INTENSIFY in a Sentence
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36 example sentences for INTENSIFY, such as:
1. In June the civil war intensified.
2. The conflict is almost bound to intensify.
3. If Miss Murdstone were in her worst, I intensified it.
4. Mrs. Vane fixed her eyes on him and intensified her smile.
5. Guerrillas have pledged to intensify the armed struggle against the new government.
2. The conflict is almost bound to intensify.
3. If Miss Murdstone were in her worst, I intensified it.
4. Mrs. Vane fixed her eyes on him and intensified her smile.
5. Guerrillas have pledged to intensify the armed struggle against the new government.
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Meanings and Examples of INTENSIFY
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intensify
v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
v. become more intense
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 The change that has taken place in him cannot lessen his love for his neighbors; on the contrary, that change can only intensify love in his heart.
2 Even in anger, he was suave and satirical, and whisky usually served to intensify these qualities.
3 The live adder regarded the assembled group with a sinister look in its small black eye, and the beautiful brown and jet pattern on its back seemed to intensify with indignation.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
4 The damned howl and scream at one another, their torture and rage intensified by the presence of beings tortured and raging like themselves.
5 I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us; a personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea.
6 He was in a torture of suspense regarding the woman he loved, and his utter ignorance of the terrible mystery which seemed to surround her intensified his pain.
7 Every breath exhaled by that monster seemed to have clung to the place and intensified its loathsomeness.
8 It was unconscious, this smile was, though just after he had said something it got intensified for an instant.
9 Mrs. Vane fixed her eyes on him and intensified her smile.
10 But the strange expression that he had noticed in the face of the portrait seemed to linger there, to be more intensified even.
11 In a few moments, Alan Campbell walked in, looking very stern and rather pale, his pallor being intensified by his coal-black hair and dark eyebrows.
12 If Miss Murdstone were in her worst, I intensified it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
13 Towards the end of the race everyone was in a state of agitation, which was intensified by the fact that the Tsar was displeased.
14 That pang was intensified by the strange feeling of physical pity for her set up by her tears.
15 His despair was even intensified by the consciousness that he was utterly alone in his sorrow.
Example Sentence:
1 Guerrillas have pledged to intensify the armed struggle against the new government.
2 The conflict is almost bound to intensify.
3 The Memorandum of Understanding signed today will further intensify power trading across borders.
4 The anger intensified after the team's lacklustre World Cup performances; Mr Ozil is notoriously languid, at times almost apathetic.
5 It has been the subject of an intermittent war of words throughout the two decades since her resignation – and it is a war that has intensified in the days since her death.
6 In June the civil war intensified.