Fear heightens our suspicions -- of people, packages, places.
There were initially fears, heightened by cold war tensions, that the blackout was an act of foul play, but The Times reported that utility officials had soon "pretty well agreed upon the belief that there is substantially no chance of sabotage".
It was later in that decade when the company turned a deaf ear to what its scientists were saying, presumably because it feared heightened awareness about climate change could lead to government controls on carbon emissions.
If talks over a future Palestinian state fail to resume, if the United States Congress cuts off aid to the Palestinian Authority because of its United Nations bid and if fears heighten of growing Hamas influence, those security forces may shift their focus.
As fears heighten, President Donald Trump is reportedly mulling a boycott of Huawei and ZTE this year, according to Reuters.
As public fear heightens and the government intervenes to control the outbreak, Logan struggles to reform his life and remain with Jack.
According to Buffy essayist Patrick Shade, Tara's and Olivia's fear "heighten(s) our sense of vulnerability and so make these scenes more frightening".
Excessive bleeding was a major concern and this fear was heightened if the procedure was to be performed by a traditional circumciser outside the hospital setting (Bailey et al., 2002; Lukobo & Bailey, Submitted; Ngalande et al., 2006).
Some investors, however, fear that heightened tensions over the weekend while markets are closed could further damage their investments.
