Sentence examples for it merely heightened from inspiring English sources

It merely heightened the level of the ultimate euphoria.

The pleasures of its twists and turns are merely heightened by its risks -- and successfully overcoming them.

Though the exterior of the church is splendid the interior is a bit dilapidated, yet for me this merely heightened its emotional appeal.

The Civil War merely heightened the absurdity of the black broker's existence.

Ironically, of course, their resistance to the cult of personality merely heightened their mystique.

A thunderstorm at the start merely heightened the drama, and the heavy patter of rain on the tent of the Venetian Theater gave the sense of a classic voice heard through the surface noise of an old 78-r.p.m. record.

That Bigelow and Cameron were once married merely heightened the drama – quietly exploited by the ceremony producers who sat them directly behind each other – as did the huge disparity in their box-office takes (with over $2.6bn, Avatar is the biggest film of all time; The Hurt Locker has just topped $21m).

"In fact, it only heightens it".

But as the killings mount, this policy is merely heightening suspicions that America is not serious about supporting the protests and preparing for a post-Assad Syria.

Sometimes – as when he administers an antidote to the poisoned, prone sheriff in the latest BBC series – he is hoisted by his own sweetness, which merely heightens his enemies' nastiness ("I was only joshing," says the revived sheriff, gloriously).

Unfortunately, this interpretation merely heightens the problem.