Sentence examples for heightens the stakes from inspiring English sources
North Carolina's current status as a swing state heightens the stakes.
In addition to drama compelling the reader forward, it condenses time (compression), heightens the stakes, and moves pel mel toward resolution.
It also obviously heightens the stakes of a dom/sub relationship, with a master or mistress able to punish their sub by denying them not just sex but the ability to orgasm.
That has nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with politics: a lack of competitive House seats, which only heightens the stakes in the fight for control of the Senate, where the Democratic edge is marginal at best.
Heightening the stakes, some industry analysts say Verizon sees the weak economy as a prime opportunity to chop union costs.
The fragile state of the recovery and the frustratingly slow growth of the economy have heightened the stakes for the end-of-year negotiations.
Heightening the stakes, a new crop of online merchants has emerged to navigate the shoals and speed up delivery of treats to America's campers.
Mr. Williamson, a veteran Australian dramatist, originally gave "Up for Grabs" a Sydney setting, but relocation in win-or-bust Manhattan has heightened the stakes in every respect.
Afterward, the writer suggested that they "heighten the stakes," Moonves said, and have it revolve around a widow and widower brought together after losing spouses in the World Trade Center bombing.
