Sentence examples for heightened charge from inspiring English sources

To remedy that injustice by trying a black student as an adult, under the heightened charge of attempted murder, fails to appreciate both the impact of the hateful Ku Klux Klan-like noose, and the chilling racist message that the asymmetric prosecution communicates to the community.

The distrust has been heightened by charges from American officials, including General Petraeus and Mr. Holbrooke, that Pakistan's spy agency is still supporting the Islamic militants who pour over the border to fight American troops in Afghanistan.

The charges heightened tensions in an already fraught relationship between Iran and the United States.

The arrest of a TNK-BP employee on espionage charges heightened such suspicions.But this neat picture has just been dispelled by Robert Dudley, the boss of TNK-BP, who blames BP's recent troubles on its Russian partners.

The 390-to-33 vote on the landmark civil rights act capped a day of impassioned debate that heightened the politically charged atmosphere surrounding race and ethnicity, already aggravated by the recent fight in Congress over immigration.

Such carnal physicality and charged emotion, heightened by chiaroscuro lighting delineating figures that emerge from darkness, came to define Caravaggio's oeuvre.

Critics, however, see heightened usage of ethnically charged terms as an attempt to detoxify them — as well as the racist notions they once represented.

Renamo never accepted the results of the election, accusing Frelimo of widespread fraud, and the charges have heightened the inherent tension between the old enemies.

The charges also heightened concerns about conflict at a time when Haiti is struggling to pick itself up after the earthquake a year ago and to reach a peaceful resolution to November's contested presidential election.

Some dealers also took advantage of heightened demand for Harleys to charge more, a move that may have done long-lasting harm.

"Everything that Brad and I have done has a lot of emotion and charge and feels very heightened," he says.