Sentence examples for by heightening from inspiring English sources

That approach, they have argued, has backfired by heightening insecurity in Afghanistan.

Dr. Tracy and other experts speculate that infections may play only an indirect role, by heightening the body's inflammatory response.

Center-right opposition leaders fiercely criticized the action as both a violation of Austrian sovereignty and a tactical misstep that would backfire by heightening Mr. Haider's popularity.

By heightening the tension at the moment that Seoul and Beijing are trying to resolve it, Trump succeeded only in isolating himself.

This way of thinking almost always reinforces curbs on women's freedoms, by heightening the idea that a woman's honor — rather than her well-being — must be safeguarded, because she is someone else's possession.

Under pressure from the US, Mexico has attempted to stem these flows by heightening border security in the south of the country through its southern border plan, launched in mid-2014.

Islamic State has been highly successful in rejuvenating jihadism for a broader global audiences, facilitated by heightened tech-savviness.

"The context in which they were made had not been marked by heightened tensions or special historical overtones in Switzerland," the ruling said.

Narcolepsy leaves sufferers sleepy and prone to sudden collapses, often brought on by heightened emotions.

Those who contest the constitutionality of laws discriminating against gays and lesbians maintain that such discrimination satisfies these criteria and therefore must be tested by heightened scrutiny.

This stress was alluded to by heightened circulating levels of the well known advanced glycation end-product, pentosidine.