"escalated tension" is an appropriate phrase for use in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation in which an increase in tension, hostility, or disagreement has occurred. For example, "The publication of a controversial political article escalated tension between the two countries."
But it overused sideline and booth shots of assistant coaches, which seldom escalated tension.
The distortion of Butler's bass introduced NIB, which Iommi then joined for a funky blues duel; later, for Dirty Women, Iommi escalated tension through a three-note pattern that Butler answered.
The North's leader Kim Jong-Un has declared a "quasi-state of war" in front-line areas and set an ultimatum for Seoul to halt its broadcasts after an exchange of artillery fire on Thursday that claimed no casualties but further escalated tension.
The Morton County Sherriff's Department, who has been proven to repeatedly engage in unreasonable use of force and has only escalated tension in the area, are now federal actors".
The episode, which killed the two-man crew, escalated tensions between the neighbors.
Fiery rhetoric from both sides has escalated tensions over the past month.
North Korea then further escalated tensions by reprocessing spent nuclear fuel for weapons and declaring that it was enriching uranium.
The episode escalated tensions between the United States and Spain and contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War two months later.
The excessive use of force by riot police has escalated tensions.
But since then, reactions to her gender and her liberal church have escalated tensions in the already fractious Anglican Communion.
Other powers in the region have watched the escalating tension and searing rhetoric with alarm.
