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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:

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.
The longer he holds out at home and escalates the genocide in Kosovo, the more the American media pronounce the bombing a failure.
If the situation escalates, a threat conference may be convened.
But as the war over Kosovo escalates, such analogies prove to be of limited and rapidly diminishing use.
The unfairness of Gore's accusations escalates in response to Bradley's attempts to defend himself.