INTENSIFY in a Sentence

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36 example sentences for INTENSIFY, such as:

1. In June the civil war intensified.
2. The conflict is almost bound to intensify.
3. If Miss Murdstone were in her worst, I intensified it.
4. Mrs. Vane fixed her eyes on him and intensified her smile.
5. Guerrillas have pledged to intensify the armed struggle against the new government.

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 Meanings and Examples of INTENSIFY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
intensify
 v.  strengthen; magnify; increase the contrast of
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  The change that has taken place in him cannot lessen his love for his neighbors; on the contrary, that change can only intensify love in his heart.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 21
2  Even in anger, he was suave and satirical, and whisky usually served to intensify these qualities.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
3  The live adder regarded the assembled group with a sinister look in its small black eye, and the beautiful brown and jet pattern on its back seemed to intensify with indignation.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
4  The damned howl and scream at one another, their torture and rage intensified by the presence of beings tortured and raging like themselves.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us; a personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  He was in a torture of suspense regarding the woman he loved, and his utter ignorance of the terrible mystery which seemed to surround her intensified his pain.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  Every breath exhaled by that monster seemed to have clung to the place and intensified its loathsomeness.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  It was unconscious, this smile was, though just after he had said something it got intensified for an instant.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
9  Mrs. Vane fixed her eyes on him and intensified her smile.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
10  But the strange expression that he had noticed in the face of the portrait seemed to linger there, to be more intensified even.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
11  In a few moments, Alan Campbell walked in, looking very stern and rather pale, his pallor being intensified by his coal-black hair and dark eyebrows.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
12  If Miss Murdstone were in her worst, I intensified it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
13  Towards the end of the race everyone was in a state of agitation, which was intensified by the fact that the Tsar was displeased.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 28
14  That pang was intensified by the strange feeling of physical pity for her set up by her tears.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 13
15  His despair was even intensified by the consciousness that he was utterly alone in his sorrow.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 21
Example Sentence:
1  Guerrillas have pledged to intensify the armed struggle against the new government.
2  The conflict is almost bound to intensify.
3  The Memorandum of Understanding signed today will further intensify power trading across borders.
4  The anger intensified after the team's lacklustre World Cup performances; Mr Ozil is notoriously languid, at times almost apathetic.
5  It has been the subject of an intermittent war of words throughout the two decades since her resignation – and it is a war that has intensified in the days since her death.
6  In June the civil war intensified.