Sentence examples for had a heightened from inspiring English sources

Everything on Bali, especially dealing with expatriates, had a heightened, manic intensity.

The baby's birth had a heightened dramatic potential, which her ordinariness had somehow quelled.

She had a heightened, almost feverish presence that seemed tantalizingly at odds with the naturalism of film.

This demonstrated her range because, where Leigh's work demanded hyperrealistic acting (as The Royle Family also later did), Tinniswood's scripts had a heightened, surrealist streak.

Phelps had a heightened and detailed awareness of his body in water — how it moved, how it balanced, what helped him go fast and what hindered the effort.

Neither Bonds nor Johnson had a heightened social consciousness, but each possessed a ferocious sense of independence and entitlement and refused to be limited by social convention about how a champion was supposed to behave.

"You have to have a heightened confidence to play that way," Billups added.

"I do believe I have a heightened sense because of this unusual experience this week," he said.

In this show, the colors have a heightened theatrical air — more Maria Callas, less Billie Holiday.

Adolescents seek social engagement and interaction with their peers and they have a heightened response to emotion.

"The thing I've noticed is that if the audience is drawn in to a drama, they have a heightened experience," Ms. Freeman said.