How to Use magnify in a Sentence

magnify

verb

• The sound was magnified by the calm air.
• His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends.
• I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems.
• The lens magnified the image 100 times.
• Still, the Laser has one glaring fault that is magnified in the context of this elite group.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
• The roster was built around the two stars, with the roles of the other players designed to magnify Leonard’s and George’s strengths.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• Need to magnify something, such as small text on the side of a pill bottle?
  — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 5 June 2021
• So the question is: Can this late surge of cash help magnify Barnette’s late surge and win her the race?
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 11 May 2022
• At the same time, the UK’s decline is magnified on London’s streets.
  — Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
• This bad habit can magnify a range of skin issues, and can leave your skin red, flaky and parched.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Rossano Ferretti has above all the talent to magnify the hair and has his feet on the ground.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• And some of the right-wing media in India magnified the attacks on the Hindus.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
• The eyepiece then magnifies the light and straightens out the image for the viewer.
  — Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
• The next couple of months will magnify this dilemma for sports fans.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2022
• Minute prints, while quaint and cozy, can magnify a room’s tininess.
  — Lauren Joseph, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2022
• The curved mirror can magnify the image much like a lens, Voigt says.
  — Bysara Reardon, science.org, 14 Apr. 2023
• Schwartz’s scheme will magnify both the strengths and weaknesses of the current Browns roster.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
• The purpose of the group is to magnify the power of art, and potential of art, in Southeastern San Diego.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
• Much of Payne’s fanbase grew up with him, magnifying the sense of loss over his sudden death.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
• Injuries to Hill and Waddle late in the season only magnified the team’s lack of depth.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
• But on a longer cast, just a slight bit of droop will magnify into larger and larger loops.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 30 Dec. 2020
• The microscope magnifies up to 400x and has extra large knobs to help kids focus on their own.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 15 Nov. 2023
• This is its own kind of triumph in an EV, where the lack of a melodious engine can magnify wind and road noise.
  — Annie White, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2020
• But in the playoffs, any rough patch gets magnified because the margin for error is so slim.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
• This device has the ability to magnify a smartphone screen by up to five times and can do so across its 18-inch screen.
  — Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2023
• This trend isn’t new, but it has been magnified during the fight against the novel coronavirus.
  — Todd Myers, WSJ, 27 May 2020
• In a pennant race, and even moreso in the postseason, matchups are magnified.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
• And there are other factors that could magnify that boost.
  — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• The state polling misses have been magnified in the last two presidential elections — two very close races that heightened the importance of the Electoral College.
  — Kaleigh Rogers, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
• Still, Harris and Democrats do not want the controversy to fester, with every utterance magnified in the final hours before Election Day.
  — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024