Sentence examples for symbol of heightened from inspiring English sources

The idea of the nude as a symbol of heightened human glory comes from ancient Greece, where it evolved in archaic times.

But there was also a massive police retinue and a sober new symbol of heightened vigilance: As fans streamed into the House That Ruth Built, they had to pass through metal detectors for the first time.

This pattern of reoccupation following a period of heightened activity is common in other volcanic settings.

Youth suicides are worthy of heightened focus.

But for Maria-Therese, blindness was a source of strength, heightened hearing, heightened senses, heightened awareness of the world and of the emotions of the people around her.

The beating, which was surreptitiously recorded by a bystander and then widely broadcast on television, heightened racial tensions nationwide and rendered King a symbol of a perceived pattern of police brutality toward racial minorities.

She said it heightens everything, which could explain at least some of these heightened tensions.

His mother, to many a symbol of democratic rule in the Philippines, had died the previous month, an event that heightened Aquino's profile and served as a catalyst for his seeking higher office.

Therefore, it seems likely that the struggle for economic justice will heighten in coming years, with May Day continuing to serve as a potent symbol of worker discontent.

In April 2013, heightened tension in the peninsula saw North Korea withdraw workers from the Kaesong industrial zone, jointly run with South Korea and the last symbol of inter-Korean co-operation.

The series only heightens the obviousness of some of Waugh's connotation; for instance it shows, early on in scene after scene, Sebastian clutching a large teddy bear — he calls it Aloysius — the unambiguous symbol of his resistance to maturity.