How to Use intensify in a Sentence

intensify

verb
  • We could hear the wind howling outside as the storm intensified.
  • They intensified their efforts to increase sales.
  • The strain with the U.S., which has built over the course of the seven-month war in Gaza, has intensified over Rafah.
    Ethan Bronner / Bloomberg, TIME, 27 May 2024
  • Their flushed cheeks are intensified by the pink hue of Rachel’s dress.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • To intensify the stretch, lift your hands toward the sky.
    Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 28 July 2024
  • The video then shows a flash of light, which appears to quickly intensify.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • As the leagues grow, the debates intensify over which is better.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Soon, the ships sailed into a dense fog, which intensified into a storm.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Juicy Clean, the new scent, takes cues from the OG scents gourmand base and intensifies it with even more creamy vanilla and orange.
    Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 6 May 2023
  • The moon’s clash with Venus intensifies a crush, but is this attraction healthy?
    USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • And even then, the plants will have to contend with Europe’s intensifying heat waves.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
  • But there’s also a chance for storms to form and quickly intensify.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 2 Apr. 2023
  • In 2020, a record year for hurricanes and the last year of Garner’s study, six storms rapidly intensified that much.
    TIME, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Even as the rain intensified, throngs of people remained along the river.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • Just as the mental health crisis intensifies, so too do the symptoms.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Since then, the shelling and bombing by each side have intensified, stoking fears of an all-out war that would devastate the region.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • Many said that they’ve been insulted and threatened by strangers on campus as the war has intensified.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Gusty winds could further fuel fires this week as the heat is expected to intensify across much of the West through Friday.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 31 July 2024
  • Conflict can intensify under these skies, but so can facing the hard things with courage.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Its experts declared Peary’s claim valid, and pressure on Cook to present his own proofs intensified.
    Time, 15 July 2023
  • Israel has intensified its bombing of Rafah this week, with five attacks killing 12 people in the area on Tuesday alone.
    Susannah George, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Airstrikes and shelling intensified in parts of Khartoum and the adjoining city of Omdurman.
    Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
  • That worry could intensify now that people can keep all their assets and still be on Medi-Cal.
    Bernard J. Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • As the fight intensifies over a potential third-party bid.
    ABC News, 16 July 2023
  • This woody, grassy fragrance smells like a fresh rainshower on a green field, intensified by the vetiver and perked up by its ginger notes.
    ELLE, 24 May 2023
  • Pink walls with swirls of color at the room's exit intensify the playfulness.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 22 July 2023
  • The storm has intensified rapidly from Thursday to Friday.
    Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The protests continued to intensify, and Hasina soon lost the support of the country’s military and left for India.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
  • As these developments intensify, the Chenoweth clan is forced to shelter with their neighbors.
    Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • When the sun is in Scorpio, the energy of transformation is intensified.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024

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