Sentence examples for but heighten from inspiring English sources

In fact, almost getting hit by a car while scampering back to mine did nothing but heighten my sense of triumph and spur me on to even greater savings that day (a dollar off some crackers and another dollar off some cereal at my local market).

Speaking about character development in Meet the Parents, director Jay Roach stated that he wanted an opportunity to "do character-driven comedy" and "to create realistic characters, but heighten the comedic situations and predicaments".

"But heightened security will push people-smuggling only deeper underground.

As with great puppetry, their presence doesn't distract but heightens both interest and emotion.

What happened in Newtown was a tragedy, but heightening gun restrictions is not the right response.

But heightened self-consciousness about usage is the enemy of vigor.

But heightened political spending and other forms of political participation are an expected consequence of our more active government.

Mr. Clinton's remarks were delivered in an even tone but heightened the tension between the Obama and Clinton camps.

Their dominant commercial relations have been with Japan, but heightened tensions between China and Japan in the past couple of years have got in the way.

The airline was also plagued with smaller mishaps on domestic flights that cost no lives but heightened worries about the company and its future.

General Hirsch, leading a border tour for journalists through closed military zones on Thursday, said troops have not only multiplied across the Golan, but heightened their levels of alert.