Sentence examples for heightened in a from inspiring English sources

The acrimony over the case has been heightened in a small town where relationships often stretch back decades.

All the colors in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's adaptation are heightened in a magical-realism way that suggests the effects of absinthe.

But the way Ms. Lynch sees it, the awkwardness of being a child trying to fit in is heightened in a place like Larchmont.

Those risks are heightened in a very particular way with my client's medical condition, but they exist anyway for all prisoners," she said.

When you read Lorrie Moore you find reality ever so slightly skewed, and more than slightly heightened, in a semi-dystopian wonderland.

He recalled a visit to Paris in 1992 when he pleaded the case for British specialist cheese producers – and said that more than two decades on, his concerns were only heightened in a world of genetically modified produce.

These feelings are easily heightened in an environment full of intelligent, ambitious people who are constantly reminded to sell themselves.

They were heightened in 1999 when Michael received a letter alluding to a "traditional Christmas dinner," an inside joke between the siblings, and claiming that Andy was still alive and raising a daughter.

As Downie and MacNaughton have outlined, bioethics had, and continues to have, obvious allure to philosophers looking to tackle substantive issues and play a role in shaping their culture; and its appeal is heightened in an increasingly competitive funding climate, where research councils prioritize practical relevance (2007, p. 32).

The drama is heightened in "murmurs," a 2009 piece which closed the Miller concert: nine players were distributed throughout the auditorium, some unseen, so that you could never be sure if oboe-ish keening actually came from an oboe.

The sense of isolation and hostility heightened in 1983 when a group of Muslim extremists bombed a Rajneesh-held hotel in Portland, Oregon.