Example Sentences
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She added that her emotions had become "very heightened" after spending weeks in the villa.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“In an environment of continued heightened uncertainty, this calibrated adjustment to the policy stance builds on the tightening in April,” the Monetary Authority of Singapore said Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"The snakes' heightened sense of smell may allow them to recognize one another as something more like siblings -- especially given the high levels of inbreeding -- than as prey," Gray says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
“As I said three months ago, the show must go on,” Trump told the roughly 700 guests gathered under heightened security at Washington’s Waldorf Astoria, where the annual dinner was rescheduled after the April shooting.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Anxiety on Jane’s behalf was another prevailing concern; and Mr. Darcy’s explanation, by restoring Bingley to all her former good opinion, heightened the sense of what Jane had lost.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
