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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was heightening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that was increasing or intensifying in the past. Example: "The tension in the room was heightening as the deadline approached."
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In a polite way, Jeter was heightening the barricade between himself and his teammate.
PKF said the absence of Rangers was heightening financial concerns, although presence of the Ibrox team in the third division should help the finances of some of Scotland's smaller clubs.
Contreras told VICE News that the newspaper was heightening security but not planning to change its coverage.
Romanticism re-emerged at the time when concern for the environment was heightening, an age of new awareness of the mystic and organic.
This feeling of isolation was heightening by the fact that just after spending one year away, she struggled to get her head around complex mathematical problems that seemed second nature to her colleagues.
The exasperation level was heightening, and though I'd treated this whole episode with a certain degree of levity-the same method I'd always used no matter the danger of the situation-I just could always think more clearly with a smile on my face, I sensed in Doctor Foster a looming breaking point.
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Everything was heightened.
Meanwhile, security around the world was heightened.
The interest was heightened by their physical disparity.
From the beginning, the language of their correspondence was heightened.
The warm, inviting milieu was heightened by the cheery staff.
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