The phrase "heightened controversy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when discussing a situation in which there is greater, increased, or elevated public disagreement or debate. For example: "The proposed law change has created a heightened controversy among members of the community."
And it came not only amid heightened controversy over the death penalty, but also at a time when Mr. Bush's presidential candidacy faces challenges in reaching voters in the political center.
Poppe says there is unease within the company over a proposed tour to Russia, given the heightened controversy over the oppression of gays under the current regime.
The Italians' new evidence about the krater's origins emerges at a time of heightened controversy over the ethics of antiquities acquisitions, with Italy, Greece and other source countries pressing claims for the return of rare items they say were illegally removed.
But protests from advocates for animal rights and concerns that giving humans animal organs could unleash another AIDS virus have heightened the controversy over cross-species transplants.
Michael Patrick King, who created the series with Whitney Cummings, heightened the controversy over the show last year when he told a group of TV reporters that he had latitude to make fun of "outsiders" because he is gay.
However, regulatory approval for DrotAA was controversial [ 3, 4], and the recently published Administration of Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) in Early Stage Severe Sepsis (ADDRESS) trial [ 5] has heightened this controversy.
On Sunday Ernie Els became the third major winner out of the last four to use a long putter, heightening controversy over the unorthodox club.
Heightening the controversy is the fact that everything about these strikes outside war zones including, until recently, their occurrence is secret.
Heightening the controversy have been persistent charges that the new majority is controlled by Vincent and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Roosevelt Dorn, a longtime political figure in the city and uncle of board member Dorn.
In addition, undue generalisation in research has contributed to heightening the controversy.
