Sentence examples for disaster was heightened from inspiring English sources

The sense of disaster was heightened by the fact that on the same day 18 British soldiers, 16 of them paratroopers, died in an IRA bombing operation on the border.

Mr. Trenkler's narrow escapes from disaster were heightened by pantomimic gestures and droll facial expressions.

Interest in the disaster is heightened by the fact that many veterans of the Civil War who had been attending a convention at Rochester were on the train, and it is feared that many of them are among the victims.

The festive atmosphere was heightened by the whiff of potential disaster that wafted in the air.

The controversy around it was heightened when a report into the disaster by Lord Cullen judged that the operator Occidental Petroleum had used inadequate maintenance and safety procedures.

Everything was heightened.

Attention was heightened by terrorist threats.

Their sense of impending disaster was greatly heightened by two close calls.

Delivery of maternal and reproductive health is patchy and the risk of sexual assault and abuse is heightened following disaster.

In addition to a high exposition to extreme events, impacts in SSA are heightened by weak disaster risk management capacities, and a high vulnerability among the population (Hellmuth et al. 2007).

The scrutiny of health and safety of personnel working in underground coal mines is heightened because of fatalities and disasters that occur every year worldwide.