intensify
Example Sentences
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The nearly 10-minute sequence used handheld camerawork to intensify the stakes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Smoke began to intensify, and soon most residents had left their properties.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
But she delivered a typically combative performance that will intensify questions over a potential return to singles action at Wimbledon, which starts later in June.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
In practical terms, this can intensify the electric field inside the material and slow light down, squeezing electromagnetic energy into a very small volume and boosting light-matter interactions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
I speak under the threat of mob-rule and have no desire to intensify the already existing hate.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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