Example sentences for: escalation

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

  • The prostate has been the paradigm site for treatment planning efforts related to conformal therapy [ 9 10 11 12 ] and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)/inverse planning [ 13 14 ] . Also, the prostate has been the leading disease site for efforts related to improving daily setup [ 15 ] and incorporating organ motion into the delivery strategy [ 16 ] . These above efforts have allowed for dose escalation of the prostate while minimizing early and late treatment toxicity [ 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 ] .

  • They infer two lessons from Vietnam: that "gradual escalation" never works and that "bombing" can't break an enemy's will.

  • They trotted out numerous theories to establish the Kosovo mission's futility: Air power alone had never won a war, the Serbs had proven their invincibility against Hitler, and negotiation backed by gradual military escalation had failed in Vietnam.

  • Either we have corroboration by escalation (moreover, on top of that, above all) , or we have devaluation by declination (worse, worse still, worst of all) . On one hand we have substantiation by association (similarly, in the same way) ; on the other hand we have invalidation by differentiation (quite a different matter, we cannot compare, something else again) .

  • The copyright to anything she writes is hers the moment she writes it, paperwork or no, but registering it gives added benefits--including a vast escalation of penalties if someone swipes her work.


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