Sentence examples for heightened enough from inspiring English sources

The tinge of fairytale mysticism is not heightened enough to sit comfortably within the meat-and-potatoes naturalistic format.

Her clothes mark her out as a prostitute, but the dialogue is heightened enough to make this feel like more than a pick-up.

It might so easily seem preposterous, and Orla O'Loughlin's production isn't quite heightened enough to give this the unworldly, almost mythic edge that it needs to sidestep that accusation, although Fred Meller's design and Michael John McCarthy's sound both suggest something ancient and elemental.

And shockingly for Mr. DeLillo, some of the details -- like the proliferation of white limos like Eric's that swarm the city's street -- feel strained, neither heightened and odd enough to create a satiric portrait of New York nor dead-on accurate enough to capture a real moment in time.

The dialogue is just heightened and sententious enough, just sufficiently rhetorical, to convey the grave moment of ideas in conflict and the grand mortal results of that dialectical clash — the making of a villain and the unmaking of a republic.

Barney Frank, the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee and one of the chief architects of the new rules, said he did not believe life insurers and mutual-fund companies were risky enough to require heightened supervision.

Last summer, her pleasure there was heightened by Annie, who was old enough to do a bit of mountain hiking.

Over all, fourth-quarter earnings are expected to rise 20percentt, but that may not be enough to match investors' heightened expectations.

Of course, the enchantment is heightened when those listening are old enough to appreciate the tales — in this case they are; the small audience consists of show producers and writers.

Schalke vs. Bayern Munich A big enough match in its own right, heightened by the fact that this is the first time goalkeeper Manuel Neuer returns to Schalke after forcing his sale to "the best club in Germany" in June.

And here he can, if he's a good enough composer, heighten its emotional impact.