escalating

Example Sentences

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The writers have paralleled Homelander’s “slow descent into madness” with Butcher’s escalating anti-Supe crusade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In recent years, politicians as well as election officials across the United States have reported escalating threats, intimidation and harassment.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

How a doctor who has treated—and had—Ebola thinks America should respond to the escalating crisis.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

She said she was on the ground to prevent "tensions escalating" and the protests passed without serious incident and "that did not happen by accident".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

But things unspoken were the center of interest— the cause, the detectives were convinced, of Hickock’s escalating distress.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote