in an attempt to heighten interest in the story and increase their newspaper's circulation.

August 2006, a group of local artists subsequently known as "We Are Society" and patronised by Para/Site member Kith Tsang Tak-ping started carrying out shows and setting up installations on the premises of the Star Ferry Pier in an attempt to heighten people's awareness.

In an attempt to heighten the stakes, Ms. Wampole argued that our ironic culture has led to a vacuum that could be filled by "something hazardous" like a fundamentalist dictator, as if Weimar Germany had been dominated by teenagers carrying German Spirits and portable gramophones.

They don't smudge its beauty; in fact, his attempts to heighten the show's realism only enhance it.

What had started as a covert operation became overt as Mexican forces attempted to heighten the pressure on Chapo.

It is unpardonable and dangerous for any politician to attempt to secretly heighten racial tensions and then claim credit for quelling them.

Glass was found when attempts were made to heighten the attractiveness of beads made of other materials.

The European Central Bank pumped more than €200bn (£166bn) into the system in a desperate attempt to thaw the freeze, but that only served to heighten the panic and world markets went into freefall.

The other was an attempt to fashion a sort of theatrical presentation, with dramatic lighting intended to heighten mood.