Sentence examples for pause to heighten from inspiring English sources

Here they pause to heighten the drama.

Haydn often uses lengthy pauses to heighten suspense, such as in his Sonata in G minor (H.XVI 44), composed (like the G-major Capriccio) for harpsichord.

He throws in conversational tics — a little laugh in the middle of a line, or a pause, as if he were thinking something through — to heighten the effect.

"To heighten the flow," he said.

He made no effort to schmooze: his mode is to heighten the awkwardness of mingling with strangers by saying little at first, then calling attention to the pauses.

To heighten the joke, have kids.

The effect is to heighten the horror.

It's only to heighten the experience.

It's a trick to heighten sensitivity.

Use it to heighten the senses.

Transition and rhythm yield to heightened contrast.