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Example sentences for: escalate

How can you use “escalate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

When that happens, Democrats will be bound to escalate the confirmation battle once more, to settle their score with Hatch.
Various nightmare scenarios describe how the conflict in Kosovo might escalate . One has Albania, which has said it won't tolerate further attacks on its people in Kosovo, entering a bloody war with the Serbs.
Our failure to intervene might well cause the war to escalate and spread.
and the situation would rapidly escalate into a paradox.
Go in full force from the beginning rather than escalate yourself into a quagmire.