Heighten Sentence Examples

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  • These are cleverly employed in order to heighten the impression of its instability.

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  • Its criminal employment is usually intended to heighten sexual desire, and has frequently led to death.

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  • The company is working with Global Vision 2020 in order to heighten awareness of the issue around the world.

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  • The 16th Aventiure, describing this hunt and the murder of Siegfried, is perhaps the most powerful scene in all medieval epic. To heighten the effect of the tragic climax the poet begins with a description of the hunting, and describes the high spirits of Siegfried, who captures a wild boar, rides back with it to camp, and there lets it loose to the great discomfiture of the cooks.

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  • Jule's wariness made his senses heighten.

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  • This added burden combined with bad harvests, a fall in the revenue and a deficit in the budget to heighten popular discontent.

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  • Intriguingly, Greengrass ' script never attempts to heighten the drama or the emotion by adding back-stories or even character names.

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  • It will heighten educational publishers ' fears over the state of the market.

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  • But when viburnum flowers do n't have foliage as a backdrop to heighten their performance, then they have scent.

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  • These encounters may then escalate to phone conversations where teasing and verbal interactions can heighten awareness.

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  • A similar series of works was projected and begun about the same time as that of Le Vaillant by Audebert and Vieillot, though the former, who was by profession a painter and illustrated the work, was already dead more than a year before the appearance of the two volumes, bearing date 2802, and entitled Oiseaux dores ou a reflets metalliques, the effect of the plates in which he sought to heighten by the lavish use of gilding.

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  • The basis of this growth is partly the story-telling instinct innate in all men, which loves to heighten an effect, sharpen a point or increase a contrast - the instinct which breathes in Icelandic sagas like that of Burnt Njal; partly the instinct of idolization, if it may be so called, which leads to the perversion into impossible greatness of an approved character, and has created, in this instance, the legendary figures of Peter the Hermit and Godfrey of Bouillon (qq.v.); partly the religious impulse, which counted nothing wonderful in a holy war, and imported miraculous elements even into the sober pages of the Gesta.

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  • Is the bar a place of conviviality or does it merely heighten, rather than lighten, the encircling gloom of the street outside?

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  • He adds they will only heighten tensions in the region.

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  • Perhaps it's purpose is to create suspicion to heighten suspense.

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  • The previous line in the poem offers stark contrast, using the phrase "sun burns crimson bright" as a way to heighten the experience.

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  • Coconut oil infused with spicy mustard seeds and chilies heighten the flavor of many southern dishes.

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  • To protect itself, the body uses hormones and chemicals to increase energy, heighten awareness, and improve strength.

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  • When answering the question, "What are some common causes of stress?" you should know that any type of change can heighten your anxiety levels.

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  • However, there are numerous girl sites out there that are likely to heighten your interest in spending time online and be a lot of fun to share with your friends.

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  • Many people discuss chocolate's ability to act as an aphrodisiac, but it's actually the chemicals in the raw bean that stimulate the senses and heighten feelings of joy and pleasure.

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  • Part of what makes a onesie so special is that it's small enough to be folded into a baby book, helping to heighten the memory of the occasion.

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  • A sexy bra can heighten the moods of everyone involved and give the evening an elegant feel.

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  • They add softness and elegance to your look and heighten your aura of sensuality and mystery.

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  • Having a sleep disorder can be very stressful and participating in a sleep study with anxiety to treat the condition can heighten stress.

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  • Bright Yellow flip ups heighten contrast and give you brightness and visual acuity.

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  • The Shay Collection only serves to heighten these accolades.

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  • This may encourage casual sexual relationships that heighten the risk of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases.

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  • Runway models often have statuesque and ornate hairstyles that heighten their frame while adding impeccable glamour to their ensemble.

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  • With fuller faces, darker around your cheekbones and lighter around the fringe and the top of the cut can really heighten and add volume.

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  • You can heighten the exercise with swim fins if you like, but nothing beats knowing exactly how to use a stroke to its best advantage.

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  • Fetishes are specific objects or actions which, for some people, not only heighten arousal and enjoyment but may be essential to satisfying sex.

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  • Tantric sexual practices are designed to prolong and heighten arousal.

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  • You might even pause briefly to heighten the anticipation.

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  • The heavier weight of the leather creates a sharper, more defined look, and is often combined with contrasting stitching to heighten this effect.

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  • Vinegar and vinegar-containing foods heighten the acidic environment of the intestinal tract and therefore, should be avoided.

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  • Various ingredients used in products containing Hoodia, along with a person's individual sensitivities, heighten the chance of a negative effect.

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  • In certain populations, use of hCG supplementation can heighten his or her risk of developing certain diseases.

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  • Another recipe from The Food Network for chocolate truffles uses butter, cream, corn syrup and other ingredients to heighten the flavor.

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  • Cleavage was highly prized in the 18th century, and lingerie was designed to heighten the effect.

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  • If you're in the bedroom in satin panties, your lover's eyes will definitely be grazing your body lustfully (as if they wouldn't be already, but these heighten the effect!).

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  • There's nothing like the tease of a sheer bra to heighten your erotic encounters and make fantasies begin to come to life.

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  • Car-themed decorations can heighten the suspense and help create a fun evening for everyone involved.

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  • But, as something can everywhere be made by the use of money, something ought everywhere to be paid for the use of it," and will in fact be paid for it; and the prohibition will only heighten the evil of usury by increasing the risk to the lender.

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  • In every case the exterior is left plain and austere, as if the architect intended thus to heighten by contrast the splendour of the interior.

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  • This offer was made in the knowledge that the memorandum addressed by President Wilson two days previously to Orlando and Sonnino had met with rejection, and was indeed well calculated to heighten the contrast between the outlook of the two rival nations toward Wilsonian principles.

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  • Carlyle's famous work, published in 1837, is more of a prose epic than a history, omitting all detail which would not heighten the imaginative effect and tinged by all the favourite ideas of the author.

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