Sentence examples for has heightened tensions from inspiring English sources
Trump's visit has heightened tensions within the Conservative Party.
Although Spain has regularly challenged Britain's 300-year-old control of Gibraltar, the territory's decision to build the reef has heightened tensions considerably.
The clash has heightened tensions between Chad and Sudan, threatening to pull the two neighbors deeper into each other's vexing problems.
Damage to the 180ft Osprey 55-class vessel was described as slight but the episode has heightened tensions in the Aegean following weeks of provocations.
In his recent speeches, Mr. Erdogan, who has been accused of pursuing a sectarian policy in the region by pushing a Sunni agenda, has heightened tensions.
The growing presence in northwestern Pakistan of Al Qaeda and the Taliban, which are overwhelmingly Sunni, has heightened tensions with the minority Shiites.
The growing stridency of the front, which supports Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, and bridles at Jordan's 16-year-old peace treaty with Israel, has heightened tension with the Hashemites.
The civil war has heightened tension in Lebanon and shaken the nation's fragile, multi-sectarian governing structure.
The divisions have heightened tensions among Bay Area Jews.
The protests and crackdown appear to have heightened tensions in Bahrain.
