Example sentences for: heightened

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

  • Despite evidence of delays possibly caused by heightened U.S. security, the planning for attacks was continuing.

  • Acting FBI Director Pickard told us that in addition to his July 19 conference call, he mentioned the heightened terrorist threat in individual calls with the special agents in charge of field offices during their annual performance review discussions.

  • English defeat at Bannockburn in 1314 heightened the tension.

  • LIFR is known to be important in the balance between bone resorption and bone formation acting directly on osteoblasts [ 55 56 57 ] . Bone loss in the untreated control Lifr -/- pups suggests a heightened response to GC rather than a heightened response to the bone-remodeling effects of progesterone.

  • An April 23 statement announces that the firm has been retained "to provide counsel in light of the heightened legal and regulatory activities surrounding tobacco products."


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