Sentence examples for heightened cold from inspiring English sources

The Trident programme was first developed at a time of heightened Cold War tensions.

There were initially fears, heightened by cold war tensions, that the blackout was an act of foul play, but The Times reported that utility officials had soon "pretty well agreed upon the belief that there is substantially no chance of sabotage".

The leaden clouds, bracing breeze and brief snow flurry that seemed unfitting for a mid-April day only heightened the Cold War chill.

Outside, the cold heightened my panic.

In the rodent model of neuropathic pain, there is a heightened response to cold stimuli usually generated by evaporation of a drop of acetone to the paw [ Fig. 2(B,C) bottom].

As the Cold War heightened, Toronto's Slavic studies program evolved into an important institution on Soviet politics and economics, financed by the Rockefeller, Ford and Mellon foundations.

East-West confrontation during the cold war only heightened the sense of Russia as the alien "other".

The illnesses among the American diplomats stationed in Havana heightened tensions between the old Cold War foes.

Cold war politics, which heightened suspicion of foreigners, complicated matters.

Since late last year, members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have been ratcheting up output as anxiety over a war with Iraq, heightened United States demand during an unusually cold winter and interrupted Venezuelan production pushed oil prices steadily higher.

"The cold can contribute to heightened levels of respiratory illness - particularly among the elderly and those with long terms conditions.