Sentence examples for heightened a sense from inspiring English sources

The news of the sniper's cutting down another victim amid life's routine heightened a sense of torment, of being lethally toyed with, that has spread across the region since the shootings began last week.

Moreover the Wall Street bail-out has heightened a sense of populist antipathy - at this stage class consciousness sounds overambitious - towards the inept, wealthy stewards of the American economy.

The official maneuvers heightened a sense that the decision, now set for June 9, will represent a pivotal choice for this nation, whose relations with its major European partners are still bruised by Mr. Blair's support for the American-led war in Iraq.

Perhaps the daunting climate and the constant attacks by those who originally lived on this land heightened a sense that the world was a hostile place that had be wrestled into submission, that justice was rough or not at all, that violence was the answer, that when the chips came down you were on your own as well.

As Iran's activities in Iraq raise questions about the expansion of its influence in the country, which was already established, the prominent part played by Suleimani has heightened a sense of unease among US officials.

It heightened a sense of fatalism, dejection, worries, agitation and apprehension, hence need for supportive post-screening counseling.

His falsetto is affecting, its imperfections heightening a sense of torchy anguish.

That warning, though, seemed to heighten a sense among some Americans in Moscow that the perils had been overstated.

The effect was to heighten a sense of awe and mystery about the newspaper, creating an illusion that the institution, not talented journalists, was responsible for its achievements.

In order to heighten a sense of urgency, its representatives exaggerated the notion of imminent threat by twisting information on weapons of mass destruction and by encouraging a direct connection, in the public's mind, between Saddam and September 11th.

Not that this is a bad thing: the excellent follow up to 2011's Days is caught between a blissed-out Byrdsy summer of love and Deerhunter's gawky awkwardness, while shimmering slacker guitars heighten a sense of nostalgia.