Sentence examples for further heightening from inspiring English sources

Further heightening tensions was a government clampdown on personal liberties in Kashmir after the execution.

Thirteen staff from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, including the editor-in-chief, were detained on Monday, further heightening strains in Turkish society.

The South Korean navy has fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat, further heightening tensions already raised after Pyongyang's launch of a long-range rocket over the weekend.

According to the Pentagon, two Chinese fighters last month conducted an "unsafe" intercept of a US spy plane in international air space over the South China Sea, further heightening tensions in the strategically vital waters.

The White House said President Bush had called the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, after the predawn airstrike and urged him to avoid further heightening tensions in the region.

Israel announced today that seven Arabs with Israeli citizenship had been arrested for assisting a suicide bomber, further heightening apprehensions that Israeli Arabs were increasingly joining in the violent tactics of the Palestinians.

Competition is further heightened because applicants are increasingly qualified.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in his Senate testimony, further heightened the week's surreality.

approves their petition, a move sure to further heighten trans-Atlantic trade tensions.

To further heighten the burning glow, I surround the plants with pots of white chrysanthemums.

The precautions Mr. Giuliani had installed were then further heightened in the aftermath of Sept. 11.