Sentence examples for attempts to heighten from inspiring English sources
They don't smudge its beauty; in fact, his attempts to heighten the show's realism only enhance it.
Perhaps the NSA is wary of inadvertently spawning a new generation of computer criminals as it attempts to heighten children's interest in cryptography.
It fits uneasily, however, with the production's attempt to heighten the story's spooky sensationalism.
What had started as a covert operation became overt as Mexican forces attempted to heighten the pressure on Chapo.
Formula 1 is to award double points at the final race of the season from 2014 in an attempt to heighten interest in the World Championship.
However, unionists have criticised the taoiseach's language, with the Ulster Unionist Party leader telling the News Letter it was "at worst a deliberate attempt to heighten tensions".
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.
