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Example sentences for: escalates

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

If the situation escalates, a threat conference may be convened.
The debate over the National Book Award-winning Civil War novel, which has sold about 1 million copies so far, escalates.
The unfairness of Gore's accusations escalates in response to Bradley's attempts to defend himself.
But as the war over Kosovo escalates, such analogies prove to be of limited and rapidly diminishing use.
Thanks to first-rate sound equipment, though, we hear everything they hear--especially a snapping of branches in the dark outside their tent that escalates into an omnidirectional clatter.