Sentence examples for ratcheted higher from inspiring English sources

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index ratcheted higher as the Greek crisis deepened.

"The pressure on euro zone officials has ratcheted higher, and risks of failure are now too significant to jeopardize with half measures," analysts at Crédit Agricole CIB said.

While the December sales rate was the slowest since April, the report was not entirely bleak because the overall level of activity remained high and sales rates for October and November were both ratcheted higher.

She said an unwillingness on the part of private investors, or commercial banks, to back what is often perceived as a risky sector was also problematic, while investment in new technologies and research into boosting yields needed to be ratcheted higher.

In fact, nearly all the rings from the past 10 years are on a jumbo scale and thick with diamonds — the seemingly inexorable outcome of persistent one-upmanship, compounded by popular taste ratcheted higher by celebrities like Jay-Z and Diddy.

As the ratio of Ph.D. recipients to tenure-track jobs in psychology departments has ratcheted higher, postdoctoral research positions have become a buffer.

While negotiations continued to find a way out of the standoff, official propaganda in China both reflected popular anger and kept it ratcheted high.

While negotiations to find a way out of the crisis continued, official propaganda in China both reflected popular anger and kept it ratcheted high.

The costs to the taxpayer of the Long-Term Credit failure keep ratcheting higher as the bank, which reopened yesterday as the Shinsei Bank, takes advantage of the government's promise to cover further deterioration in its loan portfolio.

The stakes keep ratcheting higher.

The cost of carrying a prime mortgage is up 100 basis points, while adjustable-rate paper now ratchets higher too.