Example Sentences

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At the beginning, people saw me in press gear and thanked me, offered me food, told me I was amplifying their voices.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2025

We were seeing that, despite all of the connectivity of social media, it was amplifying our differences and it was separating people.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2022

He added that the economic recovery from the pandemic was amplifying inequalities.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2021

“He wasn’t saying something that was new and dangerous. He was amplifying something dangerous that is already circulating.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2020

He said little, only interpolating a fairly shrewd question now and again while Margu�rite was amplifying some part of her recital.

From The House 'Round the Corner by Tracy, Louis