How to Use intensity in a Sentence

intensity

noun

• The sun shone with great intensity.
• The intensity was more from the freestyle of the moment.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
• One factor was the sheer intensity of the storms that moved through the basin.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Just keep the intensity down for the same type of session.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
• Some people think the intensity of a storm's winds is the main threat.
  — Yacob Reyes, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
• At what felt like its peak intensity, the winds screeched and howled like jets, and water swamped some homes.
  — Grace Garces Bordallo and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
• The range and intensity of testing was unique, Nath says.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
• For me, these last two decades have been about the intensity and consequences of both love and loss.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
• But the intensity—the scale and breadth of my sadness—also scared me.
  — Nicole Chung, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Apr. 2023
• The new light brew pairs perfectly with the intensity of the food vendors.
  — Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
• Much of the news is grim: wars are increasing in scale and intensity.
  — David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
• Not fear of the past or some uncertain future, but fear of the vast, strange intensity of what is.
  — Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
• The pain peaks in intensity about 10 minutes after the headache starts and can persist for up to three hours.
  — Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 July 2024
• The key now is to maintain this intensity, return well rested and ready for the final four games with a chance to steal the No. 1 seed.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• The intensity of sunlight at the location of the Earth is about 1,361 watts per square meter.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 26 July 2024
• The intensity of the fan craze that Mr. Khan, the lead actor, has sustained over the decades was on display in Mumbai on the film’s opening day.
  — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• The intensity of his schedule led him to take a pause and pursue a career in racing.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• Built for high-intensity workouts, it is made with a mix of nylon and spandex to help wick sweat and keep you cool.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 28 Mar. 2023
• Over Job’s brisk 80-minute runtime, the intensity rarely lets up.
  — Kevin Nguyen, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2024
• Use two yoga blocks, an aerobic step, or a bench to lessen the intensity of the movement.
  — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
• Still, Stella worked with a sustained intensity to the end.
  — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 5 May 2024
• And, like most prospects at his level, he’s never dealt with the intensity of pro hockey.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• Xavi said that his team created chances but reduced the pace of the game, the speed of the ball in how it was circulated, and their intensity.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• The device uses a light sensor to take in data — in the case of an eclipse the data is light intensity, Bieryla said.
  — Elise Hammond, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
• There’s room for a bit more emotional intensity here than in the Mendelssohn, but this performance still seemed to me to miss the music’s warm heart.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
• The limited, low-intensity fires are used to keep forests healthy.
  — Lawrence Specker | , al, 17 Mar. 2023
• Adding one or more jump rope stations to a circuit is an easy way to increase the intensity of the overall workout.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
• Schemel makes bars of four feel like three, and brings the emotion and intensity of each song into focus through feeling on drums.
  — Candace Hansen, SPIN, 12 Apr. 2024
• Treatment will often reduce the intensity or the length of heartburn.
  — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
• The marrow, like all marrow, is obscene in its richness; the birria, like the best birria, has a dark, curvaceous intensity.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024