Sentence examples for escalating matters from inspiring English sources

A few months later, Facebook banned Google Friend Connect (a part of OpenSocial), further escalating matters.

Fortunately, my not-so-British companion escalated matters to "Shhh!".

That compelled Mr. Obama to escalate matters further on Wednesday, making recess appointments even though the Senate was technically not in recess.

Others suspect that, on the contrary, his harder-line rivals are hoping to escalate matters so that even he, Iran's arch deal-maker, cannot find a solution.

"However, the safety of children should not be compromised and it is the duty of all professionals to escalate matters if there they have specific serious concerns about the safety of children and young people".

The latest spat between the two men, however, appeared to escalate matters.

If there's a sympathetic character on that stretch of road, it's Robles, if only because he didn't escalate matters as everyone around him was doing.

To say my wife was both livid and disrespected is an understatement, but she also did not want to escalate matters since someone who demonstrated such inappropriate and erratic behavior was unpredictable in what else she might do.

Iran has ostensibly taken the decision to neither escalate matters within Lebanon nor with Israel through the Lebanese gateway.

It's better to discuss the matter in private, so feelings of shame and embarrassment don't escalate the matter to a breaking point.

His lawyer, George J. Terwilliger III, took issue with the decision by the department to "escalate the matter" by continuing the investigation.