Sentence examples for initially heightened from inspiring English sources

The outbreak initially heightened fears among workers and patients' families concerned about severe acute respiratory syndrome, but tests quickly established that the virus was of a different type.

Functional coupling between ltOFC and amygdala was therefore initially heightened during the violent stimuli but diminished over the course of successive exposures.

Therefore, whilst it is important to initially heighten the level of peak alkalosis, it is of equal importance to mitigate GI discomfort.

Talking about their motives and desires not only brings the social stigma attached to their transgressions to light but also initially heightens the shame attached to this stigma.

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".

Mounting evidence in the last few weeks that the global slowdown is deeper and is likely to be more protracted than initially feared has heightened the debate about whether governments should focus first on better regulation or on emergency spending.

He initially pursued this aim with a heightened form of ideological dogmatism.

Like everyone else, marketing executives initially had to deal both with personal losses and shock -- heightened in Ms. Lewis's case by the memories of 13 years as a New York resident.

Reports of damage to oil fields have heightened fears that output could be disrupted for longer than initially forecast, possibly for years.

Perhaps heightened visibility and the potential for more hate crime go hand in hand, at least initially.

Your emotions are surely heightened.