Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Intensified fighting near Myanmar’s border with China has blocked trade routes, causing shortages of food and other necessities and worsening inflation that was already near 30%, the World Bank said in a report Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Intensified precipitation can further stress stormwater infrastructure, resulting in basement flooding, contamination of drinking water sources in cities with legacy sewage systems, and hazardous road and highway flooding.

From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023

Intensified vaccinations were also halted in provinces likely to experience stormy weather.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Or ponder the commonalities of works by Alexander Calder and Harry Callahan — two very different artists — with “Calder, Callahan, and the Intensified Image,” also from Pace.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2020

Intensified food production and societal complexity stimulate each other, by autocatalysis.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond