As summer approached, the reality of the match caused such heightened curiosity that it seemed like Fischer’s every remark, his every action, was recorded around the globe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The respect in which we held Grosie was heightened the day after our arrival, when she gave Mother a quiet reprimand which Mother accepted just as if she were a little girl again. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teeth grew sharper; her senses heightened; her skin tickled and warmed till she was forced to shuck her clothes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His frizzy black hair gave him the wild look of the bachelor he’d been for so many years, and this impression was heightened by his face, which was rumpled like an unmade bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The cases described, on the other hand, were predisposed to gross lapses in reality contact and extreme weakness in impulse control during periods of heightened tension and disorganization. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were papered with a design of pale vertical strips, like a boys pajamas, which heightened the sense of confinement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dead, his bones would have served to heighten Grisha power, no different from the shark teeth or bear claws that other Grisha wore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She winced as the log crumbled around her, sounding like an avalanche to her heightened senses. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mark saw the man’s finger move, close on the trigger, but somehow, as if his burgeoning madness had momentarily heightened all of his senses one last time, Mark somehow outpaced him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His identity as an outsider, a Northerner, and the nature of the crime seemed to generate heightened contempt from law enforcement officials. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hunger can heighten perception, but not when combined with extreme fatigue; I suppose all my senses were very much deadened. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Changing school boundaries was thorny under any conditions, but any effort to achieve a more balanced composition would inevitably be heightened by the politics of football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel a heightening of interest in the room. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds her head high, the elegance of her neck heightened by the inky fall of her hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But written words heighten the feeling of privacy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, to top it all off and heighten its dramatic appeal, the petition arrived under the signature of Benjamin Franklin, whose patriotic credentials and international reputation were beyond dispute. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It made him feel alive and gave him a heightened sense of the value of himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wickham’s alarm now appeared in a heightened complexion and agitated look; for a few minutes he was silent, till, shaking off his embarrassment, he turned to her again, and said in the gentlest of accents: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The deferential tone heightened the content of his announcement. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The starkness of the room seemed to heighten the natural warmth of the occasion. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leila worked part-time as a bookkeeper with a heightened attention to detail; her memory for little things bordered on the photogenic. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The undertone of fear that San Francisco would be bombed which was abetted by weekly air raid warnings, and civil defense drills in school, heightened my sense of belonging. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its air of invulnerability was heightened by the darkness of her eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My pessimism was heightened by watching my daughter and her friends go through this insanely intense process. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The relief was tremendous, but quickly bled into something else: a heightened awareness of the stranger who was in his bed instead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As he walked away from the house, he felt his senses had been honed and heightened. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the moon’s besotted gaze, she ran deep into the jungle, her body strong, her every sense heightened. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She would laugh, or cross her legs or slightly sway her hips, with a heightened awareness of herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I am still afraid, but it is an intelligent fear, an extraordinarily heightened caution. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the early studies that spurred a rather heightened curiosity of the benefits of music was dubbed the “Mozart Effect.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Dreams have their rhythms, their deeps and shallows, and he was caroming upward into a state of heightened lucidity. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The elongated forms, eerie moonlight, and expressive colors—all hallmarks of El Greco’s style—help to heighten our sense of identification with Christ’s suffering. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was that my generation was born into a decade of heightened conflict. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in himself, a serene capacity for affection which saved him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the act of criticizing heightened his sense of importance, made him feel larger. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the dim hallway the dark-skinned friend heightens the cream color of the other. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now cooking was an exercise in heightened anxiety. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And my heightened brain shows me the door latch just before I need to turn it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The television crew means to provide a sense of heightened jeopardy by releasing smoke bombs and adding gunfire sound effects. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

While I was more than willing to give testimonials for my comrades, I did not want to take any action that would heighten the bitterness between the ANC, the PAC, and the BCM. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sound and memory and broader social understanding are sacrificed in favor of heightened awareness of the threat directly in front of us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And his new, heightened feelings permeated a greater realm than simply his sleep. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Firsthand accounts of the fair were sparking heightened interest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The opposite was true: they seemed to talk only to heighten their anticipation of the next bite, and when the next bite came, their faces took on a look of utter absorption. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And the possibility of mass insurrection was heightened in everyone’s mind by the riots already spreading across the country. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth listened with delight to the happy, though modest hopes which Jane entertained of Mr. Bingley’s regard, and said all in her power to heighten her confidence in it. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The ambiguity in Woman Holding a Balance serves to heighten our interest and pleasure, while the carefully organized composition expresses the artist’s underlying concept with singular clarity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Oppenheimer case did more than heighten the conflict between scientists and bureaucracy; it also caused a deep rift within the scientific community that would not be healed for years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Hoagland necessarily considered everyone a world-political creature, with a heightened persona, a neurotic cultural manner. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with all that pizza to sop it up, the liquor seeped its way through my arms, my legs, everything heightened and muffled at once. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“In this climate of heightened accountability, some believe that schools will give instructional time only to subjects that are included in high-stakes testing,” it states. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hated it when he cried like that, for it heightened, and made more real, my feelings of confusion, terror and helplessness. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

That the absence of children, all children, would heighten the adults’ remorse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, and my senses heightened. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Due to recent crime spikes in the area, we felt it was best for the safety of the students if security was heightened,” says Superintendent Cook. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We face a situation of great opportunity as well as heightened risk,” Westmoreland told the president. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her passion and heightened sense of justice do not make it easy for her to keep opinions buttoned up. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Revere has a penetrating glance and thoughtful pose which are heightened by the sharp light, lending him an unusually forceful presence. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Philip Lombard's senses seemed heightened, rather than diminished. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The second group, the people who were acting, showed the same physiological responses, the same heightened heart rate and body temperature, as the first group. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sculpture takes on a heightened physical presence which demands that we look at it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pro-French sympathies were further heightened in July by the sudden influx of 2,100 French refugees, who were fleeing a fierce slave rebellion in Santo Domingo. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Was he not heightening the horror of his own end by straining after a flickering hope? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the days grew shorter and colder, this new sense of expectancy increased and her heightened awareness seemed to give new significance to every common thing around her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

For Burnham, too, the meeting in the Rookery had produced a heightened awareness of how little time remained. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A deep gloom spread through me, heightened by noise of talk, laughter and jukebox jazz from the bar downstairs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, the Muslim understanding of that sound is that it is really heightened speech or recitation rather than music, and belongs in a separate category. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

When she smiled now it was a heightened joy. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I could think again, and the thinking led to a heightened sensation of pain, if there could be such a thing, and a frightening realization, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Charles thought she looked like a little old woman, “but with her heightened colour, sparkling eyes & bridled smiles, she looked, as I thought, quite charming.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The early morning duties, the sluice room, the taking round of tea, the changing of dressings, and the renewed contact with all the irreparable damage did not dim this heightened perception. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This unreal feeling was heightened when, after half an hour, she reached another High Street, more or less the same as the one she had left behind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The tone of his voice only heightened Thomas’s concern. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You take an eager interest in that gentleman’s concerns,” said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

About my perception: everything is sharp and clear, each sensation heightened and illuminated so that reds and yellows and blues glow. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Smith’s revelation regarding strata heightened the moral awkwardness concerning extinctions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

With his new, heightened feelings, he was overwhelmed by sadness at the way the others had laughed and shouted, playing at war. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It came with illusions that befuddled the mind and heightened the senses. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Replacing Egyptians with Greek immigrants might solve the manpower shortage in the near term, but would likely heighten native discontent. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

She wrote the first hypothesis out on the board: “Sensitivity is heightened on your dominant side.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Thursday’s program featured three interludes from his 2007 opera “The Sacrifice,” which plunged from a stirring opening into heightened, folk-colored melodrama ranging over the entire orchestra, bristling with a full complement of percussion and brass. The NSO goes to Britain 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Executive producer Noah Hawley assiduously expands upon those heightened accents by building additional quirks into our image of the region. The Season 3 itch: FX’s “Fargo” is still very good, but is that enough to keep this relationship hot? 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

Through scrupulous and heightened simulations of terrifying reality, last year’s “First Man” reminded me why I never even entertained the notion of becoming an astronaut. ‘Escape Room’ Review: Puzzle Your Way Out, or You’re Dead 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

Sonny rustled leaves, to heighten the illusion of careless grazing: swish, swish. Explorer: Hunting Pesky Pigs in Hawaii 2013-05-15T16:18:58Z

Humankind fights back with equally giant – 2,000-feet-tall – fighting robots controlled from within by two-person teams functioning through heightened degrees of empathy. Ron Perlman on Pacific Rim: 'It's not like Hellboy' 2013-07-11T15:21:58Z

Scrutiny over Johansson's casting only heightened after a dismissive statement to critics was released on her behalf. Scarlett Johansson withdraws from “Rub and Tug” amid backlash over her “insensitive” casting 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Yet the likeliest explanation for his durability, for his heightened esteem among some peers, is deceptively simple. Guy Fieri, Elder Statesman of Flavortown 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

It creates this heightened understanding of the body that translates quite a bit to nursing for me. A Choreographer Who Bridges the Worlds of Dance and Nursing 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

At that time in the United States, the Chicano civil rights movement was blossoming, and mariachi musicians morphed from folksy troubadours to cultural heroes, “symbols of Mexican identity heightened here because of multiculturalism,” Sheehy added. Silenced by COVID, mariachi Mass returns to Tucson cathedral 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

In those early years, his physical difference heightened my already high level of protective instincts, but our son refused to be held back by other people’s fears, including mine. Motherlode Blog: Trying to Let Go of My Wandering (Adult) Son 2012-03-28T15:00:53Z

But while those are the bare essentials, a few practical items will heighten your enjoyment. A Starter Kit for Aspiring Wine Lovers 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

The comic effect is heightened by the fact that the man is trying to have a serious conversation about their relationship, but the popularity of the sketch is essentially all down to the noodle. What's German for funny? 2012-02-12T20:00:13Z

That seems to heighten the city’s international mix, and not just when the Olympic Games are in town. 2010-02-12T04:18:00Z

Fortunately, Julian’s heightened sense of awareness, one of the novel’s most endearing traits, leaves room for genuine humor. Bearing ‘The Weight’ of Feeling Alone 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z

Sound effects ranging from music to reproduced radio broadcasts to ordinary city noises heighten the impact of the visuals. New Museum Tells Krakow's Stories of World War II 2010-07-15T13:55:00Z

Commuter rail lines that pass through McCormick Place will operate during the summit next month, but delays are possible due to heightened security, the Secret Service said Tuesday. Secret Service: Trains can run under McCormick Place during NATO summit in Chicago 2012-04-17T18:47:00Z

Every element has been heightened in just the right way, a delicate achievement when you consider the heightening that’s aspired to. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Though he has been creating music, films, dance pieces and written works for years, it was his 2021 book, “100 Boyfriends,” that gave him a heightened cultural visibility. Brontez Purnell Brings His Disparate Parts Back to the Dance Stage 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

In its statement, it said “as each gift entered the collection it underwent the review protocol of that time — which is to acknowledge that we and the entire field have heightened procedures in recent years.” The Met Reviews Items It Received From a Dealer, Now a Looting Suspect 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

In this kindergarten drama, heightened with explosive tweets and sound bites, voters cheer from the sidelines. Donald Trump has a secret shame: Every playground bully has a toxic fuel 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

“The Leftovers,“ a fantastical drama of spirituality and loss, proved that with enough grounding, the wildest absurdities can heighten the emotion. ‘Mrs. Davis’ Review: Algorithm and Blues 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

To heighten the sense of theatricality, Netflix installed those phone booths, which showed trailers of the film. ‘The Irishman’ on Broadway: Phone Booths, Broadsheets and Jimmy Hoffa Stickers 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

“We try to be true to the history but also make fun by working with it in a heightened way,” Winger said. In ‘Transatlantic,’ Stories of Rescue and Resistance From World War II 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z

The roadblocks only heighten my desire to drive on, so I bite. Thip Khao review: It’s fiery, it’s Laotian, and it’s welcome 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

The problem with isolation is that it heightens the anxiety that flows from procrastination. The Service That Makes Shame a Productivity Hack 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

That contrast was only heightened by the fact that throughout the night, one of Ms. Spears’s disciples, Miley Cyrus, was at a front row V.I.P. table, dancing enthusiastically and singing along. Music Review: ‘Britney: Piece of Me,’ Britney Spears’s Las Vegas Residency 2013-12-29T21:27:58Z

A book accompanying the exhibition, A Setting Apart, notes that the perpetually difficult life of an artist was heightened by South Africa's apartheid legislation. The Hogarth of Soweto: Ephraim Ngatane 2010-03-19T14:11:00Z

The terrible magic of the war is missing, and so is the heightened, wide-eyed perceptiveness of the child protagonist. Review: With ‘Queen and Country,’ John Boorman Continues a Tale 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

By the standards of this series' heightened, pulpy reality, everything worked, and every piece fit. Walter White has to laugh, otherwise he'd cry 2011-09-26T07:27:00Z

A slow drizzle persisted, only heightening the enchantment of the scene. The Rodarte Sisters’ Dramatic Return to New York 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

“It was so uncanny to see it. Everything about it is different and heightened and artificial in a creepy and beautiful way.” Megan Abbott writes bestsellers about bad people. Look out, she's coming to L.A. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

These characters inhabit a realm of heightened emotion, sudden eruptions of malevolent creatures, implacable villains, exotic travel and fabulous stationery. Griffin and Sabine’s magical return 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Bad things do happen in "You Won't Be Alone," but the film deliberately lacks heightened energy. "You Won't Be Alone" is a sensual and gory shapeshifting film that pushes back at society 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Each one has subtler, more grounded moments, but there’s a heightened sense to their personas that hints they’re stand-ins for broader ideas. Review: In ‘Exception to the Rule,’ Detention Is Sinister 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

From Henry Moore to Antony Gormley, even our "modern" artists seem stuck in the fussy world of the figurative, while American painters such as Rothko transport me to a heightened reality. Are we a nation of abstract art snobs? 2011-07-07T16:37:59Z

This journey to a different world heightened Clemente’s senses and stimulated her palate. A Different Kind of Comfort Food for an Italian Chef 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

The drama around the film was heightened as other controversies surrounding it resurfaced. ‘Make films where black characters don’t die’: Queen & Slim sparks debate over ‘trauma porn’ 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

She has said she will use her “heightened visibility” to champion working women. Will Ivanka Trump Be the Most Powerful First Daughter in History? 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

A new study from the International Journal of Environmental Research and public Health even found people coping with workplace abuse had a heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease. You're not alone: how to survive your horrible boss 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Tears, heightened voices, jabbing fingers: are women just doing anger wrong? Why Angry Men Are More Influential Than Angry Women 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Sheader's use of music to underscore key moments also heightens Miller's tendency to divide his characters into good and bad. The Crucible 2010-06-03T20:30:00Z

And “24” is a show that is heightened. Steven Bochco and Others on Creating ‘Hill Street Blues’ 2014-05-01T17:39:39Z

Instead of cultivating a heightened engagement, the Prophets seemed to be tapping into a dim sense of disillusionment — the same vibe that chokes the air at Donald Trump rallies. Prophets of Rage and the trouble with fighting today’s wars using yesterday’s weapons 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

The gifted youngsters typically respond with heightened enthusiasm and panache when veterans are in their midst, and that was surely the case here. Music Review: Jordi Savall and Juilliard415 at Metropolitan Museum 2013-01-27T23:12:18Z

These shocks contribute to Ms. Small’s heightened awareness that anything can happen at any moment. Review: With ‘One Cut, One Life,’ Ed Pincus and Lucia Small Document His Illness 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

Like any character I play, it’s just another heightened part of me — whatever part of me is made uncomfortable or highly susceptible to becoming a victim, and would do anything to avoid embarrassment or humiliation. ArtsBeat: The Final Countdown: Jason Bateman on the Return of ‘Arrested Development’ 2013-05-20T18:00:08Z

The world doesn’t look real; something to do with the clean sunlight, the blossom, the way everyone walks around under a glaze of heightened self-awareness. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

Writes McNulty: “Thompson shatteringly portrays the melancholy Dane in a boyishly affectionate performance that heightens the plight of a character forced by treacherous circumstances to relinquish his youthful ideals.” Essential Arts & Culture: A censored mural returns, PST: LA/LA is humming, learning from Las Vegas 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Thoma's aim is apparently to heighten our awareness of the score's intensity. Ariadne auf Naxos – review 2013-05-19T16:00:01Z

A: It's obviously heightened versions of ourselves but because you're playing yourself, you can really make no mistakes. A Minute With: Craig Robinson masters the apocalypse. Twice 2013-06-05T10:48:48Z

Because the drugs work this way, humans have learned how to refine their essence into concentrated forms that heighten the rush. Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? | Gary Taubes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

The late-afternoon setting heightens the impression of a dancer in a studio, trying to piece something together from memory. Review: Jimena Paz’s ‘Yellow’ Glows Radiant in the Dusk 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

“It was always supposed to be a rock show, it always had humor, and it was always supposed to be heightened,” de Waal said. In Defense of ‘Diana,’ the Show We Didn’t Deserve 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

In fact, the stringency of Jewish and Muslim prohibitions against pork may well serve to heighten the desire for it in a city that almost glows with religious fervor. Israel’s newest delicacy is delicious — if far from kosher 2014-05-03T21:00:00Z

The Reich government intrigue heightens this season and exacerbates Smith’s family drama. Finally, "The Man in the High Castle" fascist fantasy ends amidst America’s sobering reality 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

The puree is sweet and pure, green as grass, and on it floats a quenelle of lemon-basil sorbet that heightens the flavors as it melts. Review | There’s no reason to gamble on Vegas restaurants. Here are your best bets. 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

Whether she was attacking the privatization of India’s forests and rivers, or facing arrests and charges of sedition, Roy brought readers to politics with the same heightened attention to language and narrative. Arundhati Roy — beloved for her fiction, derided for her politics — won’t be silenced 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

But Spranger amplifies the drama by heightening the line of their vision with a brilliant reflection off the fold of a red cape or cloak loosely worn by Christ. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met

One positive pregnancy test is all it takes, apparently, for a woman to be at heightened risk for agonizing death or terrifying misery. When you’re pregnant, movies and TV constantly remind you of the worst-case scenario 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

There's always for me a heightened sense of responsibility. "The Tender Bar" star Lily Rabe on "confident" director George Clooney: "He's a great leader" 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

Under the direction of Casey Childs, Stuart's masterful solos certainly heighten the enjoyment of this production, but at times they seem oddly disconnected from the flow of the narrative, with awkwardly abrupt entrances and exits. Review: Artist meets artisan in 'The Morini Strad' 2012-04-04T15:10:12Z

Muholi is known for dramatically increasing the contrast in her self-portraiture so as to appear stunningly pitch black, her gorgeous darkness and regal stoicism heightened. Zanele Muholi, a South African Artist Who Uses Self-Portraits as Visual Activism 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

“It looks and feels recognizable: a heightened version of the world we see.” Coronavirus Finally Comes to ‘Coronation Street’ 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

At a time when the bulk of cable networks were going dark with scripted programs, E! wanted lighter fare that dealt with the heightened life of celebrities or pop culture. Bravo and E! networks take the plunge into scripted TV programming 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

“There is heightened awareness of the imperative to be more inclusive.” Top Orchestras Have No Female Conductors. Is Change Coming? 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

"Mindfulness-based stress reduction" involves paying heightened attention to the present moment. The 10 best self-help gurus 2011-01-02T00:05:29Z

Studios in Hungary and in Germany, such as Berlin’s Babelsberg, have reported heightened interest in using their facilities from US-based productions. The future of film: can cinema survive Covid-19? 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z

Synthesized sounds blended evocatively with a live and recorded soprano in this startling work, the intensity heightened by the surround-sound effect from multiple speakers. Review: A Dark, Haunting Work by Michael Hersch Gets a Premiere 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

For the dinner, “I have some more pointed zingers and some generally silly jokes,” says Strong, who plans to play “a heightened version of myself.” Cecily Strong: Saturday night, she’s live, headlining D.C.’s biggest bash 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

OK, I will grant you: it felt like a forced heightening of the action and a wildly dramatic left turn and we were probably better off without it. Return to the Scene of the Crime: FNL Season 2, Reconsidered 2012-08-15T13:01:14Z

Throughout the episodes, many scenes are improvised to heighten the naturalism as Lil Dicky tries to transform himself from a viral gimmick into a respected rapper. Lil Dicky the Rapper Makes Way for Dave the TV Star 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

It's pretty silly, but the film wears its numerous influences on its sleeve, and plays with a very heightened sense of melodrama you don't often see in modern thrillers. Like 'Nanny McPhee Returns'? Try other Emma Thompson films ? and a classic 2010-08-19T21:00:00Z

That Glass was there, pounding out his broken chords and pulsating rhythms, heightened the mood of poignant concentration. La bohème; Koyaanisqatsi/Britten Sinfonia; Der fliegende Holländer – review 2012-12-23T00:09:28Z

Like so many episodes of "Southland," this one was set in a heightened but recognizable version of the real world. "Southland" finale: TV at its best 2011-03-09T21:02:00Z

Along with the heightened recognition, the award brings raised expectations. The Pianist Rafal Blechacz at Zankel Hall 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

“Everything feels so heightened,” Mr. Wain said of his experience. ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp’ Continues the Comedy on Netflix 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Some analysts predict that the heightened attention surrounding the film could ultimately result in Sony turning more of a profit than before. 'Hobbit' to prevail for 2nd weekend as 'Interview' rolls out 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

“The apartment was beautiful, a kind of heightened New York experience,” says the wife, “but we had to bring it back down to earth.” 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z

The dramatic potential is heightened because female detectives, without the physical strength of their male counterparts, have to be more resourceful, intelligent and tactical to solve the case. Anne Holt's top 10 female detectives 2010-12-08T12:34:00Z

This pasta was the result of a life lived in lockdown, with ample time to spare and a heightened desire to use ingredients to their full potential. The Crispiest, Creamiest Vegan Pasta 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

The challenge was heightened by the reality that filmgoers knew Ms. Nyong’o chiefly for her portrayal of a wretched character defined by slavery and dressed in rags. Lupita Nyong’o Gains the Ultimate Prize With a Beauty Contract for Lancôme 2014-04-11T21:45:53Z

Result: a heightened awareness, via disorienting means, of the Earth's rotation. Seattle photographer Chris Engman tricks the eye and the mind in 'Dust to Dust' 2010-12-02T21:37:00Z

A small number of the contemporary works in this exhibition have that same dynamism and heightened visual contrast. High Drama, High Contrast: Finding the Baroque in Contemporary Art 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

The first is a heightened sense of the stereo field, as the left and right signals aren’t as intermingled as they would be via speakers connected to a receiver. Headphones Everywhere 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Was that just where your head was at that time—constantly in a kind of heightened state? “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

When dealing with terrible suffering in the Middle East and Africa, he adds sorrowful blues-tinged melodies for his two vocalists, memorably heightening emotion as it needs to be done, without the saccharine. Is it news or entertainment? The fuzziness of modern life gets operatic in JacobTV's 'The News' 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

“That heightens the impact and the awareness from both sides,” Mr. Hollein of the Met said. Museums Change Their Approach to Showing White Male Artists 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

“He’s building on a tradition of idiosyncratic, individualistic art making,” said the Los Angeles dealer David Kordansky, “with a heightened attention to the physicality of materials.” He’s the Very Model of a Modern Major Artist 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

So, for example, scenes of Fletcher berating music students in a rehearsal room would be even more heightened by the way shots were assembled together. Below the Line: Editing 'Whiplash' 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

The Philharmonie de Paris, on the northeastern edge of the city, is running its full program of concerts and recitals this week, but with heightened security, including portable scanning devices. After Paris Attacks, a Slow Reawakening for City’s Cultural Offerings 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

As noted by NBC News, the heightened rates of food insecurity “interrupted a yearslong trend of declining hunger in the U.S.” 17 million U.S. households faced food insecurity in 2022, according to new report from the USDA 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

These have been converted to paper stock, but to examine the daguerreotype itself heightens the subject’s essence. Arresting black-and-white photos expose the beauty of ordinary vegetables 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

She heightens the sense of otherworldliness by employing unusual materials, including horse tibias and cigarette butts. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

Like Battlestar Galactica, the show uses the close confines and constant state of threat to heighten basic conflicts over duty, honor and ethics, as the crew is divided over Marcus’ decision to refuse orders. TV Tonight: Last Resort 2012-09-27T12:00:08Z

It felt unreal or like a heightened reality. Shooting hoops and K-dramas: The American dream of not being relegated to a subplot 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z

That figure was down from 24 percent the decade earlier, a drop educators attribute to budget cuts and a heightened focus on math and reading inspired by the federal No Child Left Behind law. Parents want elementary pupils to learn foreign languages -- but where?

These images are enlarged to more than life-size, which heightens the individual details while lending the overall scenes a sense of unreality. Review | In the galleries: A stylish mash-up of Japanese genres and African culture 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Now, a tense finale heightens the opera’s politics. Review: John Adams’s Newest Opera Returns to the Gold Mines 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

The sense of illicitly overhearing someone's deepest personal issues being voiced is heightened by the telephones' surroundings: a dimly lit room hung with banners on which photographs and Korean characters are projected. 'Talking to Ghosts' at Jack Straw gives adoptees a voice 2011-08-11T21:08:03Z

Some say the book’s overarching message — that stories will outlast political clashes, wars, the collapse of empires and civilizations — has taken on a heightened resonance in light of what Rushdie has endured. Salman Rushdie Has a New Book, and a Message: ‘Words Are the Only Victors’ 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

Or, to put it another way, gardens heighten the experience of living. Forget the perfect trophy garden. Today’s finest landscapes are positively wild. 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

As it turns out, having someone lavish attention on this particular body part for 15 minutes is extremelyeffective at heightening sexual awareness. “Behold the glory of the p*ssy!”: My orgasmic meditation awakening 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

The effect is heightened by the covering of the ears, which sleep masks cannot replicate. Ostrichpillow Light - the sleep turban that has transformed my long-haul journeys 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

When you go on a cruise, you are buying into just the incredibly heightened dorkiness of every aspect — the uniforms and and the shuffleboard and the pool and the badminton and the Disney characters. Dave Eggers on Trump and the perception of truth in unscripted lies 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

Occasionally, they fluffed their lines and made a joke of it, which only heightened the feeling of privileged complicity between performers and audience. Review: In ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ a Ravenous Plant Is Reborn at City Center 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Just as younger Black artists are benefiting from that heightened level of awareness, so too are older ones, including Taylor, at 64. The ‘Slow Burn’ That Is Henry Taylor 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

It’s a completely different approach to space than the heightened flatness of those colorful pictures of naked women sitting in chairs with thick black outlines. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

Rather, there’s a heightened curiosity in cinema about “Russianness”, the sources of the brazen cynicism and bald will to power that seem to be horse-whipping today’s global politics. Back from the red – return of the Russian baddie 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

The challenge in prompting change — broadening the classic definition of “infrastructure,” and investing in initiatives aimed at adapting to a turbulent planet — is heightened by partisan divisions over climate policy and development. Rethinking the "infrastructure" discussion amid a blitz of hurricanes 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

The cause takes Maung away for long periods, heightening their romance, but creating tension between them. 'Burmese Lessons: A True Love Story': an intimate witness to rebellion in Burma 2010-06-02T22:41:00Z

The New Wave was a quest for personal filmmaking but it was also a cinema of observation, a heightened realism that embodied inner experience. What to Stream This Weekend: Agnès Varda’s Chronicle of a Parisian Pop Star’s Dread-Filled Afternoon in “Cleo from 5 to 7” 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Peppercorn is said to have helped "delineate between sweet and savory," and was often used in tandem with salt - and rarely with any other spices or seasonings - to add a refined, heightened flavor to dishes. Your salt and pepper shakers have a surprisingly spicy history 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

The tension between them is heightened by the impossibility of the situation, and nicely counterpointed by self-aware humour. Hostage Three by Nick Lake – review 2013-02-07T13:08:08Z

The drastic shift in tone tells you that now — not before, when I was rambling and exaggerating and affecting a heightened comedic voice, but now — you need to pay attention: He's my favorite person. Have we forgotten how to read critically? 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z

The juxtapositions of black and white in Michael Chybowski’s décor for the first and final scenes heighten the sense that “Socrates” is about more than one realm of existence. Dance Review: A Romp Through the Barn 2011-08-20T00:23:30Z

The muggy clarity of the weed and cough-syrup highs sought on the scene also heighten the music's sensuality. Inception brings the trend for slow music to the big screen 2010-07-30T12:04:00Z

That’s the M.O. of most true crime, to assume the role of prosecutor and to heighten the emotions of we, the jury, and guide them in a particular direction. The Case of the Artist and the True-Crime Documentary 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Time slows and senses heighten in those first moments following the daughter’s discovery. Two Novels, United by Troubled Daughters of Damaged Fathers 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Working with an ace design team, Mayer heightens the show’s classic pulp elements, its aura of low-rent noir splashed with flecks of blood-red. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Review: Jonathan Groff Feeds the Beast 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

The additional textures of alto and tenor saxes, sousaphone, banjo and accordion sing out moodily, heightening the tension between jazzy sensuality and serial formality. Lulu; Huw Watkins day – review 2013-02-17T00:06:20Z

We like to pull those to the front of the story to heighten the relationships between the characters. ArtsBeat: Your 'Homeland' Questions Answered 2012-12-14T16:46:42Z

A Pawson space offers a higher form of hedonism which, like snow in a sauna, heightens the senses. John Pawson: Plain Space 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

Because things have arisen which have made Britain's awareness of the other – that's what prejudice is all about, the other – heightened over the years. The Saturday interview: Janet Suzman 2011-08-19T23:10:48Z

Sort of myself but heightened… and on acid. Billy Zane: ‘My art is similar to my acting – improvisational’ 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

With its heightened performances and tone-poem visuals, this production also clearly elicits the musical nature of “Iceman,” which is in some ways closer to opera or oratorio than it is to conventional drama. Review: In an Energized ‘Iceman,’ the Drinks are on Denzel 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

It's just this heightened version of the class struggles. "Mothering Sunday" director on challenging politics through intimacy: "Nudity levels out classes" 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

In truth, the comedian's facility with heightened personas gives them an edge when they're asked to navigate the subtleties of human emotion. Politics & performance: Why Zelenskyy succeeds where others fail 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

This heightens the psychological and poetic sense that somehow she contains grottoes and rocky recesses within her. Leonardo or Michelangelo: who is the greatest? 2010-03-30T07:00:00Z

She was charged with aggravated DWI, as opposed to simple DUI, because of her heightened intoxication, according to previous reports. Lindsay Lohan's mom Dina Lohan sentenced in New York DWI case 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Would it be a comedy with a heightened dramatic tone? James Marsden loves playing his "Jury Duty" alter ego, a narcissistic jerk who's "off his rocker" 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

“The heightening of, and the zooming in on, the banalities of dating online,” Berlant added, and contorted her face to demonstrate a deranged exasperation. Kate Berlant and John Early’s Escape from Comic Realism 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Identities keep shifting — ominously, senselessly — and characters are given to cryptic, contradictory remarks uttered with heightened gravity. ‘The Listeners,’ a Matthew Freeman Drama at the Brick 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

It doesn’t help that Poulter and O’Toole give clumsily shaped performances that distract from the violence at hand rather than heighten it. 'Detroit' Is an Important, Flawed Look at American History 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

Suspended on lengths of metal wire, the many small parts cast intricate shadows, sometimes heightened by illumination from embedded LEDs. Review | In the galleries: Delicate works show concern about the footprints we leave on our planet 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Of course, choosing a different decade for more contentious setting to heighten the stakes for my novel made sense when I was writing it. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

There is a need for heightened sensitivity from both parties. The Fate and Fortunes of the Fashion-Adjacent Economy 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

His insertion of himself into the neighborhood becomes part of the drama, and he favors neo-noir images of nighttime drives and street pursuits of potentially hostile interview subjects that heighten a sense of danger. Review: ‘Tales of the Grim Sleeper’ Investigates Los Angeles Murders 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

He mentioned a friend pantomiming outside of a nursing home because of the heightened risks faced by the elderly during the pandemic. Perspective | No studio audience and an elbow bump: The Biden-Sanders debate was a study in contrasts 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

Ms. Arnold likes to heighten the freshness of her films by mixing nonprofessionals into her casts. The Oscars: Movies Worth Another Look 2011-01-01T01:32:00Z

She loves stories and she loves things that feel heightened, things that feel a little bit camp. For the "Killing Eve" final season, Eve is "embracing a more Villanelle side of herself" 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

But anxiety among employees heightened after some received a threatening email on Dec. 5 from someone claiming to be with the hacking group. Sony hit with lawsuit by former employees over email leaks 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

The realities of class, societal mores and politics heighten the tension in this emotional, deeply romantic look at the remarkable lengths we will go for love. Love is love: The best LGBT romance novels 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

That these rituals involve aspects of heightened awareness, visualization and resonance circles back to something like art. Art In Review: ?Anonymous Tantra Paintings? at Feature Inc. 2012-02-02T23:53:18Z

The problem is that the resonances of “The Fever” are so cursory, the attempts to heighten our awareness of one another so glancing, that there’s little from the production to hold on to afterward. Review | If you like audience participation, you’ll like ‘The Fever.’ Otherwise maybe not. 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

Yet somehow that only heightened the excitement when we were admitted for the next two acts. Latecomers to the Theater Always Step on Toes 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

“Natalie was kind of a heightened version of both of us.” ‘Yellowjackets’ Leans in to Savagery 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

Concern was heightened after an out-of-court settlement earlier this year to a woman who was injured when she fell into the moat at 2am, when the castle was closed. Carlisle castle rules out 'dangerous' grass-cutting 2010-08-23T15:19:00Z

The subjects may be heightened by tints of the color that surround them, but they are primarily monochromatic. In the galleries: Artist’s glass has life of its own 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Many of his suggestions require a heightened sensitivity to the body’s inner workings. Shen Wei Revives ‘Map,’ a Work from 2005 2014-04-11T21:47:13Z

Whiteley superbly structures the story through six episodes to heighten the anxiety as the competition nears. Review | Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ is the documentary that hard-working cheerleaders have long deserved 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

“Our art lies in what you have to say in the music, your reactions, the clash of emotions, all heightened 150 or 200 percent above what you see in real life.” Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z

“There’s worrying over product placement and how many deluxe-edition albums are we going to be able to pull out of this one and heightened choreography.” Anna Kendrick on ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ and Not Trying Too Hard 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

While these steps usually include heightened sanitation practices, some brands are taking things even further. Pizza Hut introduces 'tamper-proof safety seals' to ensure that customers are 'first to touch their food' 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

That makes it hard not to suspect she has a vested interest, at this time of heightened royal dress-watching, in getting credit where credit is due. Before ‘The Crown,’ Revelations About the Actual Crown 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

"It's been a nail-biter of a week, but there's going to be an exquisite tension on the stage, and that results in a heightened attention that travels across the footlights into the audience." The show must go on: How L.A. Opera is pushing ahead as illness strikes cast 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

A close friend and surfing buddy was Ken Price, based in Los Angeles: another ceramic great whose public profile was considerably heightened by this gallery. Review: ‘Ron Nagle: Five O’Clock Shadow,’ Delicacy and Tension on a Small Scale 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

That reiterated "ch" sound creates a sort of stuttering which heightens the excitement. Poem of the week: Night and Morning by Robert Browning 2013-04-22T09:10:03Z

“The tea and the blood orange heighten each other’s flavors.” For Americans, tea’s the thing 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

Although arrestingly beautiful, she is Hollywood thin, and the ethereal impression of fragility is heightened by a watchful demeanour, hesitant sentences and eyes that look pinched with fatigue. Michelle Dockery: 'I consider myself a widow' 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z

It's just the melodrama is heightened by setting it in a theatre. Keaton takes flight in Birdman film 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

As events snowball and the protagonist’s return to Florida becomes more and more unlikely, this flexibility heightens. A case of shifting identities in Vendela Vida’s twisty new novel 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Opera is also the art form that, perhaps more than any other, specializes in heightened emotion, and in finding ways to communicate it. How to survive the next four years on social media? Opera can help. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

While the productions share a set and much of the same acting troupe, Icke said he did not go out of his way to heighten the two works’ similarities. A Rebound for a Summer Pairing of ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Oresteia’ at the Armory 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

The company performs Gaga, a movement style developed by Mr. Naharin to heighten sensation and imagination and to go beyond familiar limits. With Batsheva, Politics Inside and Outside the Joyce Theater 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

“Fairview,” which starts as a heightened version of a comic family drama and morphs into something more disturbing and affecting, is an excavation of racism and representation. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

There are few jokes in these new stories, and the emphasis is on heightened emotion, on using a prose informed by music and prayer to create powerful states of feeling. A life in books: Colm T?ib?n 2010-10-25T07:00:00Z

We know that adding coffee to anything chocolate will heighten and intensify those rich and, well, chocolatey flavors. A simple-yet-brilliant hack for better boxed brownies 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

It landed amid heightened national conversation about racial exclusion on college campuses, as well as ongoing debate in the theater world about how to promote greater diversity onstage. Cancellation of College Production of 'Jesus in India' Over Casting of White Actors Prompts Debate 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

This show is intended to call attention to the heightened threat of prostate cancer to African American men, who are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with the illness as White men. Review | In the galleries: Exhibits explore the many meanings of blue 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

They fret that the artlessness of Twitter, and the heightened self- consciousness of Instagram, is diluting poetry’s power, if not making a mockery of the whole canon. From Instapoets to the bards of YouTube, poetry is going viral. And some poets hate that. 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

Here there is just Picasso, stripped down and essentialized, his classical lines and radical sense of painting as sculpture both heightened by the restricted palette. Art Review: ‘Picasso Black and White’ at the Guggenheim Museum 2012-10-04T20:56:12Z

Just three lines, but the notion of that disorientation when heightened emotion sets us at odds with the world, when scents turn sour, when household objects shed their purpose, is perfectly evoked. My hero: Yannis Ritsos by David Harsent 2012-06-15T21:55:19Z

Such a climate gave rise to a new heightened journalistic awareness around the need to be respectful and not retraumatize a source. Five years on, the lessons from the Rolling Stone rape story 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

The audio walk also seems to heighten my appreciation of the natural sights and sounds of the area, including bird song. Joining Tolkien's childhood walk 2013-06-18T07:37:30Z

It is heavily peppered with distinct, fussed-over design elements that both celebrate and heighten its French aesthetic. When Wes Anderson Comes to Town, Buildings Get Symmetrical 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

If Weller's creative instincts have been heightened by grief, the grieving process is not apparent in the songs. Paul Weller: the upsetter 2010-08-26T20:30:00Z

In the week leading up to Sunday’s announcement, Chick-fil-A had heightened its cleaning protocols and warned of modifications to service, staffing and hours of operation. Chick-fil-A closing dining rooms, allowing only takeout, drive-thru or delivery amid coronavirus outbreak 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

The music draws the story into the heightened, emotionally manageable space of melodrama, an approach that remains consistent throughout. Chhapaak Review: Life and Activism After an Acid Attack 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

The effect is heightened when Mr. Godard himself shows up, playing the director Jean-Luc Godard. Review: A Godard Film About Making Movies Arrives in New York 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

The music, primarily classical selections performed by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, is more successful than the voice-over as it supports the images and heightens the tension in the most intimidating scenes. Review: ‘Mountain’ Features Frightening Sights and Breathtaking Images 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Due heightened awareness about avoiding crowds and crowded areas, about half of the poll's respondents said they plan on doing their holiday shopping entirely online this year. Boredom prompts half of Americans to start holiday shopping early, study claims 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

But the lyricism that was tautly, almost unbearably heightened in “Paul’s Case” felt a bit repetitive and listless over the broader canvas that followed. Review: A New Opera Tells an Original Story With an Open Heart 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

But the drama heightens as the horse Joey is sold to the British cavalry, in World War I, and the disheartened owner follows later as an army recruit. This season, Broadway flouts its grit (and some glitz) 2011-06-03T18:24:03Z

The sculptures and other pieces work with interpretive panels to heighten the show’s theme. Perspective | An added virtue of habitat gardens: They’re pleasing to humans, too 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z

Ms. Bellorado-Samuels of Jack Shainman said these insults are “particularly heightened in art fairs, when someone approaches the table and asks every single other white person a question, and you’re the only director.” Black Gallerists Press Forward Despite a Market That Holds Them Back 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

That slipperiness is heightened here, where Lau’s sculptures, many hanging from skylights, alternately bathe in sun and dissolve in shadow. Art We Saw This Summer 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

And what's coming out of you as a creative artist or as a creative person is going to be entirely heightened by that. "Lyric writing is not easy": Michael Stipe looks back on creating REM's "New Adventures of Hi-Fi" 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z

Dead Funny often moved from a joke to a devastating, sad line, and each of those emotions was heightened by the fact that they were placed side by side. The best performance I've ever seen: Steve Pemberton 2011-02-06T00:05:35Z

The Batman adventure was moody, filled with eerie, stark shadows that heightened the creepiness of villains like Calendar Man, Joker and Scarecrow. Tim Sale, Comic Book Artist Who Reimagined Batman, Dies at 66 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

These worries heightened as the pandemic forced all of the city’s clubs to close, remaining shuttered even when shops, museums and galleries began to open with restrictions. Berlin, Back in Full Swing 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

The tension is heightened around a woman whose son is a firefighter in New York. 'Come From Away,' 'Amélie' and the long, bumpy road from West Coast to Broadway 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The music flowed naturally through an arc that expanded, briefly, to a heightened dramatic intensity and receded to a Minimalist interlude. At the Stone, the Flux Quartet Flexes Its Muscles 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The multi-tiered wine fountain sprouting in the center could be seen as a sobering allusion to the purifying blood of Christ — but that only heightens the surrounding rainbow-colored action apparently in need of absolution. 'Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV': Splendid pomp and circumstance at the Getty 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

They anchored the movie in bodies and heightened the tension between the carnal and the virtual. "Jupiter Ascending": Wachowskis in Outer Space 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

The heightened demand for wedding locations is going to complicate the plans of many heterosexual couples in the coming months as well. Free to Say, ?I Do,? but Where? 2011-07-01T20:53:28Z

In the mix of ballet and ordinary gestures, we catch the suggestions of drama and human relationships, all heightened by Jennifer Tipton’s incomparable lighting. Dance Review: City Ballet in Varied Works at Koch Theater 2012-10-07T20:27:27Z

“Ron” was Ronald O. Perelman, an organizer of the event, which was designed to heighten awareness of women’s heart disease, a cause he and Ms. Streisand share. Barbra Streisand’s New Cause: Women’s Heart Disease 2012-09-21T22:34:28Z

I’m writing a hyper-modern action film, based on 5,000-year-old Hindu mythology, set in a heightened Bombay – an anthem for youth. Dev Patel: ‘I’m just this guy from Rayners Lane – how the hell did this happen?’ 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

“What was so appealing about this world that Kim Barker experienced was not only that it was truly absurd, but that it really was true. In ‘30 Rock,’ things had to be heightened. In ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,’ Tina Fey finds a character tailor-made for her 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

That sets off a deadly rivalry between the monarchs, which is heightened by dubious men who manipulate their rulers only to inch closer to royalty. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ and ‘WOW’ 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

I'm not saying my previous work was too try-hard, but it was purposely heightened and stylized and theatrical. Adam Lambert on new album 'The Original High': 'I know who I am now' 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

When people talk of heightened senses, they speak in terms of “compensation”: my ears making up for what my eyes can’t do. I’m blind – but it can be a blessing in disguise 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Cool is a heightened form of emotional engagement — which is why it’s been the go-to secret sauce in most American art for the past 60 years. Review | For Shoreline Mafia, the only thing better than sex and drugs is rapping about sex and drugs 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z

“He offers one of the most accurate and beautiful depictions of what it is like to be inside the mind of the writer that I’ve ever read — that state of heightened alertness, lightning-quick decisions.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

President Donald Trump on public display at a time of heightened U.S.-Cuba tensions. Cuba unveils Jose Marti statue, a gift from Trump's hometown 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

There is an unevenness to the novel’s texture and tone, deriving in part from a failure to employ retrospection effectively to either heighten tension or illuminate the characters’ actions and motivations. His Nation in Turmoil, One Boy Finds Refuge and Adventure in Friendship 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

He didn’t perform an encore, which only heightened the contrast between the rosy concerto, a triumph of early 1791, and what followed after intermission: the Requiem, left unfinished at Mozart’s death. Review: Mozart’s Requiem Gets a Fresh Spin at the Philharmonic 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

This creates an odd tangle of heightened emotions and ultranormal textures. Review: ‘Marie It’s Time’ Pieces Together a Woman in Fragments 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

The current, heightened demand for fresh faces can be traced to several factors, exemplified by a couple of films: The tween-swooney "Twilight" and, though it had nothing to do with teens itself, "The Hangover." Hollywood courting young actors 2010-04-15T07:33:00Z

Mr. Rautavaara’s second marriage ushered in a period of heightened creativity and coincided with a transition to a neo-Romantic, deeply expressive musical language. Einojuhani Rautavaara, Composer, Dies at 87; His Lush Music Found Wide Appeal 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Chris’s cold-blooded demise, of course, only heightens the potency of Mike’s next house call. “Breaking Bad”: Walter faces the abyss 2012-07-23T02:59:00Z

In both “A Room with a View” and “Maurice,” the awkwardness of human intimacy is heightened by the constraints of upper-middle-class manners in Edwardian England. James Ivory and the Making of a Historic Gay Love Story 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

Her work is a kind of heightened personal reportage that repays patient attention. Les Rencontres d'Arles 2012 – review 2012-07-07T23:06:03Z

She said meditation heightened her awareness, particularly of rising anger and the need to control it which "is a great help when you have to cope with what most politicians have to cope with". Aung San Suu Kyi picks Beatles and Tom Jones on Desert Island Discs 2013-01-27T14:12:00Z

From that point on, the orchestra's awareness of its own sound, collectively and individually, became heightened to an unusually compelling degree. Prom 36: BBCSO/Bringuier 2010-08-13T10:48:00Z

This very funny novel examines a town’s heightened ignorance and hostility toward foreigners, and what it means to be a “true” Italian, even if the native in question is a small pig. ‘Fallout,’ by Sadie Jones, and More 2014-04-23T22:15:31Z

But the performances all have a heightened solemnity, punctuated by roof-rattling anguish, that would be just as suitable to Greek tragedy straight-up. London Theater Scene Echoes Economic Woes 2010-07-20T21:34:00Z

The public thirst for raw milk roils health authorities, heightening the CDC’s public health campaign to warn people away from “raw milk myths” and the “real dangers” of the product. Could the raw milk boom be a lifeline for struggling farmers? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

The goal was the subway as a heightened “house of horrors.” In ‘Scream VI,’ Ghostface Takes the 1 Train 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

That the choreographer is also the composer heightens the feeling of an invisible hand, even though, as the program states, the choreographic material was created in collaboration with the dancers. Review: A Tere O’Connor Dance That Ebbs, Flows and Weaves 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

She's just a heightened version of herself . . . and she drinks the drink. "I May Destroy You" ends with a revolutionary "ego death" because the other options would be a lie 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

“It’s as though a lens has been dropped over my vision, giving me heightened self-awareness and emotional intelligence,” she wrote of her own experience. Ayahuasca: A Strong Cup of Tea 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

These are not threads so much as needles, jabbing the reader to a heightened state of attention and then slipping away. Exploring the Personal Legacy of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

“Serial’s” acclaim convinced them to adopt a serialized approach, and Smerling adds that “crime stories are heightened drama, so there’s a sort of natural place for people to go as storytellers.” ‘Serial’ helped spark an explosion of true crime stories. Will its new season be heard above the noise? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Parents may love their children equally, but when children perceive consistent unbalanced treatment, heightened sibling rivalry and emotional damage often follow. The agony of rewatching "Everybody Loves Raymond" reminds me of my family's damaging dysfunction 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

As well as his own misgivings about the project, there was the heightened press attention, including a splashy Vanity Fair interview with him from the set of Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. Josh Hartnett: 'People genuinely thought I'd been thrust on them' 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

In The Los Angeles Times, the critic Charles McNulty wrote that “‘Building the Wall’ should be seen and shuddered over, if only to heighten our collective vigilance.” Pulitzer Winner’s Trump Play Is to Come to New York 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Diehl’s energies seem most activated by her expats’ feelings of dislocation: “the migrant’s heightened sensation, the smallest things loaded and profound.” Debut Novels About Families Fractured by Abuse, Displacement or Death 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

Jennifer Lawrence stars as Lynsey, a soldier who returns home to New Orleans after an I.E.D. explosion in Afghanistan results in a brain injury and heightens her depressive tendencies. Where to Stream ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Elvis’ and More 2023 Oscar Nominees 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

And she thinks that women have a different mental approach to the sport, a heightened capacity for a “prolonged amount of pain and stress on the body.” In Maryland’s Strongman competition, lifting, grunting and the ol’ heave-ho

Others wonder if it’s really necessary for a bride and groom to heighten, lighten, deepen or in any way alter the experience of getting married. Marijuana Is a Welcome Wedding Guest in Colorado and Washington State 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

It is fun to push it to a heightened place because there is a kind of truth to it. "Polite Society" filmmaker on combining Bollywood, martial arts and "angry women being rageful" 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

While many don’t see the advantage of emojifying another gun, others wonder whether heightened scrutiny could lead to less idiosyncratic, less interesting characters. Hands Off My Smiley Face: Emoji Become Corporate Tools 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

“Due to heightened security,” one read, “the invitations are strictly nontransferable and will be checked with your I.D. at the door.” Talk Stays Light at Men’s Runway Shows, but Signs of Paris’s Sorrow Linger 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Traditional talking drums heighten the suspense and the Yoruba language brings a new melody to this adaptation showing Friday at Shakespeare's Globe as part of a festival staging Shakespeare plays in different world languages. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T12:16:04Z

Ironically, the ban has brought droves of new readers to his work and underscored its ongoing relevance, at a moment of heightened fear over a resurgence of antisemitism, fascism and white nationalist movements. Art Spiegelman on Life With a ‘500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me’ 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

That time line is off, but the change certainly heightens the drama. Review: ‘Bleed for This’ Is a Boxing Movie That Gets Boxing 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

One of McSweeney’s tricks is the faux typo, the little “mistake” that is so much more apparent in a poem than it would be in prose, since our attention to individual words is heightened. For 3 Poets Who Embrace Excess, the Mess Is the Message 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

The form is influenced by having originally been broadcast in 1975, on the radio; the emotion is heightened by drawing on Rattigan's relationship with his mother; the story is that of Alma Rattenbury. Cause C?l?bre; Rocket to the Moon ? review 2011-04-02T23:09:47Z

Here, they’re performed in attractive practice costume — the women wear loose tops and shorts, the men T-shirts and black tights — that heightens their modernity. Review: L.A. Dance Project’s Eclectic Balancing Act 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

Above all, he coördinates the various parts of his story with a juggler’s aplomb, maintaining an exquisitely calibrated balance of dramatic elements to heighten suspense with a musician’s sense of timing. The Stylish, Empty Realism of Michael Mann 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

Ms. Miranda brings heightened suspense and a twist to this familiar scenario by telling the story, which unfolds over 15 days, in reverse chronological order. This Summer, Girls in Titles and Girls in Peril 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

But as a first-generation American, he possesses a heightened sensitivity to how identities are formed and shed, an awareness that permeates “Risers.” Young, accomplished, undocumented: ‘Risers’ features four local achievers 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

Miles also radiates wry intelligence, as an ‌astute mother hoping to rein in her daughter’s increasingly unbridled impulses, another aspect of the story heightened by casting the characters as Asian American. ‘The Light in the Piazza’ Review: Outside, Looking In at Love 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

The psychedelic vibes were heightened by the marble swirls on the screen around Styles’ face on these songs. Review: Harry Styles brings fans to emotional highs and lows at Tacoma Dome stop of Love on Tour 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

A start-to-finish rush of invigorating riffs and pointed narratives that heightens with repeated exposure. March's best music from across the MAP 2011-03-14T11:24:55Z

A small cadre of experts is exploring how genes might heighten the risk of committing a crime and whether such a trait can be inherited.   Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look 2011-06-19T22:33:19Z

"My Name is Khan" is about the treatment of Muslims in a world of heightened suspicions following the September 11, 2001, terror attacks against the U.S. Shahrukh Khan may not perform at Toronto gala 2011-06-24T21:37:11Z

And it's adapted with a heightened, soap opera-y sense of dramatic irony conveyed through longing glances, annoyed walking, and maidenly sighing. 5 ways to fix "Bridgerton" next season to transform this guilty pleasure into guilt-free escapism 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

But the reason that it’s virtual — a global pandemic — only heightens the dread that inheres in the seasonal dynamic. Perspective | The end of summer is always sad. This year, my grief led me back to a favorite short story and book of photographs. 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

Her writing comes to have the double effect of heightening our sense of reality and making that reality seem questionable or impermanent. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

“The whole world suddenly took on a heightened hyper-real feeling, and everything was shrouded in mystery.” Possessed: Mystery Worker 2011-04-29T23:33:25Z

But this show eschews the heightened humor and slapstick of those other shows to lean emphatically into situational realism. Evolving "Hair Love" into "Young Love": Matthew A. Cherry's "live action-feeling" animated comedy 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z

Drag rests on heightening and exposing the contradictions of identity, and the best TikTok material does the same. How Lip-Syncing Got Real 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Another surprise is the amount of planning that goes into a flight during these times of heightened stress. Travel Wise | A flying-with-kids survival guide for parents (and fellow passengers) 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

Lately Kruger’s prominence has been heightened with the overturning of Roe v. Barbara Kruger: A Way With Words 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

Evans' decision to present just short bursts of text with each two-page illustration further heightens the drama. The latest kids' books to win the Coretta Scott King Awards 2012-02-25T07:42:04Z

If Schreck seems to vocally strain at times, it only serves to heighten the sense of realness that infuses the whole; we are grateful for it, one less barrier between her and us. Heidi Schreck’s Play About the U.S. Constitution Offers an Oasis of Sanity 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

As nightfall quickened, my sense of vulnerability was heightened by the clop-clop of my sandals on the cobblestone streets. On the Cigar Trail in Cuba 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

“Stars raise awareness for philanthropic causes, but with heightened visibility come the problems endemic to fame.” Sunday Reading: Modern Philanthropy 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Vikander thought it would heighten the drama if she was the only woman on this island of desperate men, and said so. In the New ‘Tomb Raider,’ How Lara Croft Became Lara Croft 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

In this age of heightened sensitivity to neurodiversity, one of the most uncomfortable notions you can raise about Asperger’s is that it can cruelly obscure the most basic elements of personality. Review: In ‘Switched On,’ John Elder Robison’s Asperger’s Brain Is Changed 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

He heightens the facts of his spare and lonely life. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z

Through the expressive possibilities of its synthesized sounds, Tangerine Dream could look for new ways of heightening the drama on screen. Tangerine Dream’s Music in BAMcinématek Series 2012-06-02T23:03:01Z

All of these things fed a voracious appetite for sensory, intellectual and emotional experience in a life of sharp sight and heightened receptivity, free of preconception and cliche. John Hoyland obituary 2011-08-01T19:14:31Z

Postpartum depression affects 1 in 7 women and, in spite of generally heightened awareness, many of these cases aren’t identified or treated. Motherlode Blog: Who Will Screen for Postpartum Depression? 2013-07-17T20:30:48Z

The emotions I felt were heightened; every second on the screen, every sound from the speakers had meaning. Seeing Paradise From Behind a Dashboard 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

When you read Lorrie Moore you find reality ever so slightly skewed, and more than slightly heightened, in a semi-dystopian wonderland. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z

She's putting out there a really heightened version of the bad version of what a family might be. "Flowers in the Attic" writer on "The Origin" ending, whose story needs telling and that swan bed 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z

The interest was heightened by their physical disparity. Nakedness in Dance, Taken to Extremes 2012-08-16T12:00:00Z

“So if you feel uncertain already, it heightens that feeling of, ‘I don’t know where I am, I don’t know where I’m going. On millennial grief: ‘I didn’t want to be brave. I just wanted my mum back’ 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

But it’s also problematic, wedged between a viewer and the empathy Iñárritu plainly wants to heighten. In Alejandro G. Iñárritu's virtual reality film at LACMA, the immigrant's story finds its power from an unlikely place 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

She began to see in Elisabeth’s struggles with her body and the roles assigned to her as “a heightened version of something every woman experiences,” she said. An Empress Ahead of Her Time Is Having a Pop Culture Moment 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

The dancer Timothy Edwards, looking buxom and clueless in a garish blond wig, lip-synced so well that the odiousness of Ms. Wallace’s words was heightened, along with her ridiculousness. Dance Review: Insects Flee, and Kitty Seeks Revenge 2011-05-22T20:58:11Z

Mr. Domingo’s stardom — as one of the Three Tenors, along with Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras, he sang on the best-selling classical recordings of all time — only heightens the stakes. Accusations Against Plácido Domingo Divide the Opera World 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

Avenatti, who has heightened anticipation for his client’s television appearance by dribbling out hints about major revelations, has linked his reputation to the Daniels case. Michael Avenatti, the adrenaline-fueled lawyer taking on President Trump 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z

Limiting press attendance inside the party to four hand-selected journalists — including one, Charlotte Curtis, from this newspaper — he heightened its air of exclusivity while managing potential criticism about the affair’s overall modesty. 50 Years Ago, Truman Capote Hosted the Best Party Ever 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

“We wanted to find a physical, heightened language,” he said. Dance: ?Supernatural Wife,? a New York Dance Premiere 2011-11-27T05:10:08Z

A. Our main concerns during this time of heightened Islamophobia are mosque attacks, bullying against students and traveling — they’re equally discussed. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Because of Jack’s heightened state of mind, I felt free to go a little crazy, to edit myself less as I wrote—and, in doing so, I ended up in some unlikely places. This Week in Fiction: Victor Lodato 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

The explosiveness of her jumps, the intensity of her acting, the keen focus with which she heightened the significance of Giselle’s relationships with every other character all made powerful impressions. Many Giselles, but Only One Osipova 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

“It is a place to experience a heightened sense of life.” 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

“G.B.F.”  also offers a heightened, glossier and more colorful version of high school, but with a lighter touch. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Making ‘G.B.F.’ 2013-04-19T16:00:13Z

And while Carrie's instability definitely heightens the drama, it also mirrors the nature of her profession. ArtsBeat: Your 'Homeland' Questions Answered 2012-12-14T16:46:42Z

The show goes so far as to literalize the sports metaphor of being in the zone by showing it as a heightened, almost supernatural, state of physical and mental acuity. What Can a Body Do? Anime Pushes at Its Limits 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

The ease and charisma of the performers, trained and nonprofessional actors alike, heighten the emotional impact. ‘Birds of Passage’ Review: An Epic Narco Tale That Will Open Your Eyes 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Backed by Fox Searchlight, Mr. Parker has just embarked on an extensive campaign to promote the film, and media scrutiny is heightened. 1999 Rape Case Swirls Around Nate Parker and His Film ‘The Birth of a Nation’ 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Paige overplays the comedy at the outset, but she quickly settles in, finding a balance between Vanda's heightened theatricality and her very real rage at male presumption and manipulation. 'Venus in Fur' is a delicious study of sexual power dynamics 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

The Postal Service appears to produce heightened dopamine levels in many supporters, an ardor that they would never express for, say, the Federal Reserve. Trump, beware: Americans have a deep, enduring love for the Postal Service 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Wilder provided a base of plainspoken language and deeply felt storytelling; Lane embellished, shaped and “heightened the drama.” ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

This was a very heightened version of that. ‘Younger’ Finale: Sutton Foster and Darren Star on Last Twist 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

Rather than ruining the magic, this behind-the-scenes adventure only heightens the experience. Now everyone can go to Hogwarts 2011-08-15T14:20:58Z

Every walk home alone at night and every touch of the arm carries the potential for harm, with Heather McIntosh’s score adding a heightened sense of dread. ‘Cat Person’ goes from viral story to Sundance talker — with an extra chapter 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

The scurrying motif low in the bass that repeatedly nags at the serene melody sounded foreign and unpredictable, heightening the radiance of the rest of the music. Review: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula Displays Both Delicate and Robust Tones 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Clear conflicts that get established early—so that the reader feels oriented and the drama can be heightened—are key to conventional stories. Learning to Love the Stories of Andre Dubus 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

The emphasis on heightened dynamic contrasts makes the time values of each piece feel like overused elastic. Review: Hubbard Street’s Feast of Forsythe 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

“Similarly, if you are stressed out and you and your partner are yelling a lot, they will remember, their bodies will remember the heightened stress and the tension from those periods.” Perspective | My toddler hasn’t had play dates during the pandemic. Is that okay? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

If anything heightens them, it’s a blaring sound collage before the final flight, with dozens of letters recited simultaneously: what the mail sounds like. Review: ‘Sunset, o639 Hours’ by BalletX at the Joyce Theater 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

The mood on the set matched the subject of the film: a heightened alertness to the world. Without Ever Showing Up, Malick Is Talk of Cannes 2011-05-16T20:16:10Z

It’s no mean feat to conjure a believable world in fewer than 600 seconds, and then to resist overpacking it with heightened emotions and situations. | 'The River Crosses Rivers II' : Ensemble Studio Theater Presents Microplays - Review 2011-09-27T22:15:44Z

In “Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus,” Mr. Quammen puts the frightening reality of Ebola — and the heightened language and hyperbole surrounding it — into perspective. ‘Ebola,’ a History by David Quammen 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

But the vividly colored stage performances only heighten the dolorous feel of the black-and-white behind-the-scenes footage. The Rolling Stones' forbidden documentary 2010-05-22T18:01:00Z

“We helped her map out her journey,” said Jarmon, adding that there has been a heightened interest in the museum in recent months. Why these women just walked Harriet Tubman’s 116-mile journey from the Underground Railroad 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

In some quarters there’s a heightened awareness of language concerning likability or electability, that writers are more likely to require women and candidates of color to meet those expectations than white male candidates. How we view the women of "The View": Come for viral catfights, stay for the substance 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

My sense of this crossroads is only heightened by the recent controversy over Princeton first-year Tal Fortgang’s apologia for white privilege. How whites should talk about white privilege: (Hint, it’s not like Tal Fortgang) 2014-05-07T11:45:00Z

I think everything that has heightened villains and tone fits naturally as a musical. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Making ‘G.B.F.’ 2013-04-19T16:00:13Z

“A sense heightened in many of the beach pictures by their visual complexity, a kind of density I was interested in pursuing in my work right from the beginning of taking pictures.” Time Capsule of ’70s Los Angeles Beaches from Tod Papageorge 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

In this material, de Wilde clearly sees an opportunity for heightened expressionism. ‘Emma’ Review: Back on the Manor, but Still Clueless 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

It’s when energy and consciousness, desire and self-awareness come into heightened conflict. The Apocalypse Will Be Like High School 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

Challen’s case heightened public awareness of a form of domestic abuse now known as coercive control. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

It heightened the presence of the petite 22-year-old poet behind the large podium with the presidential seal, drawing the viewer’s eyes from her sunny yellow coat up to her face as she recited her work. We Can’t Stop Thinking About Amanda Gorman’s Headband 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

“In a way, it was a heightened version, being a port. I felt at home the first time I came here.” Elvis Costello’s New York Soul 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

The experience of watching “Boyz n the Hood” so far away from America was both disorienting and exhilarating, the distance only heightening the movie’s street-level energy and blunt emotional connection. Perspective | John Singleton helped redefine American pop culture, and his impact is still being felt today 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

The heightened battle for eyeballs is reflected in the ratings drops across the cable industry. USA Network's 'blue skies' programming takes an edgy, serialized turn 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Live that night, nearly everything Vernon sang carried this heightened, overwhelming immediacy. Swooning to the Strangeness of Bon Iver 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Then it sounded like it was going to be something like another war on drugs, a very amorphous thing with a heightened state of rhetoric and some threat to civil liberties. Didion on 9/11: How many times can America lose its innocence? 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z

Realism has never been the Coens’ style — Joel quotes Hitchcock: “My movies aren’t a slice of life. They’re a slice of cake” — but in “Macbeth,” he pushed further into a more heightened, theatrical movie realm. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

He’s been at this for 25 years and says clown hysteria is cyclical, although this cycle seems more heightened than others. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

As a one-man show, he’s riveting, the way he uses simple props – a cape, his microphone cord, the mike stand, a bottle, a belt – to heighten the drama. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z

The British choreographer Frederick Ashton found every way he could to heighten the ballet’s dance content in his 1956 version. Romeo (and Juliet), How Many Art Thou? 1 Ballet Score, Many Stagings 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

“While its themes and narrative are universal, Rostand sets it in a heightened world where language and oratory ability are as powerful as weapons.” London’s ‘Cyrano,’ With James McAvoy, Is Headed to BAM 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

I knew they were sincere, too, but that only heightened my anxiety. Depression and anxiety threatened to kill my career. So I came clean about it 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

It arrives at a moment of heightened awareness of the silencing Beard describes. From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

By becoming more active in determining her press opportunities, Larson is hoping to heighten inclusive voices. Brie Larson isn’t letting her "Captain Marvel" press tour be "overwhelmingly" white and male 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

That directness only heightens the esteem due these soldiers, even if they are reluctant to see themselves as admirable. Review: War Made Terrifyingly Palpable in ‘Citizen Soldier’ 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

But with transition came a heightened understanding of how society treats women, as well as new relationships with all kinds of marginalised people.” Eve Ensler: trans people have been caricatures for too long 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

That joke has drawn headlines, especially at a moment of heightened awareness of sexual violence. Everything You Need to Know About the Simpsons-Family Guy Crossover 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

The Superwide produces crisp and detail-packed images that are slightly exaggerated in perspective, giving the foreground — the car — a heightened immediacy. Art Review: Landscapes Framed by a Chevy 2010-09-02T22:45:00Z

It’s probably heightened nowadays because of how easy it is to hide behind a postmodern ironic view of the world. Meet the Daniels. Their new movie is about a farting corpse. 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

They perform unselfconsciously, with a heightened sense of immediacy. Have dog actors had their last on-screen bark? 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

Garcia admitted that it was at times difficult to resist the photojournalist’s temptation to capture the moments of “heightened emotions and actions” unfolding around him. One Year Photographing the Lives of Migrants 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

The dialogue is heightened by frequent, often uncanny repetition. Review: In ‘Amour,’ Putting a Palme d’Or Winner Onstage 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

This surreal, disembodied effect heightens the impression of an abstract fleshiness, as if the nose has become a separate entity. Full-frontal absurdity: The world of Louise Bonnet's fleshy, surreal portraits 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

The temptation is to increase immigration, which these days heightens political tensions, and is eventually futile if over time immigrants’ progeny assimilate and also have smaller numbers of children. Ross Douthat Has a Vision of America. It’s Grim. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

He speaks of access to a collective brain, of grasping the essence of time and of the ways the theater can offer a heightened experience of life. Movie Review: ‘Peter Brook: The Tightrope’ Follows the Theater Director 2014-01-30T23:35:57Z

With historical comedy it has to be very heightened, like Horrible Histories, because you’re trying to get two messages across – what it was like at a specific period in time, and the gags. Kayode Ewumi: 'I would love to be in the Atlanta writers' room' 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

She says she's had heightened sensory perception since she was a teenager and likely has a mild version of ASMR, which is not a scientifically defined condition. Julie Weitz's 'Touch Museum' tweaks time and space 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

People living with obesity may have a genetic predisposition toward a heightened reward system associated with food. The obesity epidemic is fueled by biology, not lack of willpower 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

Their emotions become heightened when the Arab worker dies in an accident — Woszczynska films this event brilliantly — leading to Adam and Anna being questioned by the police. In the haunting "Silent Land," a couple's seaside stay in Italy plunges toward a moral implosion 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

I believe strongly that in live performance you’re not passive — taking people’s access to their phone heightens their experience. Hannah Gadsby on Autism and the Risk of Failing After ‘Nanette’ 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

Linking these loopy conflicted characters entails some heightened narrative contrivances that situate the show in absurdist farce, but Gregg T. Daniel’s staging keeps it laugh-out-loud funny even when airing uncomfortable truths. The rhetoric of race gets a swift kick in Rogue Machine's 'Honky' 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

The killing adds to a sense of insecurity already heightened by a 20 hour-siege of the embassy district in mid-September, and the assassination a week later of the government's peace envoy, former PresidentBurhanuddin Rabbani. American killed in attack at Kabul CIA base 2011-09-26T10:18:00Z

Cinema has more responsibility in this regard precisely because of its heightened realism, its ability to burrow into our collective consciousness and memory, where the myth has a tendency to overpower settled fact. Film fact-checking is here to stay. So let’s agree on some new rules. 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

But the two-year pandemic delay — which saw nationwide racial-justice protests, a bitterly contested presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection — have only heightened the stakes. ‘1776’ in 2022: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Dual Reality 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

“I think that will remain a concern, and it will probably heighten once the museum opens and all the attention is on them and every one wants to participate in that shiny new thing.” Before Smithsonian’s opens, smaller African American museums grapple with a behemoth in D.C. 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

On the issue of Taiwan, the heightened nationalist sentiments seemingly prompted users to monitor celebrities and expect them to express support for the Chinese government. How Chinese celebrities are pushing "One China" messages to millions of fans online 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

He seemed rushed and nervous, and the jittery moving footage of a train track on the screen behind him only heightened the impression that the song itself went nowhere. 'American Idol' recap: Top three sing three as show celebrates self 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

In that time, “there were incidents of heightened racism and violence toward Asian communities across the country,” Bradley Vernatter, acting general and artistic director of the Lyric, said in an email. Saying Yes to Puccini, but No to His Stereotypes 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z

Any teenager will empathise with the feelings of insecurity and struggling to find one's own identity, in this case heightened still further by Demi's hearing loss. Alexandra Strick and Sean Stockdale's top 10 inclusive children's books 2013-07-19T15:20:03Z

Depictions of normal life aren’t intended to heighten the effect of the fantastic or supernatural; instead, the unreal is used to sharpen readers’ view of what’s true. For Latin American Women, Horror and Fantasy Capture Everyday Struggle 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

The text is written in pugnacious, witty, and whimsical rhyming verse, which the cast performs with a lyrical vigor that doesn’t jingle or trot but flows with the mighty current of heightened, emblematic speech. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Sweetly old-fashioned design and friendly staff heighten the cinematic experience. Cine-files: Broadway Cinema, Letchworth Garden City 2012-07-03T16:25:10Z

"Instead, they tend to chart a progression from concrete reality to a heightened state of awareness." Swedish Poet Wins Nobel Prize for Literature 2011-10-06T11:58:05Z

Which I know is very heightened sex, very romantic sex. The Secrets of Filming Sex Scenes 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Conspiracy theorists and fans alike praised Cooper's gutsy escape and endeavors, which only heightened his public yet unknown persona. The 6 most surprising "D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!" revelations from Netflix's docuseries 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

For instance, people with Addison's disease, a rare disorder that causes a deficiency of stress hormones, experience dramatically heightened sensitivity to sweet and salt tastes. Mindfulness or cake? The battle against stress and comfort-eating 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

There are still opportunities to snipe, but with destructible trees, barricades and buildings, the chance to get up close and personal only heightens the tension and enjoyment. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam ? review 2011-01-16T00:05:23Z

However, overall accommodation registered more strongly than any individual heightened feeling, and pleasing mildness conveyed varied but toned-down expression, especially in the anguished Symphony No. 40. Music of the Baroque left them shouting in the aisles 2011-05-24T16:14:47Z

He depicts style as a mask and mode of deception, and this deceit—and the willful ends that it achieves—doesn’t undercut the beauty of style but, rather, heightens it. Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship”: Subverting the Social Order with Style 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

But Smallwood, on the evidence of this one book — and one can only eagerly await more — is a delightfully stylish rambler; a conjurer of a heightened, carefully choreographed version of consciousness. A Debut Novel With Prose as Lively as Its Heroine’s Mind 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

Stephanie Lee, the president of Group Sales Box Office, said musical producers were smart to experiment with changes at a time of heightened competition for ticket buyers. Shows Like ?Sister Act? and ?Priscilla? Struggle on Broadway 2011-09-03T00:09:21Z

To create the regional backdrops, Hunt said, “we took thousands of photographs in the actual cities” that were treated to give them a “heightened look.” ‘Jam Van’ Dares to Ask: What if Family Road Trips Were Actually Fun? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

Music is everywhere in contemporary German theater, often used to heighten or subvert emotional effects. Avant-Garde Theater, or a Musical: Who Says You Need to Choose? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

Washington, as director, neither emphasizes and heightens the artifice of the theatrical premise nor counteracts it by pressing the physicality of the actors to the fore. What “Fences” Misses About Adapting Plays for the Screen 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

And certainly the set heightened the feeling of displacement evoked by the clothes — it was as though the men were traversing a forest in a strange but beautiful parallel realm. The Artists Behind the Ribbon-Filled Set of Loewe’s Men’s Show 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

"As you chew your penne or rigatoni alla vodka, the vodka particles waft flavorful aromas to the back of your mouth, creating a heightened sense of euphoric enjoyment of food." Abbondanza: This vodka sauce is the silkiest, easiest and creamiest weeknight dinner imaginable 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z

To heighten the choices that Franklin has to make in the musical, Myers turned what might have been, in real life, just a crush on the scientist, Jacques Mering, into a relationship. Rosalind Franklin’s Role in DNA Discovery, Once Ignored, Is Told Anew in Song 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

If there was a whiff of the surreal about the proceedings, it was heightened only by the fact that some of the program was very good. Review: Washington Square Music Festival Features Joseph Anderer 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

Sexual frustration is deemed to heighten aggression, useful for boxers and footballers, perhaps less so for X Factor winners holed up in a studio with Simon Cowell. Don't give up sex, Matt Cardle 2010-12-15T18:01:47Z

Style insiders said the awards show displayed deep and rich colors as stars and designers offered film and television fans Hollywood-style escapism from the realities of the Haiti quake, economic gloom and heightened security fears. 2010-01-18T03:24:00Z

Whether you attached to what a lot of the characters are going through or not, even in their heightened or extraordinary circumstances, it’s about identification with the feelings, as opposed to the facts surrounding. Justin Theroux on the 'Spiritual' New Season of 'The Leftovers' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

The effect of all this is not heightened pomposity but a kind of gracious pleasure taken in what was being made possible. Museum Review: Alexander Hamilton?s Renovated Grange - Review 2011-09-15T22:35:12Z

The guilelessness of the subject matter is further heightened by the manicured neatness of the exhibition’s surroundings. | Simple Photos From South Korea Light Up the Grand Galleries of Versailles 2013-06-25T17:00:47Z

And the effect is only heightened by the film coming out at a time when class at its most bipolar is back with a vengeance in public life and in cinemas as much as anywhere. Posh pushovers: why do films squeeze out the middle classes? 2011-02-25T15:22:36Z

From the start, she was remarkable in material that is almost impossible to master — her fearlessness and precision shifted the mood: Suddenly, the stage was a place of a heightened, incandescent alertness. Sara Mearns, an Explorer Way Beyond Ballet 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

"There is a customer who is on the edge. They want things before everybody else gets them. There's this heightened sense of urgency." Siriano sends out plus size, Banana Republic heads to India 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

The acoustics of the vast space at times heightened the drama of the music, as in the uplifting performance of Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” an appropriate work to open a Memorial Day event. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Visits Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 2010-06-01T23:41:00Z

There is another good reason to harvest branches, and that is simply to heighten your appreciation of some of these plants. Forced branches can bring a bit of early spring indoors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

The American network aired the video for days, often heightening the drama and Cooper’s heroism by stressing the “graphic nature of the footage.” Finding peace in post-disaster Haiti 2013-05-26T14:00:00Z

Opera is generally good at taking naturalistic, even workaday, subject matter and heightening it into stylization; this last part of “Proving Up” does the opposite — to, I think, its detriment. Review: An Opera Reaches the American Dream’s Brooding Heart 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Bad diet heightens the risk of depression to a significant extent, she added. Eating junk food raises risk of depression, says multi-country study 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

“We’ve established the tension of the movie right away, between really heightened musical fantasia and real, urban modern city.” L.A. Transcendental: How ‘La La Land’ Chases the Sublime 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

But the front-row ride on the Green Lantern, where you stand rather than sit, heightening the sense of danger, did the job. EJ Hill Wants to Take You on a Ride 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

It lies in partaking, if only for a brief moment, in Schiff’s heightened awareness of all the warmth and nuance that normally escape most of us. Sleepless Nights with András Schiff and Beethoven’s Sonatas 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

I watched, amused, as the couple, perhaps in their late 20s, airbrushed faint shadows beneath their eyes and heightened the coloring on a pumpkin. Hamptons’ True Colors Show in Autumn Off-Season 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Something loud and wild was about to happen, it seemed — an expectation heightened when a dancer entered carrying a hammer and began whacking a pane of glass. Review: A Boogie That Stomps but Doesn’t Soar 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

Does cooking the flesh over charcoal made from the animal’s bones, a typical practice here, heighten the flavor of the meat? Review | This New York restaurant sets the standard for American fine dining 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

This year there’s been a heightened political tone at awards shows. As Grammy Host, James Corden Has Minutes to Make the Show Fun 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

Another trick that I found to heighten nuttiness: toast the grains in a dry pan for a few minutes before cooking. Ancient Grains Are New Again 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

The bittersweet pang may be heightened at summer's end, but it's always there. Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien captures life's big, small moments 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z

Hofmann heightens this sense of entropy with evocative descriptions of people and places. Tear Down That Will: An East German Guide to Breaking the Spirit 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z

This is heightened by the strangeness of Ms. Tanowitz’s musicality, which — often inexplicably satisfying — very seldom employs any step-for-note correspondence and often seems to employ dance tempos and constructions far from the music’s. Dance Review: Pam Tanowitz Brings a Certain Eccentricity to Dance at Joyce 2014-02-05T22:27:31Z

But instead of archival views of the city itself, they were shots from well-known films like “The French Connection,” “Taxi Driver” and “Wall Street,” which pictured New York in a heightened, cinematic way. How They Made the Movie References Pop in ‘Ready Player One’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Simultaneously, they partially enact the scenes, in a heightened, almost vaudevillian style. Dubliners – review 2012-10-01T17:14:54Z

Mr. Parlato handles Mr. Shanley’s heightened prose expertly as he talks of art, love and the unusual way he views women. Review: ‘The Dreamer Examines His Pillow’ Talks of Love, Lust and Lots More 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

There will be heightened security at Pullman's event at the Oxford Literary Festival next Sunday as a result of the letters. Philip Pullman's book on life of Jesus prompts letters condemning him to 'eternal hell' 2010-03-22T11:59:00Z

Ms. Guthrie’s heightened status was evident weeks later on Nov. 7. Savannah Guthrie Is Feeling Lucky 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z

It was a simple and deeply moving gesture, heightened by the fact that Dad had always loved, and could instantly identify, all types of butterfly. How Alzheimer’s took my brilliant dad, Lord Goodhart, in increments 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

The clublike atmosphere is heightened by the company dress code: sleek black dresses and skirts donned by the female servers and gingham worn by the men. Earls Kitchen + Bar, global fare in need of a bit more finesse 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

Verisimilitude is heightened at Greenway because it occupies a building on the grounds of Fairfax High School. 'Ripe Frenzy,' a play about a school shooting, provokes thought with lyricism and restraint 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

The panel itself, featuring a group of black media personalities talking about doing their jobs and living their lives in a time of heightened racism, was civil. ‘It’s a bit of a carnival’: Al Franken, Ann Coulter, Tomi Lahren, Sean Hannity and the nihilism of Politicon. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

In some pieces, they’ve worked with her as if to create a stage world; here, instead, they heighten the cool, analytical aspect of her work. Review: Liz Gerring’s ‘Horizon,’ Exuberantly Athletic, Has Its Premiere 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

No less concerned with Travis’s spiritual predicament, Scorsese’s approach could not be more contrary: ecstatic and immersive, he utilises all the medium has to offer to heighten the subjective perception of his protagonist. Taxi Driver: the awkward teen of US cinema 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

The heightened style, as ever, brings its own oddities. Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z

Reich's Drumming is a piece whose endless repetitions and superficially swift pulsation but profoundly slow structural rhythm can induce – with the right scented candles – a state of heightened conjoining consciousness. Heart strings 2013-02-14T15:21:00Z

“Funeral Song” is no missing link in that astonishing evolution; instead, it only heightens the daring of Stravinsky’s leap into the unknown. A Rediscovered Stravinsky Work, from Before He Made His Leap Into the Unknown 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Focusing and blurring effects can heighten the reading experience or simply allow one to appreciate the artwork, which is richer and more vibrantly colored than the printed page. In new digital comics, each tap holds a surprise 2012-06-01T23:49:47Z

Each one is also topped with a sprinkle of finishing sea salt, which balances out the sweetness and heightens the rich chocolate flavors. Trader Joe's 7 best baked goods to add to your cart right now 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

A heightened potential risk of coronavirus transmission is in the use of instruments such as dental drills or ultrasonic scalers, which create a fine mist. Can’t visit the dentist? Here’s how to take better care of your teeth 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z

Maybe for an artistic partnership to work it needs the domestic too, the ordinary moments without the heightened drama of performance, of persona, of fame. Jason Isbell’s “Running with Our Eyes Closed” and a marriage of two artists 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

Sadly, my heightened hopes only exacerbated my disappointment. Straight to DVD: "Parasomnia" and "Caught in the Crossfire" 2010-07-17T14:17:00Z

If transgender fiction leans to heightened narratives, it doesn’t exclude kitchen-sink realism. The Coming of Age of Transgender Literature 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Puberty is a deeply disconcerting time; fueled by hormones and angst, a body and set of emotions that were once relatively predictable are hurled into a state of heightened confusion. "I Am Not Okay With This" is the sharp, superpowered coming-of-rage drama Netflix needed 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z

I will say, though, that approaching wine from all sides, examining it analytically and emotionally, heightens the potential rewards. For Northern Rhône Reds, It’s Not the Age but the Emotions 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

The very wording of the letter heightens his – and our – apprehensions. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 2012-06-29T21:55:11Z

How do you like playing a heightened character like the Witch? Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

Watching this invasion, he believes we haven’t returned to the heightened state of his childhood. When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

“He experimented with solarization, deliberate overexposure, and heightened contrast of the image or double negatives, especially in photographs of modern Prague architecture and completely abstract graphic photo work.” A Belated Retrospective for a Bauhaus Artist 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

And Mr. Iskandar might have better delineated the world of the murder mystery and Frank’s world instead of portraying both in heightened style. Review: With ‘Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery,’ Lloyd Suh Takes on a Legacy 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

It heightened the difficulty when, without breaking their physical connection, they dropped over the edge of the church’s raised altar and descended to the floor. Dance Review: Eckert+SorensenJolink at Judson Memorial Church 2013-01-22T23:12:46Z

Porter accentuated the colour tones in his prints, deepening the blues and heightening the greens, and making painterly prints of woods, trees, rocks and rivers. Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature by Paul Martineau – review 2013-02-03T09:00:03Z

Of course, given that this is a comedy, the Murphy clan's trials and tribulations are heightened to a semi-absurd degree. Would “F Is for Family” patriarch Frank Murphy vote for Trump? Bill Burr says yes 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

“When you spend your life creating other people, you have a heightened sensibility about others.” When art doesn’t pay the bills, an actor needs a good supporting role 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

"If you hear any of his orchestral music - his symphonies, concertos, or his song-cycle Correspondances - you're immersed in an irresistible kaleidoscope of instrumental colour and, above all, a world of heightened feeling," said Service. French composer Dutilleux dies at 97 2013-05-22T14:11:20Z

Here they were suavely presented by the period ensemble La Serenissima under the joint direction of violinist Adrian Chandler and harpsichordist James Johnstone, though the playing could have done with a heightened sense of character. L'Olimpiade ? review 2012-05-21T14:23:55Z

She appeared among the trees like any other person wandering toward the show, but with a heightened sense of purpose. A Choreographer’s Reflections on Transience 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

But a review in The Los Angeles Times said the play “should be seen and shuddered over, if only to heighten our collective vigilance” and called Mr. Schenkkan’s swift response to current events “heartening.” ‘Building the Wall,’ Which Imagines Life After Trump, to Close 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

To heighten the tension — as well as extend empathy toward the Vietnamese villagers — Farrelly also concocts a scene where Donohue is forced to hide in the jungle from his own countrymen. ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ Review: Vietnam on the Rocks 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

Kala namak works wonderfully in savory and sweet preparations, especially in dishes where sweet, sour, and heat are present — it tends to heighten them. The savory power of kala namak, aka black salt 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z

“Caroline” is as full of incident as Kushner’s “Angels in America,” but hugely condensed and then heightened by song. Review: ‘Caroline, or Change’ Makes History’s Heartbreak Sing 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

At the centre of this study of stillness is Ryan Gosling’s methodical blade runner K, often glimpsed in a cramped retro kitchenette shot in the gorgeously heightened chiaroscuro of a Renaissance canvas. Sedate expectations: will Blade Runner 2049 give birth to the slow-burn blockbuster? 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

But it’s safe to say that Mr. Stewart, Mr. Colbert and Mr. Oliver shared an affect — theatrical, heightened, sometimes histrionic — very different from that of Mr. Wilmore and especially Mr. Buress. Review: Hannibal Buress Debuts His New Comedy Central Show 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Fumudoh's approach on "Ziwe" is as stylized as her sets and costumes, and while she positively gleams in every interaction her heightened persona is a weapon. With Showtime's sunshiny and sharp "Ziwe," we have an iconic talk show host in the making 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z

The language is too heightened, the images too magical and precarious, the yearnings too dire, the sense of loss too palpable—everything is too simultaneously comic and tragic. Creating new books from old 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z

That's why I color the whole thing red and play around with all kinds of layering, and then Elliot Goldenthal's music just whoops it up to another level, another heightened level of reality. Women's empowerment is not "kicking ass in bikinis": Julie Taymor on what real feminism looks like 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

While Affleck is awfully good in these roles, using his baby face and whispery-whiny voice to chilling effect, the danger of typecasting seems uniquely heightened by the use of the same moniker. 'The Killer Inside Me': Casey Affleck unleashes his creepy side ? again 2010-07-01T20:41:00Z

And he sang them in arrangements that gleam with heightened realism — the gift of the venerable producer Glyn Johns — yet never call attention to themselves. Music of Heartache, Mortality and Success 2011-12-17T02:43:15Z

A “doctrine of doubt,” Mikva argues, can heighten Scripture’s “constructive force without unleashing its power to oppress and destroy.” Three Books That Gaze Upward to Heaven and Inward to the Heart 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

The actor Judi Dench heightened that criticism by writing to The Times of London to say that the show’s fictionalized scenes were “cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent.” Watching ‘The Crown’ With Britain’s Anti-Monarchists: ‘I Feel Queasy’ 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

That our dilemmas about terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, so heightened over the last decade, should erupt here too is also not surprising. When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z

It's impossible to read the poem without sharing the solitary man's own heightened perception. Poem of the week: The Man by Maitreyabandhu 2013-07-01T10:29:17Z

Skeptics say the heightened scrutiny discourages authors from writing about cultures other than their own, resulting in more homogenized literature. In an Era of Online Outrage, Do Sensitivity Readers Result in Better Books, or Censorship? 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z

Working in pencil and watercolor, she is masterful at using lighting and color to heighten her story’s strong emotions. Are You a Dog Person or a Cat Person? Or Hamster, or Turtle, or ... 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

The sense of lost boundaries of time, space and self is further heightened by the use of actresses who would appear to younger and older versions of Ms. Cielecka. ‘4:48 Psychosis,’ a Polish Adaptation of Sarah Kane’s Play 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

It’s worth trying to understand whether you are being true to yourself in your flight from less heightened relationships, or whether your impulses are influenced by less benign forces. I dump my girlfriends after 18 months. What am I so scared of? | Dear Mariella 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

The heightened focus on hygiene and worries about contamination since the pandemic have not changed that, she said. Secondhand Shoppers Worry About Their Favorite Local Spots 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

For him, theater — with its heightened emphasis on words and gestures — becomes the ideal temple for such celebration. The Prophecies of Beckett and Caryl Churchill Haunt London’s Stages 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Now, they were all brilliantly timed — choreographed, really — to heighten the intent. James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson Lay Their Cards on the Table 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

“Our continuing mission: to design well-engineered sex toys, to heighten intimacy, and to openly empower the sexual experiences of womankind,” reads the company’s website. A Wearable Vibrator for Couples 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Logan recently discussed “Small Axe,” “Closing Ranks” and his life story’s resonance at a time of heightened tensions between police and Black communities. ‘Red, White and Blue’ subject Leroy Logan talks ‘Small Axe,’ John Boyega and his new memoir 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

“Your senses are heightened to kind of superimpose germs sitting on that machine,” he says. Coronavirus anxiety is everywhere, and there is no cure 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

The Post marks the beginning of a period of heightened activity for Spielberg. The Post: watch the first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s timely Pentagon Papers drama 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

I tried not to be self-conscious, which only heightened my self-consciousness. Surfing in the Age of the Omnipresent Camera 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

Like Cage, Blom brackets a set of experiences, producing a heightened awareness of incidental sounds and the nature of creating and experiencing art. CoCA juried show: no theme but plenty of meaning 2012-01-12T21:20:06Z

March out the prix-fixe menus, the Hallmark cards and the heightened expectations of those who are young and in love and anxious for a diamond-studded proposal. Valentine’s Day? How about we just don’t. 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Their stage presence on Monday had a fogginess to it, which was heightened by the showiness of “Don Quixote,” a story ballet in which they need to become a character. Ballet Theater Returns to the Met With a Gimmicky ‘Don Quixote’ 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

"Even before he passed away he was very tough to get...It really heightens the level of his market." Elvis Presley, The Beatles top list of most-forged autographs 2012-12-28T01:41:13Z

Chabon presents these family legends with vibrant immediacy, extending certain mysteries, heightening suspense, setting us up for poignant revelations later on. Michael Chabon’s ‘Moonglow’ is a cunning dance with autobiography 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Sung lyrics are more perilous, introducing the threat of literalism, yet the combination of dance and words, handled right, can heighten meaning. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Soulful Ballet to Stevie Wonder 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

Reporting his findings in Royal Society journal Biology Letters, Professor Daniel Blumstein of the University of California, who led the research, said film composers used such sounds to heighten emotionally evocative moments in their movies. Horror film soundtracks mimic animals' distress calls 2010-05-26T17:05:00Z

The experience only heightened my admiration for him. Tracing Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, Illinois 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

No other work so well captures how opera, at its best, is both of the world and a rapturous heightening of it. Review: ‘Ariadne,’ the Most Operatic Opera, Bows in Cleveland 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

The show has hit upon a happy formula in managing to combine tongue-in-cheek humor with old-fashioned heart-tugging soap operatics, cannily employing its musical numbers to heighten the effect of each. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z

Fertility’s heightened levels of estrogen supposedly calm the parts of the brain that experience hurt and agitation when slights are perceived. Mommy has anger issues! My daughters are pre-adolescent, I’m pre-menopausal 2014-05-10T23:00:00Z

But the pleasures afforded by this long-running television series overlap considerably with the satisfactions for which many of us look to the theater: a heightened literacy, refined wit, rich characterizations, absorbing narrative, plummy British accents. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Missing Maggie Smith 2011-02-17T18:40:33Z

And it has definitely expanded the paint box, adding colors so heightened and vivid they make “Hawaii Five-O” look like a 1940s black-and-white newsreel. Television Review: Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in ‘Graceland’ on USA 2013-06-05T22:10:10Z

Mozart's delectable score is naturally alert to every trembling heartbeat, each heightened emotion, but it needs a master such as Sir Colin Davis to truly interpret its infinite subtleties. Cos? fan tutte; Dream Hunter; Commotio; Stephen Hough, LPO/Alsop ? review 2012-02-12T00:06:08Z

In another dynamite number that transforms the tedium of real life into heightened reality, a fireplug named Lexi Perkel enlivens a grown-up party where no one is paying attention to her. A Comedy Special for Kids That Gets Their Dark Sense of Humor 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

Popping flashbulbs heighten the strangeness of these invisible projectiles. Art In Review: PAUL PFEIFFER: ‘Playroom’ 2012-10-04T21:13:50Z

Those factors only increased the risk to — and heightened the power of — Obama's singing on Friday. President Obama's 'Amazing Grace' moment and the power of spontaneous song 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

“What we can do as artists is tell the story before the change comes. A heightened reality happens in this building. We’re peeling off the wallpaper, archiving history.” No Room Service, but History’s on the Menu 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

This was also a time of heightened competition between Southeast Asia’s maritime societies, Niziolek added. 'Made in China' label sheds light on old Java Sea shipwreck 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Despite its heightened reality, “Yellowjackets” is the rare show that takes female adolescence seriously and depicts it without stereotype or exploitation. ‘Yellowjackets’ Leans in to Savagery 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

In Preston’s hands their lives and suffering often feel like little more than added color, heightened by his choice to end many of the book’s chapters with cliffhangers. Can You Make a Page-Turning Thriller Out of the Ebola Crisis? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Part of the problem is the direction, which heightens the show’s melodramatic stiffness. After another brave attempt, Sondheim-Furth musical 'Merrily We Roll Along' remains a rutted road 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

In his “White Jug With Flowers and Fruits,” a 1910 still life set in front of an olive green wall, he heightens the colors to burn the image into your eyes from across the room. German Artists Who Blazed a Path Cut Short by War 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Obreht threads together echoes of community gossip and folklore, vividly evoking the claustrophobic atmosphere of a small village, and the feelings of fear and hope that become heightened at times of war. Debut fiction: The Tiger's Wife by T?a Obreht; When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman; Today by David Miller ? reviews 2011-03-20T11:43:01Z

“But it’s also an era,” she noted,” in which trans people face heightened scrutiny, heightened danger, higher rates of political attacks and violence.” A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

“When I first learned this about Rachel,” Shattuck said, “I felt a heightened self consciousness about my heritage and about the fact that I was writing a novel about ‘ordinary Germans’ during the Holocaust. On Nazis, family and the question of forgiveness: Two novelists confront the legacies of their families 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

But recently the couple’s conduct as collectors has drawn heightened scrutiny. At the Met, She Holds Court. At Home, She Held 71 Looted Antiquities. 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z

And what blew this all open was the public outcry about the appalling abuse of people in heightened places of anguish. Jude Law interview: 'I was an optimist. A champion of the human spirit' 2011-07-30T21:00:02Z

He had advised readers seeking to leave their families before, but he comes to it now with “a newly heightened awareness” of the costs. Dear Prudence, how did Slate’s advice columnist find himself here? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

That unsullied universe only heightens the weight of the torment we know she is going through. My streaming gem: why you should watch All Is Well 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

The wit is beyond deadpan, and it was heightened by the staging at Dia:Beacon. Steve Paxton Reprises Dance Works at Dia:Beacon 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

The stage space seems to fold intricately, a thrilling effect heightened by the music, which mixes Odissi and Kandyan rhythms with lots of chanting. Review: Absences, S-Curves and Wonderful Asymmetries 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

But surely the sense of excitement would be heightened if other players were more readily admitted to the top table. Parasite's best picture triumph could begin a new era for the Oscars 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

His vulnerability, though, heightens the seething anger of You Lust, which transforms the frontman from amiable and self-professed weirdo to alarming dictator. The Flaming Lips – review 2013-05-22T17:23:36Z

Where McKnight is a vision of heightened callousness, the others revel in exaggerated pathos. Aganeza Scrooge – review 2012-12-10T18:23:11Z

The issue seems to be a combination of heightened cultural sensitivity broadly speaking and newly empowered digital activists. Chanel’s Boomerang Comes Back to Hit It 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

The artist’s Renaissance-style method, which entails multiple layers of translucent glazes, heightens the satirical incongruity. Review | In the galleries: Artechouse’s ‘Infinite Space’ has waves of natural influences 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

The revelation is that by evoking this ceremonial, near mystic, aspect of Spanish life, Bieito also creates a setting that heightens a culture in which nerves are always on edge and inhibitions inevitably reduced. A 'Carmen' in San Francisco breaks down barriers 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

It’s so heightened because this is a part of your everyday life. Singer with disability shines in Ali Stroker’s new kids book 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

Judging by your experience it sounds as though the heightened emotional atmosphere isn’t just energising the mourners to sing the hymns more fervently. My lover has left me at the age of 77, and I really miss her 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

The recent Supreme Court ruling limiting gun control is only likely to heighten these emotions. Do we need photos of violence to galvanize support for change? 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

The form is filled with heightened emotions, pulse-pounding terrors and the exquisite agonies of firsts — and lasts, because this is horror, after all. 7 Terrifying Horror Novels Perfect for Teens 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z

This is something that is obviously not exclusively true for autistic people, but certainly being on the spectrum does come with a disproportionate heightening of anxiety. Trump backs off states that legalize marijuana: So why is Colorado still prohibiting access to some? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Blind masseurs, known throughout Asia to be excellent therapists because of their heightened sense of touch, are becoming a trend for spa and wellness retreats worldwide. In Transit: In Fiji, Hands That 'See' 2011-07-15T15:15:05Z

The story is situated in the Nigerian diaspora, and that heightens what is going on for the people in the church. Caine prize won by Tope Folarin's 'utterly compelling' short story 2013-07-09T10:43:36Z

He is quick to point out that with a heightened technical level and versatility has come a certain loss of character, style and individual point of view among orchestras. The Big Five Orchestras No Longer Add Up 2013-06-14T12:00:01Z

Mobley and Trenton return home, looking over their shoulders, jumping at every sound — jittery editing and sudden crash cuts heighten the sense of fear. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 8: A Shock to the System 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

The research I did on plane crashes heightened everything. Rosie Perez Hates Flying, but She Soared in ‘The Flight Attendant’ 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

It opens with several of his early altarpieces and representations of the Madonna: immaculately rendered pictures with celestial blue backgrounds that heighten the sense of holiness and purity exuded by the subjects. For Britain’s National Gallery, a Raphael Show Comes at the Right Time 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

Because of the park’s heightened security and the increasing support of surrounding communities, Zakouma has not suffered a confirmed poaching incident since January 2016. In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

It was a heightened, exaggerated take on a possibly true story, played for maximum effect and occasionally thrilling doses of camp. Perspective | ‘Snowfall’ is compelling and believable — which is why it could use a disclaimer 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

But then afterwards, because you've had this massive overdose of adrenaline racing round your body you have a much heightened sense of perception. Steve Backshall: 'The big predators would run down Usain Bolt without even thinking about it. Your only chance is to stand your ground' 2013-07-17T11:36:16Z

They concluded that there was a greater than 90% probability that all the NSAIDs they studied were associated with a heightened risk of heart attack. Common painkillers may raise risk of heart attack by 100% – study 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Events are heightened and odd, and might be resolved by inexplicable turns, like an ogre transforming into a vulture. Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ochs’s bipolar disorder created a heightened sensitivity to events around him, friends say in the film. Film: Tracing the Arc of a Tragic Folk Singer 2010-12-26T02:23:54Z

These choices create mini-ruptures, but they don’t produce the novel’s most heightened moments, which are to be found, instead, in passages of exceptionally sensitive writing. In “Ordinary People,” Diana Evans Blends Domesticity and Celebrity, with a Gothic Twist 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

Favorite memento or memory: The greatest gift I left with was a heightened awareness of the importance and necessity of nature conservation. A family trip to the Galapagos Islands heightens one traveler’s conservation awareness 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

“A lot of our culture is about everything is heightened. And nothing about Wendell Pierce’s performances are ever heightened,” he said. Wendell Pierce Fulfills His American Dream: Playing Willy Loman 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

Director Fredrik Bond, whose background is in commercials, papers over these structural problems by cobbling together a heightened reality more suited to a music video. The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman – first look review 2013-01-23T17:14:22Z

She fosters the aesthetic with her Deep Listening Institute, which aims to heighten consciousness by developing a more acute aural sense. Music Review: Mostly Mozart Showcases the Work of Pauline Oliveros 2013-08-21T21:37:54Z

It was heightened by her experience answering a phone at the church just before the bombing where someone said only, "three minutes," and hung up. Bombing victim grateful for tragedy counseling 2013-01-05T22:46:04Z

Kelly Savage’s synthesizer produced a credible digital harpsichord sound; a vibraphone-marimba patch Ms. Savage adopted for Ms. Palmer’s arias heightened their burlesque character. Music Review: ?The Judgment of Paris? by Morningside Opera - Review 2011-09-01T22:41:50Z

Those stakes, I really do appreciate — it’s fun to write with that heightened level of danger. Hamish Linklater on writing laughs into a play about death 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

The inevitable emotions that come with Thanksgiving and the winter holidays feel heightened, both for the subjects and for Ms. Lakshmi, who doesn’t claim to be an objective host. Padma Lakshmi’s Thanksgiving Turkey: Slow Roasted and Richly Sauced 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

All of this is heightened by the music itself. How NWA came straight outta Compton and went mainstream 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

The setup heightened interest in a potential third "Sex and the City" film, which "SATC2" actress Jennifer Hudson alluded to in an Oct. Sarah Jessica Parker gives Carrie shoe 'Sex and the City' treatment 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

“It’s not always easy to do, to bring actors’ movement right into a heightened sense of physicality such that you’re not all of a sudden in a dance number,” she said. Daniel Ezralow, ?Spider-Man? Choreographer, Goes to China 2011-11-11T11:00:00Z

But press Clark on that content, heightened by a dramatic promotional video packed with images of fire, nooses and Confederate flags, and he’ll brush you off. Gary Clark Jr. was supposed to save the blues. But the guitarist would rather channel Curtis Mayfield. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Although the crisis heightened the project’s relevancy, it also pushed Rasmussen to make the film feel even more personal. A Refugee’s Harrowing Story, Finally Told Through Animation 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Everything felt so heightened with Orson that it was just amazingly fun to make. Director Morgan Neville on “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” and the last years of Orson We... 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

Matenopoulos added that the decision to use a split-screen was intentional because it heightened the drama and helped boost the show's ratings. What we learned from "The View" reunion, from the fight that started it all to Joy Behar's firing 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

That’s to be expected, too: rock music exploits heightened emotion and truisms that can fit neatly into a memorable chorus. | 'American Idiot': A Musical Inspired by a Green Day Album Opens 2010-04-21T03:16:00Z

These scenes, written in a heightened style, are persuasively acted but sometimes a drag on the proceedings. Theater Review: ‘Row After Row’ Explores Civil War Re-Enactors 2014-01-24T03:01:02Z

I was always more interested in making it quite heightened. Romance and domesticity bound together in 'The Duke of Burgundy' 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

He appreciates opera’s extroversion, its heightening of reality, but never abandons subtlety. Review: Netrebko and Kaufmann Is as Good as Opera Gets 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

My personal journey into environmentalism was heightened after the presidential election of 2016. I Quit Cars 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

In his fiction such experiences are heightened to harrowing, even nightmarish effect, his suburban malls littered with lifeless or mangled bodies, the casualties of unfettered greed. You Are What You Wear 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

Essex’s Ella, though reliably adorable, is ornamental, meant to do nothing more than heighten the stakes. ‘You Should Have Left’ Review: This Haunted House Is Familiar 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

It’s like a heightened “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” yet more grounded. Keegan-Michael Key Is Looking to Tell Some ‘Human Stories’ 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

“There’s a dose-dependent effect. There’s a sweet spot that lessens pain, but the THC can also heighten the experience of pain.” Counterculture to Counterintuitive: Cannabis to Help You Diet? 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z

“This will allow young fans to engage with the material in a much deeper way, and we think will only heighten enthusiasm for our Broadway premiere.” Lloyd Webber Gives Green Light to School Performances of 'School of Rock' 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

All traces of the movie’s heightened language and propriety began to vanish as the drinks went down. Scene City: ?Damsels in Distress? Screening and After-Party 2012-04-04T19:28:22Z

Much of it looks like sculpture, nude sculpture, an effect heightened by Madeline Best’s gallerylike lighting, pouring over the curves and planes of the bodies. ‘Rude World,’ a Dance by Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

But even Glover’s heightened focus on music and the news that he will be writing, producing and starring in a new show for FX couldn’t fully explain his disappearance. Donald Glover Explains His Absence 2013-10-15T13:59:09Z

In doing so, they've paired the truism concerning love being blind with the notion that losing one sense heightens the others. On "Sexy Beasts," love isn't quite blind – but it's an entertainingly shallow heavy petting zoo 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

This technique heightens fruit flavors in the wine and extracts color from the skins. Turns out, the stem end’s the beginning of something great 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

For anyone feeling down about the state of movies after a pandemic year that shuttered theaters around the world and heightened doomsday forecasts, talking to Cousins is like an elixir. Even in Cannes, Mark Cousins stands out as a movie diehard 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

In addition to their proposals for the future, the Republican candidates have also taken positions in the past that would have heightened the most recent government job losses. GOP slams Obama over new jobless figures 2011-12-03T02:31:00Z

The first is that the vacation, as a setting, imbues a crush with a heightened sense of meaning. Modern Love: Romance, the Ultimate Souvenir 2012-09-07T00:15:52Z

The stakes begin to heighten after Leah performs a ritual in the woods. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Trump and Taxes’ and ‘Pyewacket’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Barbosa’s use of photographs taken by Gabriel himself, and of passages from letters he wrote to his family in Brazil, heightens the uncanny sense of his simultaneous presence and absence. Review: In ‘Gabriel and the Mountain,’ Recalling a Tragic Adventure 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

The effect is disorienting, caught somewhere between a cartoon and a madly heightened reality, the authenticity of which the majority of listeners and critics were in no position to confirm or deny. How NWA came straight outta Compton and went mainstream 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

“I felt like I was maximizing my motions, and my playmaking abilities were more heightened through the breathing techniques,” Gray told me recently. The mindful athlete 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

Nothing so obvious as motivations are offered for the sisters’ gruesome destinies, as Coppola renders their story as a fable of heightened adolescent longing and desire. Sofia Coppola on making The Virgin Suicides: 'When I saw the rough cut I thought: Oh no, what have I done?' 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

There are very specific rhythms in network TV — you're sort of aware of where the writing flows, where you need to push a little bit, where something is a little more physical or more heightened. Nat Faxon on 'Married,' for better or worse 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

Brisk double-time drums and high guitar lines, trickling and overlapping like African pop, heighten the tension, but may hint at a happier aftermath. The National Gives Its Sound a Jolt on ‘Sleep Well Beast’ 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

“The play’s images are so pictorial, and framing that just heightens it.” A rock. A road. A tree. How set designers for 20th century’s most famous play change it up. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Yet this example regularly sticks to tried-and-tested patterns, and its heightened lyricism requires huge dexterity. Evgeny Kissin ? review 2011-02-15T19:10:04Z

Any meal is better when it includes zhug, the pulse-quickening Middle Eastern condiment whose popularity coincides with the country’s heightened interest in Israeli fare. Taim brings falafel nirvana from New York to Georgetown 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

The sombre orchestration, which Britten produced shortly before his death in 1976, heightens its intensity. Nash Ensemble/Brabbins – review 2012-12-05T19:48:00Z

Or at least, someone who heightens existing awkwardness with really good cutting. Awkward Jeb vines are the best: How the clumsy #JebNoFilter pandering of “I’m black and I’m proud” becomes comedy gold 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

“A lot of the breaks I got after 2016 only happened because there was such a heightened attention on the rhetoric around Islam,” Minhaj said. ‘Ramy’ and the New American Muslims of TV 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

But, despite some abstruse Jamesianisms like “instauration,” “peculation,” “invigilator,” and — my favorite — an “inspissatedly expressed and barely scrutable conjecture,” he tempers his stylistic mimicry to appeal to modern tastes, with shorter paragraphs and heightened urgency. 'Mrs. Osmond' takes up where Henry James' 'Portrait of a Lady' left off but falls a bit short 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

Pruning back the profanity is a surprisingly decorous gesture from a writer who doesn’t shy away from the vivid and violent, the heightened and intense. Moira Buffini on ‘Dying for It’ at Atlantic Theater 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

“It’s a space of heightened potential and unrealized potential.” Claudia Rankine and Will Rawls: Surveillance and the Black Experience 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Its placid and familial atmosphere is heightened by a cameo: Brad and Phil’s father plays accordion on the dirge “Kill the Horns.” Pop & Rock Listings for May 2-8 2014-05-01T21:55:59Z

“The movie had a lot of heart, but you can heighten the emotion when you add music.” 'Elf' gets a musical makeover and a visit to Costa Mesa 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

That impression is heightened by the fact that Mojo is, largely, tasteful rock, with Mike Campbell's guitar to the fore. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo 2010-06-17T23:30:00Z

In a program note, Pearson refers to her concept of rapture as “a heightened sense of one’s life,” through moments of fierce emotion and playfulness. PearsonWidrig DanceTheater’s ‘Rapture’: A big jumble with a big heart

The mean-spiritedness of these jabs is heightened by Ms. Pasternak’s insistent claims of her own allure. Books of The Times: Close-Up Portraits of Paul Newman and Martha Stewart 2010-03-21T23:35:00Z

Recent orders by the Trump administration that prioritize unaccompanied child migrants for deportation heighten the vulnerability of immigrant children in the U.S. How unaccompanied youth become exploited workers in the U.S. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Chronologically, “Big Little Lies” is structured as a walk-back, as police investigate a murder that occurred at the school’s Elvis-and-Audrey-Hepburn-themed gala fundraiser, some weeks after school started and during a period of heightened animosities. Review | How HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’ transcends the usual rich-mommies drama 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

When Joan tries to describe her visions in a pasture to her mother, and the heightening of the senses that accompanies them, she memorably cites the suddenly exaggerated sound of sheep grinding their teeth. Review: ‘Mother of the Maid,’ a Lesson on Raising a Teenage Saint 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

The uncommonly deft combination of dance and verbal theater heightens the impact of what might sound like a cliché: a profound meditation on life and death. ‘Last Ward’ Review: Ashes to Ashes, Dirt to Dirt 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

Some dresses are inspired by children’s clothes, and on adults the proportions look extreme, an effect she heightens with ridiculously high platform sandals. T Magazine: Year of the Couturi?re 2010-12-01T17:25:00Z

The 3D heightens that, and adds depth and texture to the animated characters who interact with the humans, especially Jar Jar. 3D doesn't improve 'Star Wars: Phantom Menace' 2012-02-10T19:52:03Z

Sara Mearns showed her how it is done, improbably gaining more energy as the ballet progressed and paradoxically increasing her control as she heightened her abandon. Justin Peck, Along With Balanchine, From City Ballet 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

But it almost suffered the same fate as its exceptional sibling, Penn Station, whose above ground structure, designed by McKim, Mead & White, was demolished to heighten the value of air rights amid the railroads’ decline. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

Something else that’s different are the fight scenes, which have a lot of heightened visual touches that feel influenced by anime. How Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors Fought Harmoniously 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

“There were a few heightened moments,” he says. Anti-Trump Republican Adam Kinzinger accepts his fate, whatever it is 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

Here they just heighten the air of Hardy Boys derring-do. Books of The Times: Doctor?s Doings in Christopher Reich?s ?Rules of Betrayal? 2010-08-01T21:45:00Z

They do the same kind of acting onstage as off—the sort of modern naturalism, without eccentricity of gesture, excess of expression, or heightened and formalistic precision, that is the business-casual of contemporary cinema. “Birdman” Never Achieves Flight 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

Here, the dancers and musicians, on bass, piano and drums, explore an intimate space of desire and illusion that is heightened by their proximity. 10 Dance Performances to See in NYC This Weekend 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

He heightens the domestic-drama aspect in certain scenes and pushes the auto-da-fé into the auditorium and lobby, where it becomes a fourth-wall-breaking media spectacle. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z

“What I wanted to create was a world that’s like our world but very slightly lifted off the ground. A little bit heightened, so we can enjoy the magic.” Rebecca Miller Is Brainy, and Very, Very Funny 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

It’s like, ‘This is a behavior and we’re going to write in a small sample the funniest way to heighten this behavior.’ Adam Pally Is Very, Very Nervous 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

Satire heightens the BS and the blind spots that we see in society, so that it's palpable and understood in the quickest, biggest, possible way. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

“The experience of playing that character struck me in a strange place, and that’s heightened by David’s energy, yeah. So I couldn’t bring that home.” Amy Adams: 'I thought, if I can’t figure this out, I can’t work any more' 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

Returning to the Hudson the next evening, I watched “Sea Wall” in a state of heightened tension. The Cell, the Spell and the Mystery of ‘Sea Wall/A Life’ 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

There's no doubt that a culture of drive-ins, long summer days and warm nights lends itself to heightened thefts. Cities With The Most Stolen Cars 2010-05-17T04:01:00Z

Mostly, Cave and his wife, Susie Bick, who also appears in the film, talk around Arthur rather than about him: It seems they’re balanced on a thread between heightened awareness and permanent numbness. Andrew Dominik and Nick Cave Map the Dimensions of Grief in One More Time with Feeling 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

This theme gives the seven-episode final season a heightened sense of stakes, even as the chaos continues. ‘Derry Girls’: And Now Their Troubles Are Ended 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Though this heightened sensibility is sustained throughout, the second act is a bit of a letdown. Theater Review: ?Tribes,? by Nina Raines, at the Barrow Street Theater 2012-03-05T03:00:00Z

Creativity is also something that plays into our sense — heightened in this go-go, Fomo world — that someone else is having it a lot easier than we are, a spiritual escapist fantasy of sorts. Now showing: 'Suffering for their art' films like 'Birdman' and 'Whiplash' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Penny and her friends are now solidly into their teens, with all of the body changes, heightened hormones and social minefields that entails. A Groundbreaking Cartoon Family Returns, ‘Louder and Prouder’ 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

Someone was going down, if not the company itself, a possibility heightened by the arrival of annoyed, and hostage-situation-chastened, Roman. Succession season two finale – battle of the backstabbers: discuss with spoilers 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Social media has stoked egomania by absurdly heightening the need to be heard. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I spent a week evading current events. Here’s what I learned. 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

And the brothers spent the rehearsal tinkering with the score and its possibilities, seeking to heighten its rally-like forcefulness and its harmonic contrasts. A Dave Brubeck Cantata Boasts Star Soloists: His Sons 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

Oscar nominations typically help boost the box office of movies still playing in theaters because awards publicity heightens awareness by moviegoers. Sony, Paramount and Weinstein Co. get Oscar boost 2012-01-25T01:35:44Z

Any of us who experience irrational fluctuations of feeling from time to time will see a heightened mirror of ourselves in her, and we start to question what defines mental illness. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Method to Their Madness 2011-07-07T15:40:01Z

"It made so much sense to heighten the visual experience of what the envelope is." Oscar's winners' envelope made over with new look 2011-02-16T16:18:12Z

The conclusion of Christopher Nolan's "Batman" trilogy is a breathtaking film that immerses its audience in a world both real and heightened. 13 top entertainment picks for July 22-28, 2012 2012-07-18T22:12:05Z

Perhaps if Mr. Stein had heightened the focus on this aspect of the story, the production might have gained in urgency. | 'The Demons': Peter Stein Takes Dostoyevsky to Governors Island 2010-07-11T23:13:00Z

Hopefully this helps you with your life — or, I mean, just creates more of a heightened awareness of things. If Your Life Were a Movie 2011-01-23T04:45:10Z

They both courted this controversy—living life as a heightened, surrealistic photoshoot—and, as time went by, avoided it. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Divorce Marks the End of an Era 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

He cites watching “The Little Mermaid” in the movie theatre as his first heightened experience of visual art. The Artist Sam McKinniss on Capturing Lorde in the Twilight 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Yet in an age of heightened public sensitivity to issues of gender, race and colonialism, museums are having to reassess his legacy. Is It Time Gauguin Got Canceled? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

"Of course it's slightly heightened. There's a lot going on in one day," said Baker of the film's emotional tone and the balancing act between comedy and drama, light and dark. 'Misery loves comedy' in 'Tangerine,' a seriocomic film about trans sex workers 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

Adding the Russian element to the crew of "Black Sea's" submarine, he said, heightened the tension and the dynamics. Sub thriller 'Black Sea' plumbs depths of identity in hunt for gold 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Everything in "Zola" is heightened to mimic the extremity and shallowness of social media. "Zola" is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

The Girls Who Code books are also arriving at a moment of heightened awareness and outrage over the scarcity and treatment of women in the tech industry. Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Robinson heightens that sensation with video of watery surfaces and a ship’s foamy wake, projected on a long, narrow screen that descends at times from overhead. Music Review: ?Klinghoffer? Returns, to Be Debated Anew 2011-06-17T22:32:42Z

"Roasting the squash in a bed of spent coffee grounds doesn't make the squash taste like coffee, rather it heightens the squash's own flavor," writes recipe developer Lindsay-Jean Hard. 33 best vegetarian soup recipes because baby, it’s cold outside 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

He remembered her as an "impeccable performer with superb comedy timing and an immense gift for really heightened drama". Roache plans TV tribute to Kirkbride 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

“Orphan Black” didn’t come out and say it was about cloning for a good few hours of plot twists, which heightened the resonance of the characters discovering that they were clones when it was revealed. “Orphan Black” is back, with new clones: Muddled and distracted, season 3 falls short 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

And Hollywood’s ever more polarized face-off with him has imbued the season with a heightened sense of both superfluousness and purpose. Trump Era Invites a Bolder Hollywood Red Carpet 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

That "A Teacher" casts Kate Mara as its titular character Claire Wilson only heightens the slow and queasy build of the implied conversation about consent and assault that forms the undercurrent the plot. Through blurred lines "A Teacher" is a difficult examination of consent and trauma 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

But in the final analysis, if indeed stardom is an abstraction, as you say, then I think that that heightens the need to connect with that which is tangible and real in life. Delroy Lindo on his "Da 5 Bloods" pro-Trump role: "He felt reviled because of his love for America" 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z

The sense of divide is further heightened by the series’s insistence on reminding us just how steep a challenge he is facing. | 'The Choir': BBC America Features a Choirmaster With a Mission 2010-07-06T20:23:00Z

A set that can change locations instantaneously, or costumes that pin down time and class with almost taxonomic exactitude, can anchor while also heightening the illusion of life. On Broadway Stages, the Beautiful Rooms Are Empty 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

The heightened political sensitivity around an expected Hillary Clinton presidential bid was bound to only raise the stakes even further.  Martin Scorsese documentary on President Clinton stalled 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

That heightens your fear, which increases your self-monitoring, and so on. Is your penis really shrinking? | Oliver Burkeman 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

As haunted as Garett and others who struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder are because of events like this one, he was describing a moment so simple and so heightened because of that simplicity. “The truth is unspeakable”: A real American sniper unloads on “American Sniper” 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

He works tempos with painterly detail, accelerating as emotions heighten emotions, decelerating to provide a breath of relaxation. Shakey Graves uses all the colors at dynamic El Rey show 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Here our knowledge of the future heightens the drama, rather than diminishing it, and it’s an example that “The Newsroom” could stand to follow. Will McAvoy, you’re so smart! 2012-07-23T18:30:00Z

While posing for photos, she would heighten the effect with an alert, slightly bulging gaze. Julia Fox Will Come for You 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

"It's a fascinating world, it's one that you don't really have to heighten or exaggerate all that much to get to comedy because it's already a crazy world of Vegas magicians," Goldstein said. "Burt Wonderstone" writers tap rivalries of Vegas magicians 2013-03-16T00:18:20Z

It heightens rather than solves the play's inherent problem, which is its move from realism into poetic symbolism. The Bacchae/Blood Wedding – review 2012-06-04T11:25:27Z

I hope everyone can discover that open space and brightness, knowing that it can also give rise to a heightened sense of terror. Someone to hold me 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z

On “Life’s Too Short,” Davis is the central character, buttressed by sequences in which Gervais and Merchant play heightened versions of themselves: British showbiz moguls to whom Davis turns for assistance or money. Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z

Percy's charming grandson, Robert, allows himself to become part of the heightened political situation. 'The Widower's Tale': novelist Julia Glass' sprawling saga of a very extended family 2010-09-16T22:20:00Z

It may be next to impossible to get a tour of the White House these days, thanks to heightened security and limited access. Tour the White House at Home with a New Pop-up Book 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, the heightened difficulty robs Luigi's outing of the simple joy of the source game, but dedicated players will no doubt relish the ramped-up challenge on offer here. New Super Luigi U – review 2013-07-20T23:05:19Z

Its stylized design heightens the coziness and claustrophobia of a small-town yesteryear—there’s something ominous in the soda-counter scenery, a dollop of David Lynch in the milkshakes. Halloween TV in a Time of Frightful Crisis 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

So in his version, the choreography was adjusted, including in the scene where Anita is assaulted, which took on a heightened edge of violence. ‘West Side Story’: How We Covered the Classic N.Y.C. Musical 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

It also heightens O'Neill's Conradian awareness of the sea as a tragic force which shapes human destinies: something that becomes rivetingly clear at the climax and rescues it from sentimentality. Anna Christie ? review 2011-08-09T22:12:00Z

Lawrence floridly called “the prismatic ecstasy of heightened consciousness.” Review | Is Poe the most influential American writer? A new book offers evidence. 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

But Perahia's virtuosity, never fussy, narcissistic or quirky, generates a heightened sense of drama in whatever he plays. Murray Perahia evokes suspense, sadness and exhilaration at Disney Hall 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

“Where the comedy comes from in a moment like this,” Appel said, “is pushing it past what you’re expecting to see and going into this really bizarre, unexpected heightened emotional version.” How Daniel Radcliffe Gets ‘Weird’ in ‘The Al Yankovic Story’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

Their anger was heightened by the fact that the cartoon was published on a day meant to commemorate the communities destroyed by the Nazis and their allies in the mid-20th century. Murdoch apologises for Sunday Times' cartoon depicting Binyamin Netanyahu 2013-01-28T21:04:35Z

For all that Cheryl Cole might be heightening the profile of a designer there is no doubt that by wearing the latest trends, she is boosting her own image too. Cheryl Cole's favourite designers are the real winners of X Factor 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

The foreshortened lifespans of Kathy, Ruth and Tommy are meant to invest their loves, losses, mistakes and redemptions with heightened intensity, and thereby to inspire the rest of us to live our lives more heedfully. How Never Let Me Go gave up and died 2011-02-14T13:07:30Z

For me, growing up on the camera, those insecurities were all heightened. Alia Shawkat Owns Her Curly-Haired Cool 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

The London-born filmmaker, known for “12 Years a Slave” and “Shame”, said he decided to set the movie “in ... a heightened contemporary western city”, picking Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States. Director Steve McQueen says `Widows' not just a heist movie 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

Its cool radiant precision is heightened by the contrast with its duller, less assertive neighbor: a similarly posed woman in pink by Pier Francesco Foschi. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

But it was, perhaps, exactly this limitation that heightened her ability to pinpoint, with a beautiful specificity, the character of her feline protagonist. Mog the Cat, and the Mysteries of Animal Subjectivity 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Shortly after graduating from Havana’s distinguished Instituto Superior de Arte in ’91, she switched to working only in black, white and gray largely because the stark palette heightened the drama in her prints. The late Cuban artist Belkis Ayón's mysterious world unfurls at the Fowler Museum 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

It fits uneasily, however, with the production's attempt to heighten the story's spooky sensationalism. The Turn of the Screw – review 2013-01-25T17:40:44Z

Sometimes, a character will turn into the woman she will become, recalling what happened years before with a heightened clarity that real memory never allows. Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

When the children are playing house, mimicking their parents’ dysfunction, the heightened tone of their pretending can work nicely. Review: ‘Make Believe’ Has a Cast of Children, but No Fairy Tales 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

These films, about a brainwashed CIA killing machine who gradually recovers his memory and goes rogue, would appeal most strongly to Trump’s particular combination of short attention span and heightened paranoia. Six surveillance films to make Trump paranoid 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

Though it might seem that Mike would fit in here, he doesn’t, which heightens his sense of alienation. Review | Bryan Washington’s ‘Memorial’ is a tender look at modern family life 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

But who needs heightened Shakespearean drama when details have such a peculiar charm? Exhibition Review: Shakespeare Folios as Venerated Relics 2011-07-07T12:01:10Z

Obviously certain things are heightened for comedy, but how accurate is it? From "Prey" to "Reservation Dogs," Amber Midthunder always slays 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

They are injected with mutagenic elixirs that will give them heightened strength, speed and senses . . . if they survive. "The Witcher" boss explains how Netflix’s "Witcher" kids show will work 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

I, personally, was even planning, as suggested by a senior cabinet member, to eat a Cadbury's Creme Egg in its entirety at my moment of no return to heighten the sensation of bliss. Nil desperandum homo erectus 2010-04-02T19:00:00Z

But she said that another crucial element is heightened awareness — and the willingness to take a stand. Perspective | Trump should denounce this assault on press freedom in the Philippines. Instead, he’s imitating it. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

Of course the experience of raising Quid was heightened by the pandemic, as it was for so many people in similar positions. Bringing Home Some ‘Hairy Joie de Vivre,’ and Taking Notes 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z

This is not realism, exactly, but something just a bit more heightened, in which naturalism blurs into fable, and the boundaries between reality and dream fade away. In Amy Bloom's 'Lucky Us,' sisters remain plucky in face of tragedy 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

All of which heightens the pressure on Butler. Who Is Austin Butler and What Does He Want? 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

"Even before he passed away he was very tough to get...It really heightens the level of his market," said Mr Orlando. Elvis and The Beatles most-forged 2012-12-28T12:00:01Z

These kinds of omissions "heightened the risk and increased the vulnerability to visitors, including Cheap Trick Touring". Cheap Trick file $1m lawsuit against Canadian festival 2013-07-10T12:08:30Z

I meant that in a good way, because the drama is so heightened, and the world is heightened, and it's this tangled web of deceit and lies that affects all these characters. Julia Stiles gets Shakespearean again: On murder, betrayal and the powerful women of "Riviera" 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

The acting in "Black Souls" is strong across the board, and that the actors are not well-known in this country only heightens the film's strong sense of verisimilitude. 'Black Souls' a top-notch Italian gangster film 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Then there is the rampant anti-Chinese bigotry heightened by the fear of smallpox, especially because so many laundry workers were Chinese, and laundry was thought to be a possible way the disease could spread. Books of The Times: In ‘Frog Music,’ Emma Donoghue Delves Into Unsolved Crime 2014-04-07T20:53:50Z

New York’s best-known crime photographer, Weegee, also worked primarily at night, using a flash to heighten contrast. Art Review: What Photographers Saw After Sunset 2011-04-29T05:30:10Z

The result is a record that's so filmic that when it's over your senses will feel heightened, and you might need a few moments to adjust to daylight. Essential albums of 2015: Bjork, Kendrick and 8 others on the edge of pop 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

Now, with heightened security and surveillance, the decision by some artists to be anonymous is an additional act of resistance. From Homelessness to Donald Trump, This Art Group Takes on All 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

But it had the desired effect, heightening anticipation and, if not clearing the mind, at least reducing it to a state of undirected boredom. Hand over your cellphone, and obey the gong. Marina Abramovic reinvents Bach. 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

We're not talking about the usual policy of obfuscation designed to heighten an act's anonymity in this overlit age – we just mean we're struggling to complete a timeline that makes sense. New band of the day - Atlas Genius (No 1,423) 2013-01-03T16:03:48Z

Supreme, the most prominent of Stussy’s heirs, added a New York veneer of heightened exclusivity and sophistication to that legacy; it’s equal parts retail, art project, and hangout. This Brand Could Be Your Life: David Shapiro’s “Supremacist” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

There's the heightened environment of performing, made more fraught by the prevalence of free-flowing alcohol and drugs. "Daisy Jones & The Six" and the appeal of the band that breaks their own hearts 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

There’s something invigorating about outsized bass physically shaking your core, and it undoubtedly heightened the intensity throughout his nearly 90-minute set. Travis Scott’s Astroworld thrill ride throttles anxious Tacoma Dome crowd 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

No doubt Dickens’s sense of the randomness of fate and his own uncertain childhood combined to heighten his rage for order and control. Books of The Times: ?Charles Dickens,? by Claire Tomalin; ?Becoming Dickens? - 2011-10-24T22:30:07Z

Hinton’s book may also heighten another fraught debate: what to call these events. Unearthing the Roots of Black Rebellion 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

Comprising eight panels in all — each about 90 inches by 50 inches — the murals’ heightened use of color and ornamentation, as well as their large scale, reflect a general shift away from minimalism. BAM Has a New Display of Michael Graves Murals 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Some contributors worried that Ms. Myers’s interest in the inner lives of women may be replaced by a heightened focus on their appearances. Departing Elle Editor Robbie Myers Gets Party, Tells of Fire 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

But at times of heightened tension, it felt as if the overall sound was being cranked up aggressively. Review: In ‘The Lord of the Rings in Concert,’ Musicians in Sync With a Soundtrack 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

He heightened a recent debate about Upright Citizens Brigade not paying its talent when, from its own stage, he likened the company to a slave owner. Amy Schumer’s Comedy Central Show, From the Inside 2013-04-18T12:00:01Z

The tender moments had a heightened effect on a show that was mostly aiming for laughs, with traditional monologue jokes, clips from old shows and a wild assortment of celebrities helping him close the book. After 22 years, Leno gave 'Tonight' his farewell 2014-02-07T20:58:39Z

It's a sense heightened by the Palma Violets' tendency to write episodic songs, packed with stops and starts and shifts in tempo and mood. Palma Violets – review 2013-02-14T15:30:02Z

He said he rewrote “Lights Out” in a similar vein, dreaming up layer after layer of lives in turmoil, “like a 1950s kitchen-sink drama with heightened realism.” Familial Discord? Enough to Back a Boxer in a Corner 2011-01-09T02:34:37Z

It also discovered that compared to men, women are more likely to elongate their words to convey heightened emotion and say things such as “coooooooooooooolllll!” Monkeys and eggplants: how do men and women use emojis differently? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

In an era of Instagram and live-streamed runway shows, there’s a heightened level of scrutiny that previous generations did not have to contend with. Are Fashion Competitions the Best Way for Young Designers to Break In to the Business? 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Even so, much of what we see about high school life via TV and film right now is not only fictionalized but greatly fantasized and heightened, not to mention specific. White adults need to watch “America to Me,” the most important show about teens on TV now 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

Genet creates a drama as intense, heightened and claustrophobic as boudoir in high summer. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z

Opera singers, he said, were often more comfortable than actors with heightened demands. The Orchestra Brawls in a ‘Beer and Pizza’ Oedipus Opera 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

It's not so much the perfect Glaswegian accent, all muscular and heightened, that pleases. Our friend in the north 2010-06-18T23:03:00Z

Her performances have the kind of intelligence and emotional range that prods an audience to find that heightened capacity in themselves. Maryann Plunkett Is a Radiant Everywoman 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

Reygadas presents all of this as desultory slices of heightened reality, dismissing narrative flow. ‘Post Tenebras Lux’: Drama’s challenges outweigh rewards 2013-07-25T22:31:10Z

This heightens the sense of play and the feeling that nothing lampoons quite like a sharp-tongued cartoon. ‘A Most Imperfect Union,’ a retelling of U.S. history by Ilan Stavans and Lalo Alcaraz

By way of heightening this sense of removal from quotidian matters, we added a bottle of wine to the order. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z

His comedy was no mere parody; it was both an analysis on the wing and an aestheticization, a deepening of insight along with a heightening of style. Movie of the Week: “The Break-Up” 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

This is, of course, the phenomenon in which the reduced rates of oxygen in flight may result in heightened emotional responses — and I love it. Airplane Reading, Portuguese Décor and the Young Ashbery 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z

Rogelio—in his purple presidential suit and exaggerated, heightened sense of drama—is the embodiment of the aesthetic of “Jane the Virgin,” in that he is perpetually a delight to watch. Best TV of 2015: The most compelling performances of the year 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z

And the characters in “The Demons” are often seized with the kind of heightened emotions that makes Italian grand opera so intoxicating. | 'The Demons': Peter Stein Takes Dostoyevsky to Governors Island 2010-07-11T23:13:00Z

His abstraction wasn’t remote from representation, merely a heightening of its expressive power. Perspective | I grew up in Upstate New York. It took the art of Charles Burchfield to help me rediscover the beauty of its winters. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

The pictures from this new chapter of the ongoing story of racial injustice reflect a shift in intent, a heightened sense of self-determination and an outrage that is both exhausting and indefatigable. Perspective | The protesters are dressed as their unique selves — and that’s part of their power 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

A surprise ending reveals a disturbing secret held by a key character and helps heighten the film's multigenre appeal. 2009-12-31T18:28:00Z

This heightened the drama of solo recitals by the saxophonist David S. Ware, the vocalist Dean Bowman and Mr. Wilson, the drummer. Music Review: A Wide-Ranging Festival Savors Some Late-Night Jazz 2011-06-29T21:55:14Z

The alliteration in the English translation heightens our sense of the tactile. Poem of the week: 'Time has disappeared/Lo temps s'es perdut' by Aurélia Lassaque 2013-02-11T11:28:12Z

On “Delirium,” Ms. Goulding tries on a more staccato vocal delivery, which has the effect of heightening the dramatic tension in her voice. Ellie Goulding’s Cordial Breakup With Electronic Dance Music 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

I think both shows are heightened, more dramatic versions of what is going on with modern British teens. "The Misfits:" British superheroes just want to be teens 2011-08-11T22:12:00Z

He said himself it sounded "like the end of the world", a sensation heightened by the panicked voice over the top of it, yelping about stabbings and shootings, drug deals and suicidal depression. Dizzee Rascal: 'The music just got bigger and better' 2012-06-21T22:00:01Z

Weil, who was in attendance on Tuesday along with Mann, said the show was "both authentic and honest, if heightened for dramatic reasons". King calls musical 'wonderful gift' 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

We took where we were in our lives, and created these heightened versions of ourselves. Billy Eichner and Robin Lord Taylor, Living Out Loud (and Quietly) 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

However, he noted that media criticism had heightened recently due to deepening scandals in Los Angeles and Australia. Pope's resignation 'linked to sex abuse crisis', says Mea Maxima Culpa director 2013-02-13T12:20:36Z

Every actor I speak to who has played Medea talks about a heightened awareness of news stories about parents – men and women – killing their children in similar circumstances. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z

The approach inevitably evokes a sense of nostalgia, heightened in contrast to the tweet-fueled mayhem of the Trump administration, which has had a mysterious and potentially destructive relationship with Russia. Review | CNN’s ‘The Reagan Show’ is a look back at an era that set the stage for Trump 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

It’s an audacious move, creating a heightened, hyperbolic, fictionalized view of his life, one that is certain to erase his relative anonymity for good and perhaps stir up some controversy in the process. Kenya Barris Plumbs His Id to Reinvent the Family Comedy 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

The anxiety and anger in Newcastle is heightened by the fact that not everyone trusts the council's figures. Culture clash as threat of 100% cut in arts funding divides Newcastle 2013-01-29T20:02:40Z

Publishing the book in English, he feared, might heighten their exposure. A Uyghur Author and Translator Were Detained. Now, Their Novel Speaks For Them. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

Because the agents are operating for the first time without backup from headquarters, their high-tech gadgets sometimes go on the fritz, heightening the tension. Brad Bird Directs ?Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol? 2011-12-09T15:27:23Z

The new sense of space was heightened by the house’s perch over the Neisse Valley. A Push to Rebuild a Mies Van Der Rohe Modernist Gem 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Only Ms. Benanti, with her ludicrous self-pleasure and inscrutable intentions, achieves the perfect, heightened style to land the airy jokes while maintaining a bright, solid presence. Review: Look Up! It’s Amy Schumer in ‘Meteor Shower’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

So did Gill's occasional sing-speak deliveries and deadpan refrains, which heightened dichotomies on "Anthrax" and "Ether." Gang of Four turn back the clock with vital, aggressive show 2011-02-12T11:21:00Z

Lawrence manages to get even closer to the 'jangle and discord' of feeling; using heightened symbolism: Nature in all its raw but sensuous detail; the strange beauty and pain of the 'open wound.' Reading group: Sons and Lovers is getting me down 2013-06-13T08:58:55Z

In some he wears little makeup, while in others he appears in whiteface, which only heightens the incongruence of his own body in these historical and geographical flights. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Within an intelligent, contemporary framework that heightens awareness of the work’s themes of racism and male anxiety, the directors elicit a passionate, powerful performance. Music Review: Cecila Bartoli in ?Otello,? at Zurich Opera House 2012-03-02T23:19:05Z

"A United Kingdom" was one of several true-life tales exploring race at this year's Toronto film festival, against a backdrop of heightened racial tension in the United States. 'A United Kingdom' tells historic tale of love defying prejudice 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan took the prize for leading male role for the film, about the treatment of Muslims in a world of heightened suspicions following the Sept. 'Dabangg' dominates Bollywood awards with 6 prizes 2011-06-26T10:34:08Z

To heighten the effect, the artist built a site-specific installation to house these projections, consisting of partial walls made of bricks that mirror the ones seen in the film. | Jesper Just’s Paradoxical Danish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2013-05-28T22:12:16Z

Angell recognized that campus life, even absent tragedy, often unfolds as a period of heightened intensity and insight—a time when young people are allowed to reveal themselves in surprising and intriguing ways. Sunday Reading: School Drama 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z

The piano is so meaningful to this family, and its symbolism is heightened by its physical beauty. LaTanya Richardson Jackson on Directing ‘The Piano Lesson’ (and Her Husband) 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

Every Sunday night, the best improvisers in New York City invite a celebrity guest to tell stories based on audience suggestions, and then the improvisers spin those stories into heightened hilarity. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

The best time to spot larger wildlife, he said, is during golden hours — the first two and last two hours of light — since it’s a transition period for nocturnal animals and predator-prey activity is heightened. Six ways travel lovers can change their perspective while waiting to take off again 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

Birney and Audley, who both directed and edited the film, evoke the disarray of dream logic: The sets shift, the sound effects heighten and the props grow and shrink. ‘Strawberry Mansion’ Review: Adventures in Slumberland 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

We don’t quite get Mravinsky’s overwhelming sense of power, but we do get a heightened sense of conversation among the work’s contrasting ideas, a welcome diversion from routine. Tchaikovsky for Christmas 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

This is high-octane opera – massive showpiece follows massive showpiece; every gesture, musical and theatrical, is exaggerated, every passion heightened, every grief extreme. Adriana Lecouvreur; Tansy Davies ? review 2010-11-21T00:09:00Z

In Mr. Hodge’s interpretation, everyone exists in a five-alarm state of tension from the get-go, with equally heightened poses and inflections. Review: ‘Old Times,’ Where the Past Is a Dangerous Place 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

In an interview, Mr. Davis explained how he helped his young actor using an array of techniques like physical activities and screaming along with him to heighten his energy level. Garth Davis Reveals the Secret to Child Performances in ‘Lion’ 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Salinger’s experiences during World War II further heightened his sense of alienation. Books of The Times: Peering Into A Reclusive Life 2011-02-10T15:17:01Z

The art by Gurihiru, a Japanese illustration team, does a stellar job of heightening the story’s drama. Perspective | Five new books for your teenager’s summer reading pile 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

We can then look back on everything they did as having a kind of in-the-moment heightened sensitivity, that by living to die they are more alive. Exploratory 'First Take' presents six operas in progress 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

“Everyone has an opinion of this franchise, whether it’s a positive one or a heightened, rabid, crazy one or a very negative one,” Mr. Dornan said. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ the Movie, as a Fairy Tale 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

It coexists with the Cunningham “Doubletoss” choreography perfectly well; it does not heighten its experience. Dance Review: Cage and Cunningham at the Baryshnikov Arts Center 2012-03-23T22:31:25Z

The heightened feeling you get from reading it on-site is all about the energy in Tangier as it is now, not that modern city springing up beside it. Beat and dust: Tangier's tang of history 2010-11-23T13:26:00Z

It also involves arias, ensembles, melodies and heightened emotion — all familiar tools in the operatic arsenal. ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a new opera for old audiences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

The band's enthusiasm for the project was heightened by their appreciation of Kjartansson's work, and the artist's genuine passion for the song. Six hours, one song: the National perfect the art of repetition 2013-07-11T18:03:02Z

Christian inaugurates a new regime for Anastasia, a regime of control of her environment and of her own behavior—a heightened formality—as well as a newfound aesthetic sense that reflects it. The Accurate Erotics of “Fifty Shades of Grey” 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

The film comes amid heightened tensions in the United States with the Black Lives Matter movement protesting police brutality against members of the black community. Race finds spotlight through true stories at Toronto Film Festival 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

Big, operatic feelings — mostly having to do with loyalty, honor and professionalism — are both heightened and lightened by propulsive speed and overscaled action. ‘Ambulance’ Review: Michael Bay Is Our Emergency Movie Technician 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

He would always go for the simple gesture that best expressed the character in the moment or the heightened moment in the music. Donald Saddler, Dancer, and a Choreographer on Broadway, Dies at 96 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

I saw his story as an epic and I wanted to heighten that quality . . . and to play up the parable quality. "Why Fish Don't Exist" explores eugenics in the US, a Hawaiian murder plot, and the meaning of life 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

What he does believe is that harmony is heightened when you have to work for it. Scott Walker: Brother beyond 2012-11-23T19:28:49Z

Like the best “Saturday Night Live” impressionists” — Dana Carvey or Bill Hader — she captures a few tics but focuses less on accuracy than on heightening them into something all her own. ‘Saturday Night Live’ Gears Up for an Anniversary 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

More people on the islands means more pressure on existing infrastructure, encroachment on animal habitats and a heightened risk of introducing invasive plant and animal species. Going to the Galápagos Is Easier and Cheaper Than Ever. That Might Not Be a Good Thing. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

The movement keeps revealing unexpected underlying musical rhythms, and its cumulative effect, in tandem with the heightened music, is a strangely intense and emotional one. Dance Review: Lyon Opera Ballet Offers a Premiere by Rachid Ouramdane 2014-02-26T22:22:22Z

"Throughout spring 2014, there were heightened levels of both online and offline incidents reported to Tell Mama. At this time, many people in Britain felt frightened and victimised," it says. Women targeted in rising tide of attacks on Muslims 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

Foreshortened perspectives heighten the tensions between a rat and two hawks in “Hide” and between two turkeys and a fox in “Exposed.” Landscapes redefined in 2 new Seattle gallery shows 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

Their evocative essays, heightened by the pandemic, exposed issues from sudden poverty, racism and homelessness to anti-Asian and anti-Semitic violence to lack of childcare. A Zoom of one's own: Leaving my job helped my mental health — and my mission 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

Sometimes I laugh at the heightened sense of awareness our society suddenly shares — maybe to keep from crying, or because a chuckle is the only positive thing I can add to this collective optimism. I failed my friend Dante Barksdale. We all failed him 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z

Shakespeare often shoulders his way into times that need heightened utterance. How strong emotion summons poetry 2013-01-16T13:14:16Z

The visual scheme of the show heightens the tension of the silences. “Wanderlust,” Reviewed: Toni Collette in a Self-Help Soap Opera 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

With the supernatural cast to the story, everything feels heightened. Faulkner and Other Ghosts Sing Through Jesmyn Ward’s New Novel 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

And more broadly, we are in a moment of heightened scrutiny over how black Americans are treated by the police and how they are portrayed in films, books and news coverage. A White Director, the Police and Race in ‘Detroit’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

Maybe for an artistic partnership to work it needs the domestic too, the ordinary moments without the heightened drama of performance, of persona, of fame. Jason Isbell’s “Running with Our Eyes Closed” and a marriage of two artists 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

The enjoyment of tracing Moore's technical changes mentioned above is heightened by the unusual decision to put the oldest stories at the end of the book; it reads like a journey into youth. Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T09:00:00Z

Q: With that particular brouhaha, do you think the pandemic heightened sensitivity to something that otherwise might have played well? David Sedaris discusses prison pen pals, pandemic sensitivities and that apology he’s never going to give 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

She attributes such problems to an unconscious bias, and she's attempting to address it by heightening cultural awareness through her work. Sheila Callaghan plays with gender identity in 'Women Laughing Alone With Salad' 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

Their very presence bestows heightened meaning on whatever is inside. Ken Burns: Why the African American history museum belongs to all of us 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Also, the sense of being a setting for something – whether art or dining – which the architecture heightens but does not dominate. Beautiful south 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

At times, his enigmatic quality, mixed with a heightened lucidity, is reminiscent of Emily Dickinson – although without the whimsy that mars the weakest of her poems. Drysalter by Michael Symmons Roberts – review 2013-04-22T08:00:04Z

What is clever is how director Mike Barker uses point-of-view shots to heighten the emotions of a given scene. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 5: A Seduction 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

And the effect is magnified by the heightened self-consciousness of the political actors who, when not stating their cases, are seated onstage, witnesses to the history they are making. Bryan Cranston Is Playing Lyndon Johnson on Broadway 2014-02-05T20:10:11Z

The modifier "When it is peace" recurs at the end of the second sentence, heightening the sense of longing, with the "if" haunting the "when". Poem of the week: To Germany by Charles Hamilton Sorley 2012-11-14T10:20:03Z

Oates, however, is fully in control — as a writer, heightened emotion is the essential ingredient in her work. 'A Widow's Story': Joyce Carol Oates' memoir of life after her husband's sudden death 2011-04-14T21:50:05Z

After the extended reverie, in other words, even the slightest crescendo carried heightened dramatic meaning. Saxophonist Pat Mallinger gets a moment of glory 2011-03-06T15:54:00Z

The urgency of that question is heightened in the interludes between chapters, featuring Daniel Burnham, who conceived “The Plan for Chicago” in 1909. Weaving architecture, history and social justice together, Chicago is imagined anew in “No Small Plans” 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

David Pearlman, a travel agent from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., wasn’t impressed with Egypt, a Level 3 country because of a heightened risk of terrorism. Perspective | Where in the world shouldn’t you go? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

It’s a good place to tell a story in a heightened way. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Making ‘G.B.F.’ 2013-04-19T16:00:13Z

Even without the wigs and tarantula eyelashes of his performing alter ego, Arnold is a preternaturally heightened figure, only rarely without the battle gear of exaggeration and melodrama. Review: Lessons in Love From a Drama Queen in ‘Torch Song’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

“We’re probably in the most heightened time in fashion I’ve ever known, and it feels very much like the eye of the storm.” Pinups in the Post-Weinstein World 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

In his famous image of his middle-aged self, Rembrandt created shadows of velvety blackness, heightening by contrast the light flooding in from the open window to his right. Art Review: ?Rembrandt and Degas? at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-02-23T15:55:08Z

Attacking identity from every direction, Icke moves bravely into the danger zone of heightened sensitivity and calls for cancellation. Review: In ‘The Doctor,’ a Rare Case of Physician, Harm Thyself 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

There’s a core instability to the relationships in his work, heightened by his refusal to buff out the pettiness and casual cruelty. ‘Marriage Story’: Noah Baumbach’s First Feel-Good Movie 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Bussi is one of those thriller writers who heightens suspense by shifting from one character’s viewpoint to another with calculated aplomb. Review | Michel Bussi’s thriller ‘The Double Mother’ twists, then twists again 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

The sadness was overwhelming but in direct proportion to heightened awareness. Mahler's 'Song of the Earth' and sky and sea, the L.A. Phil way 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

This year, more than any in memory, Ms. Terranova said, the shortlist field is exceptionally strong, heightening the competition. Documentaries Jostle Against Oscar Obscurity 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

School to Prison Pipeline Education reform advocates cite research demonstrating, they say, that suspensions from classroom heighten the chances that suspended students will flunk, drop out, or wind up in the juvenile justice system. Can more armed guards keep our schools safe? 2013-05-07T21:17:00Z

This was all illuminating, the transparency heightening appreciation of skill and artistry. Review: In ‘Unedited,’ the Revisions Are Part of the Tradition 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

When different narrators take on chapters devoted to different characters’ points of view, the listener’s engagement with the book can be heightened. Perspective | Yes, audiobooks are books. But too many voices can muddle the experience. 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z

Kafka christened the 1910s "the nervous era", and if there is one thing that unites the different characters in this book, it's a state of heightened anxiety. 1913: The Year Before the Storm by Florian Illies – review 2013-07-19T09:00:01Z

It's fantastic to see the heightened demand across the whole of Britain for our world class attractions in what was a pivotal year for the tourism industry. Poor weather in 2012 drove visitors to indoor tourist attractions 2013-03-12T00:01:01Z

This astute backstory alteration heightens the tension of both Charley’s adjustment, the setting as an obstacle and the conflict within her family. Queen Sugar: why it's a time travel show for black audiences 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Mind you, the fact that these crafters star on a major network series indicates a heightened interest and appreciation for self-developed skills. "Making It" and the bittersweet economics of crafting culture 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Add it to heighten the flavors in your next sidecar, caipirinha or gimlet. For a Better Cocktail, Reach for a Different Shaker 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

The company remains entangled in a #MeToo-era lawsuit brought by a former student of its affiliated school; anyone in a position of power there is under heightened public scrutiny. Review: A New Justin Peck Ballet Feels Like an Exhale 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

This was further heightened by a fraught history. Hawaiian, Gaelic, Yiddish: so you want to learn an endangered language on Duolingo? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

Saariaho then reveals something that shows how her sensitivity to music was already tied up with the idea of a heightened reality, and with her own invention. A guide to Kaija Saariaho's music 2012-07-09T15:01:23Z

Yet the concealment only appears to heighten her fans’ desire for exposure. The Misreading of Mitski 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Still, she conceded that the show had heightened some facets of magazine work. With ‘Younger’ and ‘The Bold Type’ Ending, Will TV Turn the Page? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

Transparent’s debut season won Amazon its first Emmys and Golden Globes and contributed to a heightened visibility of transgender people. Transparent's Second Season Comes with More Angst and Less Insight 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

Behind the crowns, gowns and dance numbers, the competition is primarily a fund-raising event that heightens awareness of the thousands of female veterans who have little support while transitioning to civilian life. What’s on TV Monday: ‘John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

I suppose this trend is due to a heightened awareness of added sugars in food and more people steering clear of them. Peas on my cottage cheese, please 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

“The idea was to have a heightened performance that didn’t go over the line,” he said. In the Wild Tale of ‘Cocaine Bear,’ an Apex Predator Is the True Star 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

Yet his heightened, trance-like playing has a core of stillness, of devotional tranquility; his music is like a whirlwind with an eye of serenity. Coltrane’s Free Jazz Wasn’t Just “A Lot of Noise” 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

Renée, how did you find it going from that heightened opera talk, projecting and enunciating, to trying to be more natural and funny on Broadway? An Opera Diva and a Broadway Star Trade Places, and Advice 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

“The most important thing for a musical number isn’t the excuse of why it is a musical number, it’s the heightened emotion that gets you there,” Ms. Bloom said. The Great American Musical, Side B, in ‘My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

I think, when I was reported dead, that I got a small taste of what the pandemic has heightened for everyone: a dose of uncertainty, a reminder of our mortality, a distillation of what matters. Why Are All the Exes Texting? 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

It may heighten your senses, enhance mental clarity and help create collagen to facilitate wound repair. This Is Your Skin on Stress 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

The dispute highlights the challenges museums across the nation face in an atmosphere of heightened sensitivities about issues of representation and race and gender. After Criticism, Film Museum Will Highlight Hollywood’s Jewish History 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

Chase Finlay, her partner, heightened all of her virtues: his combination of spacious grandeur, modesty and nobility is very moving. Critic’s Notebook: Versions of Sugar Plums at New York City Ballet 2012-12-29T01:10:26Z

It feels heightened and hallucinatory, like the first year of the pandemic, but also safe, like a child’s playroom. ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord’ Review: Our Sewing Superhero 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

All this is conveyed in the heightened register of opera. Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

Acosta’s fair-skinned mother’s family rejects him because of his skin color, which also heightens his self-doubt when he seeks to break into the white world of international ballet. Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta stars in own biopic 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Applied to potatoes, the process also allows them to soften while absorbing the right amount of moisture and, because they’re not salted, heightens their inherent sweetness. Here’s the Secret to the Best Mashed Potatoes for Thanksgiving 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

The relatively compact size of Venice’s slate — 55 new features — has the effect of heightening contrasts between big and small, marquee and outré. Venice Film Festival Commits to Diversification 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

Kristen Brengel, a senior vice president for the National Parks Conservation Association, warned that heightened visitation is bringing newcomers to the park who struggle to know how to behave. Seeking out Alaska’s Denali National Park in a summer of overcrowded outdoor spaces 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

He wanted the music to be "gentle enough" to allow for its lyrics to be heard but encouraged heightened emotion. Indie musicians help movie soundtracks hit right emotional note 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

At opening night on Saturday, with Mr. Loux heightening the doll-like aspect of the Nutcracker nephew, it felt stranger than ever: ventriloquist and dummy. Review: Mark Morris’s ‘The Hard Nut,’ Tchaikovsky With Cartoon Wit and Verve 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

I love that smell so much and I think the fact that I only ever recall smelling it once a year has heightened the whole experience. Honoring my dad with my mom's Thanksgiving stuffing 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

Sometimes the mirrors are black, heightening dramatic contrast. Yayoi Kusama at the Broad: Lots of mirrors, not so much artistic reflection 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

“I think many nonluxury brands believe they can heighten the perceived quality through messaging, while a brand like Hermès is very clear that the quality can never be compromised.” On The Runway: Enterprising Business Students Turn to Fashion 2013-12-06T23:33:08Z

This one is a visual feast, heightened by a combination of lights, projections, and colored webs. Searching for the nice reviews of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" 2011-03-24T15:25:00Z

But the gag is incomprehensible, none of the onlookers laugh, and Albert sneaks back a few seconds later to explain himself, which only heightens the awkwardness. “A Million Ways to Die in the West”: How Seth MacFarlane became the new Adam Sandler 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

It's a great combination, as Niva's maudlin voice, drenched in reverb, echoes off the surfaces of the shiny machinery, heightening the alienation effect. New band of the day ? No 974: Niva 2011-02-25T17:37:15Z

It activates an authentic emotional feeling and in terms of the stakes, it brings a heightened focus that I think infuses the scenes with energy. For these guys, it's about finding that rhythm 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

And yet they captivate our attention, seducing and taunting us with visions of heightened sexual and romantic congress, the likes of which none of us civilians have surely ever experienced. The Insta-Celebrity Engagement Is Somehow Very 2018 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

But experts said defense teams face heightened risks in the that aggressive questioning of accusers in the #MeToo era will antagonize jurors who have grown more sensitive to allegations of sexual misconduct. Weinstein rape trial shows #MeToo accusers should prepare for courtroom grilling 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

"Satire heightens the BS and the blind spots that we see in society, so that it's palpable and understood in the quickest, biggest, possible way." Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

Then, less than a week apart, both iO and Second City were put up for sale, heightening anxiety among performers who were already worried about improv’s post-pandemic future. Chicago Improv Was Dead. Can New Leaders Revive It? 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z

These feelings aren't new — every generation has had them — but for many they feel especially heightened. HBO's "The Outsider" to "Wrinkles the Clown" – why the boogeyman is all over our TVs 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

There is heightened demand for technological resources to help bring meaningful activities into homes, he said — but for adults with more severe disabilities, even those resources might not meet their needs. A time of unprecedented fear for parents of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

How does an institution present a controversial work closely linked to the heightened emotions surrounding current events? The Met, the opera on Leon Klinghoffer’s murder and the politics of protest

“In that instance, the camera is heightening the occasion that we have set up together. I don’t believe that if you film anyone for long enough they forget the presence of the camera,” says Oppenheimer. Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

It is, she says, “a crisis heightened but not created by the pandemic.” Review | Louise Penny’s latest mystery imagines a post-covid world. Things are still pretty complicated. 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

Though there are a few standout creations, the anthology is mostly muddled, privileging a heightened version of 2020 over a reality that was plenty scary on its own. ‘Isolation’ Review: Dispatches From a Different Pandemic 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

As with last year's "Up," there's nothing cheap or showy about the 3D here, which has been incorporated to heighten and enrich the vibrantly lit animation. "Toy Story 3" an inevitable box office smash 2010-06-09T02:50:00Z

What's striking about the extended hallucinatory episode towards the end of A Field in England is that the absence of colour seems to heighten its psychedelic effect rather than muting it. How black-and-white movies made a comeback 2013-06-29T23:05:47Z

In it, Benjamin describes the different varieties of middle-of-the-night dislocation — nights when “the thickening, sense-dulling” darkness “hangs velvety as a pall,” or the “luminous moonlit nights, lurid nights, when everything feels heightened.” Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Tossing and Turning in ‘Insomnia’ 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

Conversations about who has the right to borrow from whom — and whether it is acceptable — are heightened when the person doing the borrowing is among the most powerful figures in pop music. Pop’s Material Girls, Rich With Influence 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

That impression was only heightened when reports emerged that Murdoch was telling associates that the president was going to lose. The long love affair between Fox News and Trump may be over. Here’s how it all soured last week. 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

Every characteristic that women often criticize in themselves — too much apologizing, always wanting to help, being a doormat — is heightened to the edge of absurdity. Miranda July sheds her pixie image with novel 'The First Bad Man' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Paint the inside rim of the tray ceiling the same color as the walls to heighten the room. For a more sophisticated bedroom, invest in quality furniture 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

He explained that white coats, medical lingo and especially the presence of needles combine to heighten a patient’s anticipation that a treatment will work. Dr Orgasm will see you now: is the O-Shot what women need for better sex? 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

These increased production costs are expected to persist for the foreseeable future, likely leading to relatively heightened egg prices, independent of an avian flu recovery. Eggs are expensive right now — will this last forever? 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

Part of the frustration with Hollywood among transgender people involves the lack of transgender characters, even with heightened cultural attention. Who Gets to Play the Transgender Part in Hollywood? 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

My own heightened appreciation of the non-virtual library began one chilly evening last October. Why Libraries May Never Stop Being People Places 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

The bridge is a simple, brilliant way of heightening the drama's sense of frustration. Sovremennik and the gates of hell 2011-01-04T21:31:00Z

As the anxiety heightens, it creeps alongside her; it sees what she sees. The Silent House ? review 2011-04-07T14:00:00Z

It ended up being a “heightened sort of weird, dandy, Scottish, layered version of me,” he said. ‘The Traitors’ Was a Sensation in Britain. Can It Conquer the U.S.? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Their assignment was to create characters on the Web site theatron.org and use them to block scenes from the gory revenge tragedy “Titus Andronicus,” to see how setting can heighten the drama. Humanities 2.0: Giving Literature Virtual Life 2011-03-21T22:33:37Z

You’re awake to what’s happening around you, your senses are heightened and you walk away with something office meetings rarely give you — a sense of joy.” Cultural Studies: Hollywood’s New Stars: Pedestrians 2013-08-16T23:31:35Z

Pee-wee's gleaming white shoes heightened the ridiculousness, but his red bow tie completed the look, becoming Reuben's version of a clown's nose. Through Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens reminded Gen X to stay true to our immature inner children 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

“In Memory of ... ” never roils as much as Berg’s music does, and a sense of heightened sameness creeps in. Dance Review: City Ballet in ?West Side Story Suite? at Koch Theater - Review 2011-10-02T22:22:45Z

Broadcasts of the show features screamingly stylized shots of Hebba’s face reacting to the pain of her interviewees, and the film’s heightened emotions demand much of its female leads. | 'Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story': A TV Host Seeks Fluff, but Real Life Intrudes 2011-08-11T22:45:54Z

Anxiety heightened on the Sony Pictures lot after employees received a threatening email from someone claiming to be with the hacking group that infiltrated the studio's computer system last week. Sony employees receive threatening email, allegedly from hackers 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

It’s a solo cantata, one that heightens our perception of Wilde’s suffering and pushes us to reflect on his conviction. A Primer to One of America’s Most Political Composers 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

As the American press grappled with “fake news” and heightened criticism last year, Steven Spielberg turned the nation’s attention to a monumental journalistic feat. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Post’ and ‘Girl From Nowhere’ 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z

It lifted it from its documentary feel into something that heightened the film. The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw Ridge 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

The feeling and the power of the experience are heightened by the use of all the other senses, by the crowd’s feelings and the immediate surroundings. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z

He said a hunch that it might be a Raphael was heightened when he found centuries-old inventory notations indicating the collection contained a woman's portrait by Raphael. Art official: painting in storage may be Raphael's 2010-05-07T21:38:00Z

So I think in small towns, the experience ... is heightened even more because everybody knows everyone's business. A Minute With: Daryl Hannah on 'Hot Flashes,' age and activism 2013-07-17T16:05:10Z

Dressing up “heightens the excitement, and it puts an edge on the experience. If you’re going to a fancy restaurant, you should be dressed fancy to match the occasion. That’s just my personal opinion.” Yes, it’s summer. But you still can’t wear those shorts in these restaurants. 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

But Underwater is different, because here the characters wear heavy diving suits that heighten their already noticeable feeling of claustrophobia. Kristen Stewart's new film is nothing like Alien – except for all the bits like Alien 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

This both heightens and broadens their appeal, and raises the stakes. Assessing Tom Brady’s Stock in the Fashion World 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

The cassone, or Italian chest, not only encloses emptiness in its interior space, but it also heightens the impression that the painting is an open window into the world of Carnevale’s city. Perspective | Here are the 10 best places to sit down, relax and enjoy art in Washington 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Alamy Before arriving here, I associated this Californian coastal town with a naff 1980s soap, all big hair and heightened emotions. Uncovering Cali cool in Santa Barbara's Funk Zone 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

This rightly heightened awareness of pervasive gender-based discrimination and violence is a phenomenon of social media. The O. J. Story and the Flow of Information in a Pre-Internet World 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

That theatricality was heightened by her impeccable diction and her low, melodious speaking voice. Valda Setterfield Dies at 88; a Star in the Postmodern Dance Firmament 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

“His descriptions are sharp,” and “in the audiobook version, Ray Porter’s forceful narration heightens the propulsive quality of Verini’s writing, while also highlighting the general and enduring absurdities of war.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

The occupation’s shift work, with long hours and heightened levels of risk, engenders that loyalty; powerful unions help enforce it. The duty and burden of the black police officer 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z

As a seasoned pro with a knack for narrative and heightened emotional stakes, Bannon knows how to work a crowd. You can learn a lot about Steve Bannon by watching the films he made 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

That’s good news for travelers looking for an alternative to traditional hotels, as the heightened competition creates a greater diversity of places to stay at a wider range of prices. Practical Traveler: Vacation Rentals Pile on Luxuries 2010-12-29T03:55:00Z

He concentrated on the human figure and many of the works are grouped for heightened effect. ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat’ at the Brant Shows His Bifurcated Life 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

Wide eaves and exposed rafter beams overhang the front of the tan stucco facade, creating a romantic effect that is heightened by a set of stone steps shaded by lush, mature foliage. Listed: Early 20th-Century Hybrid In Northern California 2010-03-04T21:00:00Z

I doubt this heightened state was caused by the drug's pharmacological workings. The drugs do work: my life on brain enhancers 2013-05-03T22:00:00Z

The passing of the years together has only heightened their appreciation for their union. Celebrating a Decade Together on Both Coasts 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Lanterns and stepping stones heighten the Japanese mood. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Bar Harbor, Me. 2011-07-14T19:30:00Z

They rub against one another, heightening romance, anxiety, uncertainty. Review: ‘Actual Size Plus,’ Sally Silvers’s Hitchcock-Inspired Work 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

When moving around a restaurant or a park or the city streets with Bill, you notice that his spatial and emotional understanding of his environment is like a sixth sense, a heightened attention. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

The interagency intrigues actually end up heightening the stakes as the clock ticks down. A thriller writer’s challenge: Make U.S. policy in Africa into a page turner

It did keep you on your toes, as did the pacy, heightened language rendered in youth argot or, in the case of the mother, sinuous Caribbean dialect charged with abrasive humour and abrasive sadness. Rewind TV: The Man Who Crossed Hitler; Hans Litten vs Adolf Hitler: To Stop a Tyrant; Random; American: The Bill Hicks Story; The Hour ? review 2011-08-27T23:05:58Z

President Donald Trump on public display at a time of heightened U.S.-Cuba tensions. Cuba unveils Jose Marti statue, a gift from Trump's hometown 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

The stock setups heighten a sense of thinness. Review: Jacob’s Pillow Is Back, With a Tapping Tour of the Grounds 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

Luca’s depiction of the women, rendered in white, is deeply touching, and the impact is only heightened by the drama embedded in the construction of the statues. Dozens of priceless Della Robbia sculptures on view at National Gallery 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

In Relic, the horror is steeped within the darkened hallways and candle-lit, labyrinthine interiors of the family home, with tension culminating into heightened, grotesque territory. Relic: Australian director Natalie Erika James on dementia, horror and her Sundance hit 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

The Swedish Academy faced enormous expectations and heightened pressure this year, as it promised to deliver not one but two awards. Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

If anything, some of the darker themes are heightened. The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

He paints Venus nude except for fine jewels and headgear, the ornaments heightening the profanity. Jan Gossaert's Renaissance ? review 2011-03-04T10:52:10Z

Generating that heightened, you-are-there energy is a feat that involves meticulous preparation, including dozens of decisions about camera placement, vehicle speed and so much more. The Fast & Furious Art of the Car Chase 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

But at university my sense of “difference” was heightened. My search for Mr Woke: a dating diary 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

The American need for ice speaks to our obsession with refrigeration as an antidote to death, and to our heightened terror of perilous bacteria and spoiling food. American Exceptionalism on Ice 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

One of the best examples of this heightened parody is his repeated appearances on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Jon Stewart’s Brian Williams dilemma: How will “Daily Show” handle a friend becoming a punchline? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

“While dramatic and beautiful and faithful to these locations to a certain extent, it’s not as picturesque. It’s less opera as tourism and more as heightened dramatic art.” Highlights From the Met Opera’s 2017-18 Season 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

That rush of power, followed by heightened senses and sickly-sweet paranoia, that feeling of “will I be caught?” intoxicated me. Confessions of a kleptomaniac 2012-10-10T22:05:00Z

Congress actually passed a special law requiring the IRS to institute heightened procedures before auditing a house of worship. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z

Whip-its are good for a sex party, because they do not impair sexual function and can heighten physical sensation, although I was advised not to do too many. Sex in Silicon Valley: are millennials better at free love? 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z

The animated visual hubbub contrasts with and heightens the frozen stillness of the words. In Gary Simmons' hands, classic film titles ooze with racial history 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

Both learned quickly about carrying the weight of heightened expectations as the new co-stars in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Newcomers Russell and Ackie know the weight of ‘Star Wars’ 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Missing are the tensions between the parents that alarm children, and heighten their uneasiness. Elena Ferrante: ‘Beauty triumphs in childhood photos, along with charm, joy, happy laughter’ 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

These suggest a heightened attention to potential hazards, but they also evoke the joyous run-on reels of avant-garde diarists like the filmmaker Jonas Mekas. ‘I Didn’t See You There’ Review: A View From His Seat 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Visiting the sites of these remarkable unbuilt schemes can heighten the enjoyment of touring the things that actually got built. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

Aynne Kokas, an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of “Hollywood Made in China,” has been alarmed by recent crackdowns and heightened censorship. CBS Censors “The Good Fight” for a Musical Short About China 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

“The audiobook experience — hearing the words outside the book — heightens everything for the listener,” which makes the voice actor’s job even more crucial. Review | What does passion sound like? How five audiobook actors talk sexy. 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

She told him that her concern was heightened by the negative critical reaction to “Young Frankenstein,” her last outing on Broadway, and by anxiety over her mother being seriously ill. Megan Mullally Quits, Delaying Revival of McNally Play 2010-03-25T22:00:00Z

The campaign is representative of the right’s new willingness to tar not just an industry but its individual members, and it has put some newsrooms into a heightened state of wariness. A history of the Trump War on Media — the obsession not even coronavirus could stop 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

Playing off Eno’s heightened sense of language and pacing, Oliver Butler opts for comically stylized direction in this production by the Theater for a New Audience. Review: ‘Gnit’ Seeks Itself in a Mist of Magic and Mischief 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

The cast are conscious that the film is launching at a time of heightened violence by police against young black men in the US – and heightened consciousness of such prejudice. ‘It’s impossible to be vulnerable’: how Moonlight reflects being a black gay man in the US 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

And he is expert in conveying that profound blend of heightened sensitivity and willful blindness with which close family members see one another. | 'Other Desert Cities': Drowning in Domestic Denial in the Sands of Palm Springs 2011-01-14T03:00:00Z

He likes to spin out the prep time, to heighten his anticipation. ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

Trump’s crushing sanctions and decision to withdraw from Tehran’s still-tattered nuclear deal with world powers heightened hostilities across the Gulf waters. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

This playful show features the overly clever, extremely witty Shawn Spencer who uses his heightened powers of observation to serve as the resident psychic for the Santa Barbara Police Department. 26 Streaming Shows You Should Get Addicted to This Winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

The overall effect was cool and tough, heightened by the models’ faux face piercings and, occasionally, bleached eyebrows. Holly Golightly, Hypebeast 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

With a heightened awareness to the promise of places she has not yet been, people she has not met yet, she wraps herself in layers of opposing dimensions, ready for anything. Diane von Furstenberg at NY Fashion Week 2012-02-13T03:16:04Z

“It’s really cool to explore very, very real issues from this slightly heightened and sometimes not-so-heightened from reality place,” Quaid said. Season 2 of Amazon hit ‘The Boys’ finds team on run from law 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

This is what reading does, allows us to engage with the world by removing ourselves from it, and this dichotomy grows heightened every time I board a plane. The consolations of reading on airplanes 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

It’s a heightened kind of being with them: you want to know them but you also want to get a good picture of them. | David Armstrong 2010-11-19T16:00:00Z

At a time of heightened sensitivity around issues of equity and inclusion, some are bound to question the Met’s decision to make a white man the face of contemporary art at the country’s largest museum. Met Appoints New Leader of Modern and Contemporary Art 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

The deepening, with its improbable heightening of beauty, its improvement on perfection, reaches something further inside you. Nrityagram Dancers at the Temple of Dendur at the Met 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

“When I look at my situation of bringing up a kid on my own, it just all becomes very heightened, and a little bit dangerous,” he said, “just in terms of depression and stuff.” Rufus Wainwright is sober, battle-hardened and wrestling with the demons of middle age 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

The anticipation was heightened by this week’s stormy weather, as capricious as one of Brown’s dances. Review: At Wave Hill, Trisha Brown Dances Fit Right In 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

This approach links Ms. Casteel to one of her primary inspirations, Alice Neel, who used composition and color to heightened emotional effect. Portraits That More Than Meet the Eye 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

The BBC responded by saying the themes were "appropriate in the context of the heightened sci-fi world of the show" and that the claim was proven to be a "con". Who's Gomez tackles show death complaints 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

In the show’s heightened world, the ordinary injuries of family life become more heartbreaking. The Cruel Irony of “The Americans” 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

My year of living archaically has heightened my sense of both the benefits and drawbacks of smartphones. Don't fear the flip phone: My year of living archaically gave me back more than I lost 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z

“Whether it’s blending comedy with a dramatic performance or with a heightened sense of surrealism, all the things that we were playing with sort of found their way into ‘Atlanta.’” He Gives ‘Atlanta’ Anxiety. And That’s a Good Thing. 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Baseman acquired the photographs in online auctions, a fact which heightens our sense of intrusion as viewers. Still life: The artist who tried to capture death 2013-05-29T16:48:31Z

Something that you really get to do in multi-cams, which I think is really special, but "Night Court" specifically, is you have this heightened comedy. "I watched 'Night Court' with my grandmother": Melissa Rauch on reviving the comforting '80s comedy 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

Yet these heightened comic elements make you even more aware of the pathos at the plays’ heart. ‘Ayckbourn Ensemble,’ 3 Offerings by the British Playwright 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

This gives the remarkable performances an opportunity to breathe and heightens the tension. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 6: Trade Delegation 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

The animal's luridly ruddy hue heightens the painting's drama and enigma, while the title — inserted along a dotted line that transects the buck's neck — nicely sabotages the piece's potential grandeur. Creatures with a purpose: the heightened 'naturalism' of Skagit Valley painter Robert McCauley 2010-12-30T20:48:04Z

That he’s a teenager, so everything in his life is at a heightened pitch and everything matters more than anything. Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal on the Future of ‘Spider-Man’ and the M.C.U. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

Largely abstract and intensely earnest, slowly telescoping into the cosmic sphere, it offers a heightened experience more than it does a concrete plot. A Six-Hour Opera Goes On for One Euphoric Night Only 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

Hader’s frequent narratives about success in Zimbabwe heightened a sense that she was out of touch with the D.C. populace. Burger King’s bacon sundae 2012-06-13T14:21:00Z

During one of her many creative experiments, she hand-coloured some of the copies, giving herself rosy cheeks and heightening the girlishness of the image. Family life: Granny's archive, 60s childhood and bread and drip 2013-05-04T06:15:02Z

The beer and spirit companies heighten the celebration of Cinco de Mayo in the U.S.— starting in the early ’80s, for promotional reasons. What does Cinco de Mayo commemorate and why do we celebrate?  2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

He argues that we live in a state of profound uncertainty and heightened alertness. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Missoni, too, looked fresh, heightened by West African colors and marvelous knit jackets. Fashion Review: Prada, Jil Sander, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Neil Barrett, Zegna and Calvin Klein Show Spring 2014 Collections During Milan Men’s Fashion Week 2013-06-26T21:45:04Z

And, in Jinkx’s eyes, those feelings are heightened if you are presented as the underdog who succeeds against the odds. 'Free drinks, drugs, boys': what happens next for RuPaul's Drag Race winners 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

And yeah, the situations and scenarios that you’re working through on “Dawson’s Creek” are a little heightened. Meet the Newer, Bolder Michelle Williams 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

“Time Stands Still” weaves a quiet spell of moment-to-moment truth, but the jolts of heightened drama spring at you with unnerving ferocity. | 'Time Stands Still': Wounds of War Run Deeper Than Ever 2010-10-08T02:01:00Z

But "sugar rushes" are often short-lived and can lead to decreased alertness and heightened fatigue within an hour of consumption. Why do I crave sugar and carbs when I’m sick? 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z

I wonder if their experience was in turn heightened by knowing that we were watching too, on the other side of the Atlantic. Can a filmed stage show be as good as the real thing? 2011-03-06T00:11:35Z

The painter, it seems, used a set of visual cues to orient the eye, to let the viewer know where the light is coming from, which in turn heightens the illusion of verisimilitude. Review | Before the West, there was the East, and it was wild 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

“I’m not interested in dance vocabulary. I’m interested in people vocabulary, and heightening it into dance,” he says. ‘Hamilton’ choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler delivers a revolution that rocks  2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

While admittedly welcome news by most estimations, the development also invested their new album with heightened anxiety as the expectations of their record company and a growing fan base reached critical mass. Fleetwood Mac is “the great American story” 2013-06-03T19:02:00Z

People are accustomed to the heightened reality of shows like “The Bachelor” or “The Voice,” and not the reality of how life actually works. Television Review: ‘Devious Maids,’ With Ana Ortiz, on Lifetime 2013-06-21T22:32:49Z

The MacArthur citation said that Lien’s “bold, immersive designs” have "an innate dramaturgical insight" that allows the scenic elements to heighten audiences’ understanding of the characters inhabiting the sets. MacArthur 'genius' grant to 'Hamilton' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and 23 others 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

These are two programs keeping it real, in a hilariously heightened, self-aware way. The year in TV: How two young, raunchy comedies reinvented the small-screen love story 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The results are on display in her own film’s ethereal visuals, which heighten the drama around its complicated characters. How the World of ‘Selah and the Spades’ Was Created 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

Other relationships in the book have been heightened, such as a love affair between Kim and a rival reporter, played by Martin Freeman. In ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,’ Tina Fey finds a character tailor-made for her 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

“So you get all the heightened Shakespearean arias from some of the characters and then you get that low side.” ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Is TV’s Latest Big Fantasy Prequel 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

Pryor’s improvisations heighten the movie’s dialectic of oppressive reality and imaginary escape. In Paul Schrader’s ‘Blue Collar,’ the Factory Floor Is Brutal 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

But a hint of that fantastical little notion heightens our idea of the relationship between the player and the dart. Poem of the week: Darts by Christina Dunhill 2012-08-27T11:35:18Z

Yet the relative peace outside the Palais was a triumph, with heightened security and 500 extra policemen apparently fending off any terrorist threat. Ken Loach stuns at Cannes 2016 with Palme d'Or win for I, Daniel Blake 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

On the show, she said, “I play a heightened, cartoonized version of myself.” To Jesse Draper, the Laugh’s on Them 2012-06-29T20:47:20Z

Throughout, jolting shifts in color, scale or subject matter encourage the heightened visual awareness that Mr. Koons’s work demands, and rewards. ‘Jeff Koons: A Retrospective’ Opens at the Whitney 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

And the impending holiday season has a way of heightening whatever you’re already stressed about, be it chores, finances or work-life balance. 6 Podcasts to Help You Get Organized 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

"Music has a heightened position in our image because it's always been a part of our DNA," he says. Underdogs Amazon, Target take aim at iTunes, Walmart 2010-12-13T06:46:00Z

“This is a very heightened experience for all of us,” Nolan said. What’s bigger than an event film? ‘Tenet’ might just be 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

It was written in the immediate aftermath of his 2013 death, and explores a notion he expressed about the heightened sensory experience of tasting ice. Anohni Isn’t Afraid of the Darkness 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

“There’s also a heightened concern that a person living with dementia might not be able to communicate their symptoms if they are feeling unwell,” Kallmyer said. ‘A minute later, she forgets.’ Pandemic brings new challenges when a loved one has dementia. 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

Hopen packs in so much that “The Orchard,” which began as heightened realism, soon pushes well beyond the point of plausibility. A Sheltered Teenager Moves to Miami and Learns a Few Things 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

The River Music Experience, which opened in 2004, acquired the instrument in 2009 in order to heighten the institution's role as a nexus for music along the Mississippi. Jazz: Piano a rare find in Bix's hometown 2011-05-02T21:50:00Z

Many people speak about their heightened receptivity to the vibrations of sound, which they experience through their body. Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

“It’s about a poetic truth and very heightened emotions.” Paddy Considine Directs ?Tyrannosaur,? Starring Peter Mullan 2011-11-12T22:00:05Z

Such shows deliver heightened versions of actual events; the experts predictably get in a lather over it. Review | ‘Mrs. America’ tells the story of the women’s movement from the dark side of the Force 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

A lot of writers say they walk through the world with heightened senses. Jason Isbell’s got hope for the high road: “If you yell at people they’re going to stop listening” 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

Its tangle of overlapping cultures, and the heightening pace of change, still throw particular challenges at storytellers. A Hijacking and The Reluctant Fundamentalist announce a new narrative order 2013-05-15T12:47:25Z

Harry’s traumatic past persecution by his neighborhood hounds of hell unleashes a pack of pooch puns, and fur-ther heightens his resentment of crusading Annabel, who in turn snarls her contempt. The humor is deadpan, or just dead, in 'Lucky Stiff' 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

And above all, enter the heightened world of miniata, that extraordinary work for instrumentalists, singers, solo piano and accordion, composed in 2004. A guide to Rebecca Saunders' music 2012-11-05T15:47:54Z

This was heightened by the suspicion that this power was not consciously deployed. Margaret Thatcher: we disliked her and we loved it 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z

Again, this is easy enough to accept in the series, partly because James has an innate courtliness and partly because Nutter stages their meetings in a slightly heightened, fairy-tale style. ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Review: Making the Leap, Again 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

A company may talk about mushroom products as “immune activators”, for example, without stating explicitly that heightened immunity wards off illness. Should you swap your morning coffee for some mushroom water? 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

He’s become an Everyman of British TV, someone whose humor and kindness — he never mocks contestants, no matter how wrong their answers — seem an antidote to the country’s heightened political and social debate online. An Unlikely TV Star Who Knows What Britain Wants 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

Her role in the series so far has been small, but “Betrayed” heightens her profile. In ‘Betrayed,’ Lisa Scottoline has created a modern Nancy Drew

Any community that has “lived on an island, genetically speaking”, can be at heightened risk, Reisel explains. ‘I was not willing to die for my breasts': the young women opting for mastectomies 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z

"You expect not only a heightened situation but a bit of fashion, a bit of style, a bit of glitz and glamour." From 'Dynasty' to 'Empire,' the prime-time soap has bubbled up again 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Literally translated as "long ago, long ago," these words set the heightened fictional tone of the densely packed, but hilariously sharp stories that are built upon the familiar bones of the Regency author's works. The best and boldest new must-read books for May 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

And that leads me to the one musical qualm I had: Strange to say, but I think the musical expression was too heightened, too dramatic, for the piece to hold together. A powerful opera about a horrible subject 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

In 2000, the colors and props were multiplied to excess, with the town’s residents embracing a level of heightened materialism that seemed to be what the Grinch was railing against. Three Grinches, Three Ways to Steal Christmas 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

These included colored lens filters, dramatic re-enactments of past events told from multiple perspectives and heightened romantic scenes in which Christopher and Susan are presented as idealized Hollywood versions of themselves. In ‘Landscapers,’ True Crime Meets Hollywood Fantasy 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

What kind of broader social changes might create this sense of threatened status, leading to heightened racial resentment among whites? White Americans support welfare programs — but only for themselves, says new research 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

But for now, the nods are perfectly timed to heighten public awareness of the film, which will open in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas and throughout the rest of the country in January. Critic’s Notebook: Of Golden Globes, hacked e-mails and Hollywood’s cockeyed integrity 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

However beautiful or ordinary-looking, each of them seems part of a relatable community - not members of a heightened actors' class. 'Treme,' a winning show, suffers Emmy neglect 2011-07-15T09:31:04Z

He proposed designing the entire room: the chairs, the end tables, the fabric on the walls and the carpeting in colors that would serve to heighten the experience. T Magazine: Seeing the Light 2013-05-09T18:01:22Z

This quality of innocence is only heightened by the fact that these images were made in times when the act of taking a photograph was an event itself, not the compulsive reflex it is today. To All the Snowmen We’ve Made Together 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

They left just before the release of the film “Crumb” and its success, which brought Mr. Crumb heightened fame, a reality they were happy to escape. The Yoko Ono of Comics, on Her Own Terms 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

That can’t be heightened on, so instead, Season 2 just repeats it. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is Brutal and Not Much Else in Season 2 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

The Guardian wrote that a quickly erected stage at the press conference "served only to heighten Jackson's physical weirdness -- the sunken cheeks, the upturned nose, the overpronounced chin cleft." It's a wonderful afterlife for Michael Jackson 2010-06-21T05:17:00Z

Taking students on a trip I noticed how heightened my anxiety was even though I was doing things I had done 100 times before. 'I miss what I used to be like': women's stories of the menopause 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z

Guitars and drums ricochet around in stereo, changing tone and location, while shouts and screams are tucked into the mix to heighten an air of mayhem. Pearl Jam and Green Day Are Still Going Strong. But Can They Evolve? 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

Furthermore, as a Somali, and as someone who travels frequently, she is anxious about a heightened awareness of everyone’s movements. At Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, ‘Back Stories’ become inclusive 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

It has been at the root of a bloody war, and it unleashed a climate of heightened security from which we have yet to emerge. What the 9/11 museum could learn from two Latin American memorials 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

Rather than being inspired solely by gangster films and TV shows like “Miami Vice,” the Grand Theft Auto games now try to capture, albeit in heightened form, aspects of contemporary life. Q. and A.: Rockstar’s Dan Houser on Grand Theft Auto V 2012-11-10T01:05:01Z

And Kurtz noted that spending time in nearby parks and natural areas can translate to a heightened sense of gratitude for the place you live. You’re a different person when you travel. Here’s why, and how to transform yourself at home. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

As twisted as the movie is, it feels the way I often have felt, that push-pull of amusement and horror, curiosity and withdrawal, with songs heightening the emotions. A Movie Date With My Younger Self 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

The added objects heighten the impact of searing portrayals like Eric Velasquez’s charcoal drawing of white adults and children heckling Black girls marching, from Angela Johnson’s book “A Sweet Smell of Roses.” Viewing the Civil Rights Movement Through Children’s Books 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

New York City’s district attorneys say concerns about misconduct — heightened by several recent high-profile cases — are largely misplaced. Who will prosecute the corrupt prosecutors? 2013-04-03T18:26:00Z

Some of the performances are stronger than others, though, and as a result the clashes of personality — heightened, of course, by everyone’s heavy drinking — sometimes lack the intensity one could wish for. Review | How dry he’s not: Hemingway, brought to the stage in lively fashion 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

Climax intensity was heightened when women perceived their partner as highly physically attractive, and broad shoulders were attributed to sexual satisfaction. Closing the orgasm gap 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

That heightens the comedy of watching him methodically plunder a gas station, the local Home Depot and the wine store before erecting fortifications, placing traps and harvesting goodies from his raised vegetable beds. In "The Last of Us," Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett battle loneliness at the end of the world 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

“Our responsibility is heightened in that we operate as a public trust,” said Kelly Kahl, senior executive vice president for prime time at CBS. ‘Shooter’ Was Delayed After Real-Life Violence. As Shows Increasingly Are. 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

In March, Grumpy Cat, a scowling feline who receives one and a half million hits a month on her Web site, grumpycats.com, further heightened the profile of her species with a multistop media blitz. Books Of Style: The Year of the Cat — Books of Style 2013-04-26T22:46:31Z

It counters the myth that modern audiences crave heightened sensory experiences rather than straight plays: O'Neill and Williams deal with the most basic human emotions of love and loss. In praise of ? Northampton 2010-05-03T23:05:00Z

And the moral ambivalence of its central character feels inappropriately queasy in this heightened, brightened context. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z

Especially with the recent explosion of food insecurity this year and the heightened price of foods in general, it's silly to dispose of feta brine, pickle juice or broccoli stems. Why single-ingredient cookbooks hold a special place in my heart and kitchen 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z

Because if there’s any truth to the colorfully heightened, confidently libertine “Euphoria,” what kids are seeing, telling each other on their mobile devices and learning about intimacy should deeply concern everyone. Smart Watch: HBO's "Euphoria" is a party drug for some, effective birth control for others 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z

The performance was heightened by the debut of Alexa Maxwell in the work’s soloist role. Review: Serving 4 Helpings of Balanchine, With Thunderbolts and Tornadoes 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

At the time, Perm was in the middle of what became known as the city’s “cultural revolution,” a period of heightened state interest in contemporary art and avant-garde culture. Teodor Currentzis Brings His Intense Verdi to New York 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

If dance represents a heightened emotion, then we should use it at the pinnacle of a scene. Robert Fairchild: From God to Monster (and Choreographer) 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

His death inspired the poignant album closer “Burial,” with a church organ and gospel-choir vocals that heighten the tension between mourning and taking comfort in the idea of a better place after death. How Seinabo Sey Beat Self-Sabotage to Make One of 2015's Best Debuts 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

And, as it forms the historical backdrop of Imogen Robertson's debut novel, it lends a heightened sense of danger and suspense to an already thrilling tale. `Instruments of Darkness' is suspenseful, engaging 2011-02-16T18:15:09Z

Even then, though, the heightened tone of the performance keeps it from feeling grim. Review: ‘Distant Observer’ Shifts Shape as Authors Take Turns 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

Mirrors and sliced segments of printed photos are incorporated into the pictures, heightening their visual complexity. Paul Mpagi Sepuya Mines the Queer History of the Portrait Studio 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

That was before the pandemic hit, but instead of delaying production, he shot the movie on Bucharest’s streets during the summer of 2020, incorporating the era’s hygiene measures and heightened anxiety into the film. For This Sex Satire, the Pandemic Built a Perfect Set 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

This overwhelmingly inventive whirl wrenches viewers out of the realm of the ordinary and into a state of stunned consciousness and heightened alertness, into a world that’s both recognizable and like no other. The Unbearable Intimacy of “Moonlight” 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Through all the cringing, there’s the comfort that many have had experiences like Jim’s, but nothing so epically hapless and clumsy, and no heart-to-hearts with Dad afterwards to heighten the agony. American Pie at 20: why the raucous comedy could never be made today 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z

They have given me a heightened appreciation for my true love: music. I’m blind – but it can be a blessing in disguise 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

The Prospect Theater Company’s clever cast of 15, directed by Cara Reichel and costumed by Sidney Shannon, dances well and plays it straight-faced even in the silliest scenes, heightening the humor. | 'Iron Curtain': ?Iron Curtain? at Baruch Performing Arts - Review 2011-11-16T22:59:30Z

Do you think there’s now a heightened consciousness about feminism? Candace Bushnell: 'In real life, Carrie and Big wouldn’t have ended up together' 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

She alludes to “the anti-Federalists’ heightened fear of a strong central government” as a factor in their calculations. Was the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Designed to Protect Slavery? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

In this drink, too, he answers the question of how to heighten interest in a nonalcoholic drink by turning to unexpected ingredients. The Tipsy Diaries: Cocktails With a Twist: Zing but No Alcohol 2011-02-17T13:00:00Z

Yes, yes, yes, I know it's meant to be drama, and that it's heightened reality, but how many teachers or lawyers have you come across who behave anywhere like they do on TV? Is TV's portrayal of jobs unprofessional? 2012-07-10T13:39:33Z

Neon-bright red and pink encounter and sometimes overlap metallic-ink silver and copper, all heightened by the patterns of the textured paper. In the galleries: Scenes of nature with allusions to religious art 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

In an awful way, the shadow of Langham's departure may even have heightened the sense of political reality. The Thick of It: the TV programme of 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:06Z

The picture is all exquisite surfaces, heightening sensuality. Getty purchases Gentileschi's radiant 'Danaë,' now owns 2 of 3 paintings in a set 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

It's like adding a secret layer of zing to your baked goods, much like a skilled baker might use almond or vanilla extract to heighten the flavor interplay amongst the other ingredients. Italian rosemary buns for a sticky-sweet Easter treat 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

Twice during the piece the music stops, which, combined with unexpected dynamic changes, heightens the playful mood. Music Review | Andras Schiff: Sharing Affinity for Haydn 2010-03-01T05:49:00Z

In an era of instant communication, is it harder to experience the heightened appreciation of one’s home, another of your joys? The Seven Joys of Travel, From a Joyful Traveler 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, though, Ms. Perry is too perky to achieve Lady Gaga’s heightened state of absence from her own art. Music: Girl Pop?s Lady Gaga Makeover 2010-07-21T19:40:00Z

“Underground,” WGN America’s thrilling slavery-era drama, begins its second season Wednesday with a heightened sense of urgency — rooted in the past, but tethered to the present. Review | Want to know what revolution looks like? Watch ‘Underground.’ 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

The new movie’s sense of humor and de Wilde’s “heightened style and absurdist aesthetic” set this “Emma” apart from the rest, she added. This Millennial ‘Emma’ Respects Its Elders 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

That the couple runs an ill-defined kind of cabaret-strip club, home to a revolving door of hot babes, only heightens Harry's sexual frustration. 'Sex and the Single Alien' off the mark in aim for silly, adult fun 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

The hour Jackson favors is twilight, a time of vivid skies, pooling shadows and heightened colors the artist associates with the “Phantom Zone” he used to read about in Superman comics. Review | In the galleries: Misty images from a twilight zone 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

Her character is constantly placed in some heightened state of suspense. Try to keep up with "Miss Bala": Gina Rodriguez stars in this entertaining if bumpy ride 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

In its compressed, impressionistic syntax, the writing seems almost modern but for the rhetorical devices that enrich the argument and heighten emotion. Poem of the week: Bethsabe's Song by George Peele 2010-10-11T10:37:00Z

It reminds us of the secretive nature of MI5’s work, while heightening the suspense of the not entirely implausible plots. Gems to See, Sail and Serve 2010-10-03T15:00:00Z

Regardless, focus is all it takes for this piece, and Alarm Will Sound’s thoughtful realization of it, to achieve its aim: a heightened aestheticization of nature, and perhaps a renewed connection with it. Review: ‘Ten Thousand Birds’ Turns the Armory Into an Aviary 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

Realistic but with heightened colors and flattened planes, they’re homey and glamorous at once, capable of absorbing any number of idiosyncratic details. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

But what remained — what was even heightened — was her clarity with text, her taut strength, her burning commitment. ‘This Is Who We’ve Been Waiting For’: A Diva on the Precipice 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

The script, in other words, is self-aware and funny, and the humor is cleverly designed to be heightened by amateur readings. ‘We Are Still Watching,’ by Ivana Müller, Compels Participation 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

When you shut down one of your senses, you heighten the others. Jan Lisiecki, Piano’s Doogie Howser, Comes of Age With Chopin 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

If “Monsoon Wedding” the film aimed to offer a more realistic version of a Bollywood fantasy, the stage musical returns the material to a heightened realm. ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Lifted Moods Onscreen. How About Onstage? 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

“The whole story is told conversationally, but the letters are in a pompous, heightened style,” Mr. Kitson said. Exploring That Old Knee-Slapper, Suicide 2011-01-06T22:13:28Z

But that only served to add to my already heightened anxiety. Thanks for nothing, Purell! 2013-03-04T17:18:00Z

“Innocence” is by its nature more dramatic but achieves its heightened emotions through absence as much as exclamation. Best Classical Music of 2021 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

Yet the gadgetry only heightened the songs’ very human longing. At Moogfest, Electronics Stimulate Ears and Emotions 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

That and heightened feelings of anxiety and depression contributed to Dobson’s period of “unexplainable colorlessness.” Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson carries the ‘Impossible Weight’ on Seattle rockers’ radiant new album 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Woo told me that looking for sex on Grindr “makes the expectations much more heightened.” Penis politics: Sex, size and stereotypes in the gay community 2014-01-12T18:00:00Z

The project is taking shape against a backdrop of heightened public interest in the legal guardrails that protect ownership and use of musical works. Old Songs in the Public Domain Get Makeovers With a Purpose 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

Students who arrive on campus should expect a heightened focus on health. The New College Drop-Off 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Toxic algae blooms are an ancient phenomenon, heightened in recent years across the United States by agricultural runoff and warmer weather, said David Farrer, a toxicologist for the Oregon Public Health Division. Toxic algae forces cancellation of Portland regatta 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

And the other characters who serve as points of reference, like Wallander’s alcoholic ex-wife and mortally ill ex-lover, only heighten his fear of infirmity. Books of The Times: Detective Meets His End, Sort Of 2011-03-27T22:37:55Z

Brightening ankles, flipping switches on and off as in a murder mystery and making the electrical boxes on the back wall glow like treasure, Mr. Scandrett heightens the work’s drama and amplifies its humor. Dance Review: ‘The Spectators’ at New York Live Arts 2013-05-16T20:28:13Z

The production benefits hugely from Jesús Díaz Cortés’s gorgeous, often gold-steeped lighting, which heightens the narrative’s fable-like aspects and underscores the motif of dreams. Review | In GALA’s ‘Life Is a Dream,’ freewheeling ideas but stiff storytelling 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

To keep any trace of dryness at bay, “Oslo” imposes heightened pressure on its actors to establish their characters as singular. Review | ‘Oslo’ is an incisive, and dispiriting, look at a stunning pact between Israel and the PLO 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

“Over the years, we have heightened our security, mostly behind the scenes, so the public do not notice,” festival CEO Piers Handling said. Snowden to Amanda Knox: true stories set to make headlines at Toronto film festival 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Occasionally, Banks' voice is scratched with static, and the closely cropped, digitally enhanced instrumentation heightens the claustrophobia. For Jillian Banks, music is a major 'exhale' 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

They produced a kind of pragmatic transcendentalism as their creations involved visitors in heightened experiences of nature and perceptual consciousness. Zhang Huan and Virginia Overton Contrast at Storm King 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

“Selecting a specific pattern will heighten the impact: geometric or abstract for modern, organic or pattern with movement for softness, or an overscaled mural for drama.” Let your walls talk with these dramatic wallpapers 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

Even many of the best drama series on cable–Homeland, Breaking Bad–depend on a constant raising of stakes and heightening of jeopardy to keep viewers coming back. House of Cards Watch: I Ate the Whole Thing 2013-02-08T14:00:42Z

But the fabulous standards, which include “Cloud Nine” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” have been reimagined with a heightened Broadway flair that stops short of pandering. Review: An All-Star Team in the Temptations Musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

Vincent Bataillon’s screen direction of Sunday’s presentation of the May 12th performance heightened the unspecific feeling by taking an exceptionally remote view of the action. Dance Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by the Bolshoi Ballet 2013-06-04T21:55:08Z

Fitzgerald called himself a “romantic egotist” and much of Scott’s passion seems merely a way to heighten his popularity or pep up his poetry. ‘The Underclassman’ Is Based on Early Fitzgerald 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

“It’s about heightening your sensitivity to what brings you joy. Once you’ve completed your tidying, there is room to welcome meaningful objects, people and experiences into your life.” Marie Kondo sparks consternation with online homeware store 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

Nine smaller pictures are vignettes of nature, with heightened, slightly artificial colors. In the galleries: The stars and planets align for ‘hyder flares’ 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

The naming of gods, references to super powers and the repetition of language heighten the play’s sense of reality. The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and Repair 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

Commercial airlines are rerouting flights throughout the Middle East to avoid potential danger during heightened tensions between the United States and Iran. US, Iran tensions lead commercial airlines to reroute flights through Middle East 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

There was drama, emotion and heightened energy to the moment. Back-to-School Shopping Now Takes Months 2012-08-29T20:40:10Z

Some people would say that DeLillo’s book isn’t obviously cinematic precisely for those reasons: the confined setting and the heightened, not exactly naturalistic dialogue. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: David Cronenberg on Adapting Unadaptable Books 2012-05-27T15:32:28Z

While it was always hard to have a "clear out", now the emotion is so heightened it's become a toy cull. So girls are not all as nice as pie. And your point is? 2011-01-02T00:07:17Z

Coming out of a movie theatre, I find my own perceptions heightened and my ambitions sparked to capture the city streets of my own imagination, my own reveries in dramas of city life. Cinema’s Walking Cure 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Chatman added, “To be in such a heightened, intense relationship, with so much stakes and pressure on it — the fact that they haven’t killed each other is incredible.” ‘South Park’: After Two Decades, It’s Still by the Seat of Their Pants 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

Yet somehow "Southland" manages to feel heightened rather than over-the-top. "Southland": TV's best cop show survives -- and thrives 2011-03-01T15:02:00Z

As Cleo approaches the intersection, the screen fills with the energy of pedestrians and traffic, the evening city lights shimmer and the entire frame projects a tone of heightened wonder. How ‘Roma’ Turned an Empty Lot Into a Bustling Avenue 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Besbris wouldn't reveal how they expect to pull off the stunt, hoping to heighten interest. Hero cat that saved boy takes the pitcher's mound 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

Dror believes there are also reasons why criminal justice professionals’ intractability may be heightened. Why can’t law enforcement admit their mistakes? 2012-10-21T14:00:00Z

But the two men, who are fathers and close friends, intend “Jam Van” to be more than sightseeing — a resolve that was heightened by their early brainstorms at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Jam Van’ Dares to Ask: What if Family Road Trips Were Actually Fun? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

It is a heightened version of our communication problems.” Scenes from an Apatow marriage 2012-12-21T21:55:34Z

Their efforts are significantly heightened, and the toll of their loss more acutely drawn. Oh the humanity! "Zack Snyder's Justice League" wasn't necessary, but it brought what Whedon lacked 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

The atmosphere of menace is, if anything, heightened by the use of the chintzy fairground organ. New band of the day ? No 937: Two Wounded Birds 2010-12-23T17:08:23Z

Several also played drums, large and small, during scene transitions and moments of heightened tension, creating an ominous sense of armies preparing to do battle. ‘Henry VI’ Is Performed Where Wars of Roses Were Fought 2013-08-02T20:27:03Z

Beginning in the 1960s, the anxiety of Bergman’s films heightened, and his style shifted substantially. Viewing Ingmar Bergman Through a Glass Less Darkly 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

We all experience such moments of heightened, fleeting clarity, and they are as hard to capture and freeze as lightning. Theater Review: Martin Moran’s ‘All the Rage’ at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2013-01-31T03:00:51Z

The drawings use heightened perspective and exaggerated angles, and they make the building look futuristic and imposing, even today. How Frank Lloyd Wright Tried to Solve the City 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

Most of this ballet is seemingly plotless — an apparently bright dance fest for a man and woman, with a female corps de ballet swelling the forces onstage to heighten the festive spirit. How Balanchine Turns a Fairy Story Into Tragedy 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

These natural concerns were heightened by modern science. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z

Race is at the core of Obama's story and, like any good storyteller, he heightens whatever opportunity arises to get at his main theme. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z

Once, when he’s bitterly mocking his own obsequiousness to patrons, the miming heightens expression; otherwise, it’s superfluous. Review: From His Letters, the Dark Side of a Man of Letters 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

His reverence heightens the sense that McDonagh was writing not an original play, but an archetypal one. The Beauty Queen of Leenane ? review 2011-07-27T17:30:05Z

Study St. Louis a little, and the heightened stakes that Counterpublic declares make some sense — bolstering the implicit argument that this city is particularly well suited to incubate a new exhibition model, responsible and responsive. Counterpublic in St. Louis Pushes the Public-Art Envelope 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

The rising director Gaye Taylor Upchurch has met the challenge of Ross’ stylized dialogue with a heightened performance style that borders, at moments, on shtick. Plenty of bite in 'Of Good Stock,' but a soft heart lurks within 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Cooking methods that heighten flavor apply to many vegetables. Perspective | Good gardening practices are the key to flavorful vegetables 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

So it simply built up inside, incrementally causing a heightened heart rate, rapid breathing, fatigue, clumsiness, and eventually, unconsciousness.” Stanley Kubrick 'risked stuntman's life' making 2001: A Space Oydssey 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

Actually, no: the noise somehow heightens the silence. The Sounds of Silence 2011-06-30T21:52:05Z

The first week of September brings an anxious back-to-school energy to the galleries of New York City, heightened, in recent years, by the concurrence of Fashion Week. Five Female Painters to See in New York Art Galleries 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

Serious and seriously entertaining, they married Shakespeare to contemporary Indian reality as artfully as they wedded a heightened realism to Bollywood showmanship. | '7 Khoon Maaf': A Black Widow Tale 2011-02-19T00:14:13Z

Equally important: the heightened contrast of white walls and dark matte floor, and the softening of sound, which contributes to the immense calming effect of the piece. Review: Art That Snorts, From Jannis Kounellis, at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

One way to push Hollywood toward change is to heighten its contradictions, drawing out the gap between its shimmering idea of itself and its darker realities. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

His heightened realism propels actors into symbolic settings with totemic objects, recurring obsessions, and operatic violence. Like Sundance in Brooklyn, Except Better 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

The austerity and intensity in her movements only heightened the drama and tension in Mitski’s sweeping compositions. Review: Highlights from Capitol Hill Block Party 2019 — the year of Lizzo 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

I researched Black women doing jazz from that time period, and then I just super heightened it. Putting ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ in Motion 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

Her focus then shifted to the fabric, which she heightened with touches of couture. Calla Haynes Introduces Her Line, Calla, at New York Fashion Week 2012-02-08T22:47:55Z

VR offers enough of a realistic experience to create a heightened emotional state and new neural pathways in our brains so we use what we learned in a high-pressure situation. How to Stay Safe at the Airport 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

In the same way that Tom Hanks makes for a winsome everyman, an “everydog” is a heightened version of our pets onto which we can project larger themes and ideas. A Dog’s Box-Office Journey 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

These pictures heighten the effect without masking the violence of Kephart’s process. In the galleries: Wells & Barnes offer many seats, but no place to sit down 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Connectivity is the basis for the heightened role that influence now plays in our lives. A History of the Influencer, from Shakespeare to Instagram 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

A new, cathedral-like room was built; the painting’s fading blue skies were expanded, brightened, and angled slightly to create a hyperbolic shape heightening the illusion of battlefield reality. A Giant and Long-Contested Civil War Painting Returns to Its Former Glory 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

The cool restraint of the visual theater also heightened the importance of the voices. ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea,’ a Robert Wilson Production 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

The frisson of attraction between Landau and James Mason heightens the tension as, before our eyes, the blueprint for the suave and unscrupulous second is sketched out. Clip joint: henchmen 2010-12-15T17:00:31Z

But I do not see heightened senses as compensatory in nature because I do not see blindness as damage. I’m blind – but it can be a blessing in disguise 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

The fact that very little skin was actually seen only heightened the sensation, and showed that it is possible for a design team to come up with a concept that works. Special Report: Fashion: Taking Charge at Kenzo 2011-03-07T19:23:37Z

It's a tricky balance, but Nolan delicately walks that tightrope, immersing us in a world both real and heightened. 'The Dark Knight Rises' — breathtaking Batman finale 2012-07-18T18:13:03Z

First, the berries — not just strawberries, but a colorful variety — are tossed with a touch of honey to heighten their sweetness and allow them to soften slightly. Yes, fresh berries, shortcake and whipped cream can be good for you 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

A subsequent June meeting of the board’s executive committee, called to discuss the subpoena, only heightened the frustrations some members felt about Brumback’s secrecy. An Orlando Museum’s Disputed Basquiats Are Gone. Its Leadership Is, Too. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

Kohan presumably intended the character to serve as a heightened parody of pampered upper-crust whiteness to put the rest of the prisoners into context. White privilege rules Litchfield — and Piper isn’t even the best example anymore 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Divided into numbered chapters that gradually heighten the tension, “Sound” presents a mystery that seems at first like hardly any mystery at all. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z

Some conductors use fast speeds to heighten expression. Baroque Band ends season with a special performance of Handel 2011-06-03T17:05:20Z

An ominous mix of opulence and dread is heightened early one morning when a phrase appears written in acid across a window in the lobby: “Why don’t you swallow broken glass.” Review | Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Station Eleven’ was a huge hit. Now she’s back with a different apocalypse. 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

These voices may grow stronger as the company remains under heightened scrutiny following the ruling and renewed antitrust allegations. Google Knows Me, Therefore I Am 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

The rhythmical intensity of the lament is heightened by its numerous repetitions. Poem of the week: A Lament for Our Lady's Shrine at Walsingham 2011-02-23T10:44:17Z

But the scene of tearing into Jackie's body has that heightened energy. Feast on "Yellowjackets" and the lies we tell 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

It’s a heightened world, but the day-to-day lives that the girls live are not heightened. ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Finale: How a Mystery Hid Its Villain 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

The theater, especially the technologically sophisticated Paris Opéra, offered aspects of both — heightened moments of great dramatic conflict and sumptuous visions of landscape in its backdrops and stage effects. Review | It was at the Paris Opéra that Degas found the whole world — and his own tormented self 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

If the Tate is fast becoming the 21st century's monumental cathedral, why not arrange art in places where the atmosphere is already heightened by the accumulation of centuries of prayer and reflection? Faith should harness art's appeal 2010-07-12T15:00:00Z

At the same time, interest in native plants has heightened awareness of indigenous ferns. Fronds with benefits: A guide to ferns 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Despite the heightened buzz, Charlotte Square Gardens is still an oasis of August calm, especially if you want to escape the Royal Mile's flyerers, jugglers and student Shakespearoes.• 10 of the best literary haunts in Edinburgh 2011-08-01T09:00:00Z

The cafe says “all menu items are meant to complement the heightened senses from THC consumption”. ‘Cannabis oasis’: Los Angeles cafe first in the US to offer dine-and-dab service 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

We know Ames is the bad guy and we know he’ll get caught, but instead of being a spoiler, that knowledge heightens our interest. ‘The Assets’: Hot on the trail of a Cold War spy within the CIA 2014-01-03T19:42:19Z

To heighten that feeling, the narrator of “Swing Time” goes unnamed throughout to the novel. Zadie Smith, in Los Angeles, says 'I am a voyeur' 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Playing with bloodthirsty force and on-point precision that heightened the high-stakes noir narratives, the rejuvenated group incinerated everything in its path, leaving nothing in its wake but the smoldering aftermath of toxic decisions. Afghan Whigs uncompromising at Metro 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

Its familiar pleasures — like those of “The Member of the Wedding” — heightened the unexpected ache of its continued relevance. In the Berkshires, a Powerful Play and a Classic Musical About Prejudice 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

This heightens the poignancy of the pain they’re all going through, and it reminds us that even when one person takes center stage, the others still exist. Review | Meredith Hall’s ‘Beneficence’ is a quiet, poignant look at one family’s tragedy-strewn trajectory 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

And dramatic, sustained pitch changes in speech can be associated with heightened emotional states without indicating a put-on voice. What’s behind the obsession over whether Elizabeth Holmes intentionally lowered her voice? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z

The time structure heightens emotion, wistfully pointing up the artistic and personal compromises along the way. Merrily We Roll Along – review 2013-05-02T11:53:04Z

Both executives said Berry brought a resonance to the material that heightened the original concept: "Having Halle really opens it up," said Fisher. Halle Berry launches into a new era of control with CBS' 'Extant' 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

“It’s a heightened piece, it’s satirical, it’s dramatic, it’s harrowing, it’s very funny,” Abbott said. George Clooney returns to television with 'Catch 22' 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

Amid construction debris as the galleries were being completed, Ms. Cotton described the heightened sensory effect she hopes to achieve with the installation. Reinventing the International Center of Photography for the Selfie Age 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

In his illuminating book “The Ministry of Truth,” a biography of “1984” and its influence, Dorian Lynskey makes a persuasive case that the novel is structured in a way that heightens its ambiguity. How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z

One of the nicest touches in the novel, in fact, is Hornby's use of real people as a kind of heightened set dressing, a source of verisimilitude. Nick Hornby's 'Funny Girl' traces the road to stardom 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Both heightened or inflated real-world threats and dampened down government malfeasance. Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Dedicated to “the committed everywhere,” the script moves between naturalism and a more heightened, poetic style. Oscar Isaac, Rachel Brosnahan and the Draw of a Neglected Hansberry Play 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

Zollar did not want to erase individuality, she said, but heighten it through the use of sound and full body movements. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Wins Gish Prize 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

An increased presence in black voices and a heightened awareness from the white ones both converged to remove Zeitlin from the zeitgeist. The problem with Wendy: how did an Oscar-nominated director get it so wrong? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

Now, drinking in the detail of the Dutch masters, I found my sense of enchantment heightened, the illusion of reality in the paintings astounding. Post-lockdown Amsterdam is a crowd-free joy 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z

Originally staged at the National Theater in London, where I first saw it four years ago, “Harper Regan” has the surreal, heightened clarity that sometimes descends upon people in crises and fever dreams. Theater Review: Mary McCann in ‘Harper Regan’ at Atlantic Theater Company 2012-10-11T02:00:00Z

If anything, it heightens it, as in “We are the same as we have always been,” a silken solo work for bass clarinet and electronics. Perspective | 21 for ’21: Composers and performers who sound like tomorrow 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Old ideals of art suggest that we should work for such revelations—that there’s something too easy about a chemically induced heightening. Megan Boyle’s “Liveblog” and the Limits of Autofiction 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Where Jennifer Aniston's single status is constantly picked over, Gaga has carved out a space where she can stand alone, and that loneliness actually heightens, rather than diminishes, her power. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z

Thus sensitized, their receptiveness hopefully heightened, they are encouraged to take in some terrific sculpture. Perspective | Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

And with heightened tensions across the Middle East, the situation of today’s troops and veterans threatens to grow even more dire. Addicted troops ignored 2012-09-18T18:32:00Z

When we were in post working on the scene, I realized that it was heightened, but it wasn’t heightened enough. Barry Jenkins Narrates a Scene From ‘Moonlight’ 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

In the 20 years since Myerson sent her debut novel, Sleepwalking, to four agents and secured her first contract, she has made a speciality of writing about heightened emotional states. Julie Myerson: a life in writing 2013-03-22T17:17:00Z

Its two guitarists, Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd, can still strike sparks in a catalog of remarkable songs, only heightening the wish for new ones. New Year’s Eve 2017: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

The experience is heightened by a kaleidoscopic array of lights, colors and reflections. Holiday Outings (That Don’t Include ‘Star Wars’) 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

A swirl of the spoon heightens the drama in your mouth. Review | Like a good neighbor, Pennyroyal Station is there for you 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Larry’s photographs possess a quality of hard-edged California light, heightened color, optical precision, and, often, domestic familiarity made more fascinating by the power of his imagination. Sex and Longing in Larry Sultan’s California Suburbs 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

Technology becomes not a distraction in these shows but precisely a means of heightening our attention to architectural detail. The architecture of moviegoing: Can the multiplex stay in the picture? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

The profusion of detail heightens the sense that these are luxury objects, adding to the impression made by their often elaborate gold-painted frames. Bold, provocative art that looks like money 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

You feel you're experiencing the piano as apparition as much as reality – a heightened sonic surrealism that Adès's music often achieves with different media and in different contexts. A guide to Thomas Adès's music 2012-10-01T15:19:00Z

The lines are lengthening for a number of reasons, including a seasonal influx of air travelers, heightened terrorism concerns and staffing shortages at the Transportation Security Administration. How to avoid that thousand-yard stare from standing in long airport lines 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

The E.U. referendum campaign was marked by social division, heightened animosity to immigrants, and a bold and unsettling nativist rhetoric. The state of the arts in Canada 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

The news will surprise thousands of Glastonbury fans who have been in a state of heightened anticipation since the U2 cancellation was announced. Gorillaz new Glasto headliners 2010-05-26T14:10:00Z

And then everything we look at is suddenly and abruptly heightened by the sense that existence is defined by extinction. Review: In Richard Maxwell’s ‘The Evening,’ Going Gentle Into the Night, or Not 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

“This fourth day is a recognition of that heightened focus.” Essence Fest: When Is a Music Festival Not About Music? 2012-07-05T12:00:15Z

Started a century ago, Surrealism was a movement whose works startled viewers into a heightened awareness of what was going on around them — socially, politically and culturally. Paul McCarthy at Hauser & Wirth: A horror show on a grand, exquisite scale 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

You have a rule or two you are bending or heightening, but the world around it is real. Jordan Peele on a Truly Terrifying Monster: Racism 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

New Yorkers, accustomed to heightened security and alerts that have become commonplace over the past decade, appeared to take the increased police presence in stride.              Americans mark 10th anniversary of attacks 2011-09-11T13:00:00Z

Others told me I should wait until I was more emotionally stable, because putting myself in the heightened state of stress brought on by quitting might be too much to handle. Nobody likes a quitter 2012-12-30T01:00:00Z

Mr. Posen would often appear in white tie or a top hat, lending an air of nuttiness that was heightened by his more recent design influences: Shakers, intergalactic rock goddesses, Lewis Carroll meets Paloma Picasso. 2010-02-04T01:56:00Z

Firmly anchored as it is in reality, it isn't above using the heightening devices of romance and picaresque. The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam – review 2013-01-31T07:01:01Z

The past year has seen heightened competitive positioning between Apple's iTunes store and Amazon for digital sales and Walmart and Target for CD sales. Underdogs Amazon, Target take aim at iTunes, Walmart 2010-12-13T06:46:00Z

Of course there's something deep within us that responds to heightened language delivered musically, which is one of the reasons religion does so well. Gerry Rafferty's immortal earworm 2011-01-06T21:30:01Z

“I think, first, there is extraordinary fear and anxiety around folks contracting the virus, especially among folks who often have co-occurring medical conditions or mental health conditions and are at heightened risk,” he said. A time of unprecedented fear for parents of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

The effect is to heighten events, to transcend history in favor of a more allegorical realm. In 'Dinner at the Center of the Earth,' Nathan Englander deepens and expands what he does so well 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

That the trust could not stop the film — certain privacy rights do not extend to the dead or to their estates — only heightened their ire. Jason Segel Makes a Career U-Turn as David Foster Wallace in ‘The End of the Tour’ 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

The trial begins, in the nursery, with toys as judge and jury, to heighten the farcical aspects of the actual proceeding. Music Review: ‘Oscar,’ at Santa Fe Opera, With David Daniels, Countertenor 2013-08-01T21:53:47Z

Her book, published almost two decades ago, finds renewed relevance in a world of heightened nationalism. New & Noteworthy 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

The characters’ reptilian qualities are heightened by the choreography: vigorous, even aggressive jumps, punctuated by flicks of the shoulders and wrists. Christopher Williams’s Garden of Fantastical Delights 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

The confiscations also highlight heightened law enforcement efforts against the illegal sale of ancient relics, whose thefts are increasingly being traced to looting gangs and dealers from South Asia to the Mediterranean. Investigators, Citing Looting, Have Seized 27 Antiquities From the Met 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

But the impending catastrophe heightens the urgency of almost any world-improving action. What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

The mix of Carax’s and Sparks’ sensibilities are hard to describe, but everything in “Annette” is heightened, surreal, self-aware — except for the performances. Cannes: Adam Driver on singing, surrealism and ‘Annette’ 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

I never felt the need to get up out of my chair and take myself out of the insanely intense and heightened atmosphere that Scorsese masterfully crafted in this film. Actually, I don't need (or want) intermissions during long movies 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z

"Roasting the squash in a bed of spent coffee grounds doesn't make the squash taste like coffee, rather it heightens the squash's own flavor," writes recipe developer Lindsay Jean-Hard. How to peel and cut butternut squash without losing a finger 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

The film, he went on, was "a cross between documentary and a kind of heightened poetry" that gave the viewer a "fly on the wall" perspective. Strauss-Kahn story 'like a tragedy' 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

But the Supreme Court is under attack right now, and you’re coming to the court at a time of almost unprecedented controversy, heightened emotions and perceptions of politicization. Ketanji Brown Jackson on being a ‘first’ and why she loves ‘Survivor’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

Doran heightens the parallels by showing an England descending into civil turmoil. Morte d'Arthur 2010-06-18T20:29:00Z

Her story happens to touch on so many cultural divisions — racial, economic, religious, rural vs. urban — heightened by the recent presidential election, the new play feels especially timely. A young playwright's quest to ask difficult questions about race, class and gender 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

The evening was, in Bates’s words, devoted to music “of heightened emotion, from surreal dream-world to ecstatic love.” A pleasant, if not ravishing, KC Jukebox 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

This is only heightened by the decision not to name her sources; they are identified here only in the most generic terms. Svetlana Alexievich's 'Zinky Boys' gives voice to the voiceless 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

What this “Twilight Zone” shares with Serling’s series, Peele said, is “a sense of simplicity” — a narrative arc of heightening revelations, “and then, at the end, the pattern is subverted or committed to even further.” After ‘Us,’ Jordan Peele Crosses Over to ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Generally there are no smells onstage, so I heighten my hearing and completely immerse myself in the music. Jan Lisiecki, Piano’s Doogie Howser, Comes of Age With Chopin 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

Not being on top of the food chain certainly heightens one’s awareness. U.S. Issue: It?s a Bear?s World in Kodiak, Alaska 2011-05-13T20:16:28Z

The change in context — from a heightened, lunatic realm of pure thought to a workaday world of mixed-up emotions — leads to some leaden playwriting. SCR's 'Mr. Wolf' sharply provokes, then turns blunt 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

The topsy-turvy atmosphere was heightened by a concealed projector throwing a scene from Buñuel's That Obscure Object of Desire across the bedroom ceiling. The new Sepentine pavilion is a rhapsody in red 2010-07-06T20:31:00Z

Nicklesen added that police suspect the group took 2C-E, known in Germany as Aquarust, a drug which heightens perceptions of colours and sounds and in higher doses triggers hallucinations, psychosis and severe cramps. Mystery surrounds hallucinatory chaos at German homeopathy conference 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

We face many challenges in our relationship with the ocean, so there is heightened urgency to implement innovative approaches. James Cameron donates Deapsea Challenger submarine to science 2013-03-26T12:32:23Z

So few of these metaphors satisfy — they’re heightened, meager, inappropriate — but there is something stirring in their awkwardness, in seeing a new phenomenon slip the net of ready-made language. In Search of Time Lost and Newly Found 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

But other more encompassing pleasures presented themselves as we leaned back and focused on the birds, which also heightened awareness of the fading light and the brightening buildings beyond. Review: In ‘Fly by Night,’ Pigeons Light Up the Brooklyn Navy Yard 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

So there is a kind of heightened energy to this kind of work. ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Kerry Washington of ‘Scandal’ 2013-07-18T20:25:18Z

His celebrity was heightened by rumors and conspiracy theories about his death. From Icon to Lifestyle, the Marketing of Bruce Lee 2009-12-12T08:51:00Z

And then there was the added pressure of carrying around a notorious surname linked with communist sympathies in an era of heightened popular anxiety about the threat from Russia. Hollywood blacklisted my father Dalton Trumbo: now I’m proud they’ve put him on screen 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

And because these are gorgeous dancers, that dancing is gorgeous, if low-density: idiomatically attuned to the music but heightened. Review: Kyle Abraham’s Theatrical Love Letter to Social Dance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

The focus on people's own stories, told in their own voices, heightened every emotional tint and tone. A week in radio: Your Story on Gaydio 2012-08-09T19:00:09Z

“Uncertain Times” takes a disjointed, almost manic, approach; it’s plotless, more intuitive in its choices, which include stretches of heightened dialogue and a rhapsodic monologue delivered with a video showing the sunset and the sea. ‘In These Uncertain Times’ Review: Love, Loss and Zoom 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z

Back in the final years of the Soviet Union, New York and London patrons learned that the price of watching Russian ballet companies was to undergo a heightened security process on entering theaters. Bolshoi Ballet Turns Back the Clock in Its New York Season 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

And the heightened interest in AOC is not limited to right-wing tirades. Perspective | The ‘ravenous hysteria’ over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just reached a new level of crazy 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

The director, JC Chandor, pinpointed the poignant power: “Everything is heightened with him being older. He’s like a bird with a broken wing.” Robert Redford's greatest screen roles – ranked! 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

She shrewdly notes that our fascination with vanishing is only heightened by the “hypervisibility of our age.” ‘Playing Dead,’ a Disappearing Act for the Fraudulent-Minded 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z

Yet Welles was in steady pursuit of a daring conceit: a film as much improvised as scripted, reflecting the circumstances in which it gestated, a heightened version of Hollywood reality. How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

Its vignettes are a quiet retreat where nothing much happens but everything is heightened, much like summer itself. The all-time best summer books, according to our readers 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

The white space around it heightens the focus on the perfectly pitched individual words. Season's reading: I Sing of a Maiden 2010-12-21T16:11:01Z

The more time spent with her, the less her stand-up seems like a character or a parody than a heightened version of herself. Kate Berlant Can’t Hide Any Longer 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

The tenderness heightens our appalled sense of how these people lie to each other and deceive themselves. Best literary sex scenes: writers' favourites 2012-07-06T21:55:26Z

Mr. O’Reilly said he did not believe that heightened scrutiny by museums or dealers threatens to orphan a large set of objects that were lovingly collected by people with a passion for antiquity. Antiquity Market Grapples With Stricter Guidelines for Gifts 2012-07-12T15:26:17Z

In this new state of being, parents like Reza describe a heightened sense of attention, a sharpened awareness of little details and interactions with their children that have stayed with them. Fear, joy, grief, gratitude: The whiplash of parenting during existential chaos 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

But the performances all have a heightened solemnity, punctuated by roof-rattling anguish, that would be just as suitable to Greek tragedy straight up. London Theater Journal: Arthur Miller, Pinteresquely 2010-07-20T17:25:00Z

But, while I applaud Boyd's avoidance of romantic cliche, I still feel he undervalues Shakespeare's ability to create a whole world through heightened poetic language. Review|Theatre|Antony and Cleopatra, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon|Michael Billington 2010-05-10T23:18:00Z

Regardless, it's likely that people's newly heightened awareness about the problems with meat production will give even more wind to plant-based meat's sails, despite the lingering unanswered questions about its sustainability and health. Looking ahead: The top food and agriculture stories for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

Though I’m glad to have seen it, in this context it heightened the overall sense that what we’re now watching is the Pilobolus Show. Dance Review: Pilobolus Puts 4 Decades of Dance on Display 2013-07-10T21:43:59Z

She looked slightly upward: the effect heightens the suggestion that Cinderella is walking on air. American Ballet Theater Performs Ashton’s ‘Cinderella’ 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

“But these are such extraordinarily fluid and provocative times in the world that people’s interest in the political process is either completely exhausted or it’s extremely heightened.” Jessica Chastain’s ‘Miss Sloane’ Echoes Campaign Rhetoric 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

Catherine Day’s deathbed photographs are in full color yet muted, their ethereality heightened by printing the images on layered silk squares that shimmer and defocus in the breeze. In the galleries: In ‘Everyware,’ new-technology photo pieces exhibit nostalgia

An intriguing aspect of his work is the way he adapted the limitations of the medium to heighten his desired effects. Much About This Artist Is in Doubt. Not His Talent. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Without that heightened and emotional context some of the play’s flaws are more evident now. Review: In ‘Marvin’s Room,’ Who Will Care for the Caregiver? 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

The short stints raise companies’ concerns over trade secrets being spilled to competitors, a worry heightened by the lax intellectual property protection laws in the fashion industry. Carolina Herrera and Oscar de la Renta Clash Over Young Talent 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

The city provides them with welcome opportunities but also crushing lessons in class and economic divisions, heightened in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Dear Match Book: Seeking Literary Page-Turners 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

The pandemic brought on a widespread heightened awareness of death as well, and what better way to avoid — or process — the reality of that? Gotta get back in time: The current explosion of time travel novels goes beyond sci-fi and fantasy 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

The tattoo artist had Couvade syndrome with all three of his partner Amanda’s pregnancies, experiencing morning sickness, pseudocyesis, exhaustion and heightened emotions. ‘My oestrogen levels were all over the place’: when men have ‘sympathy pregnancies’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

Coordinating with the F.B.I., she has designed an algorithm to pinpoint Russian “handlers,” the spies running the spies, a matter of heightened urgency since they’ve recently become more aggressive. Dangers Close to Home: Four New Domestic Thrillers 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

But if you want to heighten your production quality, and pull off a memorable livestream for your digital guests, you’ll need some extra gadgets. Livestream Your Wedding Like a Pro 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

All the characters are very heightened and very theatrical, and that’s fun to play. Peter Dinklage Is Still Punk Rock 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

And if you can bring that into the work, it just gives it — even though this is very heightened and mythological — a real base. Steven Knight Isn’t Ready for ‘Peaky Blinders’ to End 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

While films often provide a crucible for examining human nature, there is something heightened when characters face incredible pressure under a same-day deadline. The 10 best movies that take place in one day 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

The current heightened sensitivity had not yet led to a witch-hunt, she said. One-to-one music tuition 'may be abolished' 2013-03-01T22:01:01Z

A study from the University of Central Lancashire links a period of boredom with heightened creativity immediately afterwards. Is it good to be bored (or will it be the death of you)? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

The Sundance program describes his “playfully ironic, heightened” film as one that “returns him to his roots.” Spike Lee and Stephen Frears Return to Sundance 2012-01-14T00:00:37Z

Songs require heightened language, but the pair trade in an earthbound idiom, and their funniest numbers are marooned between music and hair-splitting chat. Flight of the Conchords 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z

Most of what I described was pure imagination, although occasionally we would stage real events to heighten the excitement. My father paid four times his weekly wage for the greatest gift of my life 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

“The landscape becomes brightened and heightened and has a slight whitewashing to it,” Mr. Phifer said. New Wing at Corning Museum of Glass Invites the Light 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

“Look What You Made Me Do” was Swift’s way of staying connected with her fans and expressing her sentiments about the heightened media attention she was garnering. Look what you made her do: The 8 takeaways from Prime Video’s Taylor Swift documentary 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z

Smyth ranges over foundational memories of childhood, heightened attachments and grave disappointments in her family, grief and the quest to create a work of art that survives. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Ryan does not write the kind of poetry that requires the stage – her wit works fine at home; and yet it would heighten anyone's sense of her powers to hear her. Kay Ryan: the un-American poet who will fly the US flag at Poetry Parnassus 2012-06-29T08:26:54Z

Much of the staff is Russian, though there are a smattering of guides from Argentina, Ireland and Scotland, heightening Ryabaga’s international flavor. On a remote Russian peninsula, one of the world’s most celebrated Atlantic salmon fisheries 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

He also takes the license allowed of a creative documentarian, using heightened editing and dramatic music to build to the furious climax of the Chicago Police Department’s televised beating of protesters. The Chicago 7 Trial Onscreen: An Interpretation for Every Era 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

This year, ABMB's commercial significance has been heightened by the damage suffered during Hurricane Sandy by many of the participating New York galleries. At Art Basel Miami Beach, the stars line up to be seen –and be shocked 2012-12-08T15:50:45Z

I think the plays have a kind of heightened quality to them," Stephens says, "and that's deliberate – the structure and form. Playwright Simon Stephens: 'The same old agonies return to haunt you' 2011-04-08T11:18:34Z

“There is definitely a heightened sense of rivalry across a narrow band of luxury e-commerce players, but there’s also a great deal to play for as it is a growing sector,” she said. Death of Retail? 2017 Was All About the Empire of Luxury E-Tail 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

And in New York City, the Brooklyn Arts Council recently initiated a year-long Day of the Dead education project to heighten public awareness "on mourning and remembrance." 'Day of the Dead' expanding in U.S. 2011-10-20T17:08:26Z

A sense of urgency, and an edginess, runs through the narrative, heightened by Hamid’s crafted, minimalist prose. Mohsin Hamid's 'Exit West' imagines a new way out for refugees 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

It’s the strange warping of reality familiar to many, whether you’re capturing a “candid” shot of your friends at the bar for Instagram or in the vastly heightened stakes of a migrant’s journey. Midnight Traveler: a powerful refugee documentary filmed on a phone 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

The heightened activity could provide more roles for hopefuls like Portillo-Moody, who wants to stay in Seattle if she can find stage work here. Latino auditions give voice to a more diverse stage community 2014-04-15T02:42:53Z

More boozing/dancing/yammering – general party patter – but expectation is heightened. The Sex Pistols' jubilee boat trip – a classic account 2012-05-29T11:41:16Z

Some of those who have attended weddings where joints, bongs, vaporizers, e-pens or hookahs are passed around also say it heightens the community-building mood that is inherent at a wedding. Marijuana Is a Welcome Wedding Guest in Colorado and Washington State 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Presumably, the pieces are supposed to heighten our sensitivity to visual cues. NSO’s ‘New Moves’ festival closes with Jessica Lang and Leila Josefowicz

That split-screen format, not to mention the heightened conflict, has become a staple of "The View." What we learned from "The View" reunion, from the fight that started it all to Joy Behar's firing 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

There is now a heightened awareness around this movie that eliminates the fear that an unknown trans actor would not be able to sell tickets. Don’t let Scarlett Johansson dropping out kill Hollywood’s first trans studio film — Opinion 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Avenatti used his heightened profile at the time to make frequent appearance on cable television news programs. Jury notes deadlock on 1st charge in Avenatti fraud trial 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

To visually heighten the room, try putting the same color on both the walls and the ceiling. Design Ideas for Bed and Bath 2010-06-11T19:12:00Z

That special air of salt-sprayed nostalgia that infuses down-at-heel British seaside towns heightens everything here, turning the depressing into heartbreaking, the happy into bittersweet. Dominic Savage's love letter to Margate 2012-06-05T18:00:02Z

It isn’t until Luis shows up before the camera moves, and when it does, it heightens the emotions. Li Cheng on making "José," an epic gay love story set in Guatemala 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

As he writes, “the goal is not simply to win but to impress upon the world the stamp of our own existence; to walk away with a heightened feeling of our own enterprise.” You’re thinking about fitness all wrong 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

Burkhard’s reports suggested his mother may have convinced him to make up abuse allegations, in order to heighten her chances of winning custody. For New York families in custody fights, a “black hole” of oversight 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

Director Ramona Diaz takes a searing, honest, cinema vérité approach, immersing herself, and us, in the overcrowded, sometimes chaotic, always emotionally heightened, conditions of the ward. The documentary "Motherland" explores women's rights from a busy maternity ward in Manila 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

So it’s this heightened reality that we had to have — in the Capitol was and in the districts. Dressed to Kill: A Conversation with the Costume Designer of Catching Fire 2013-11-22T23:55:03Z

While it’s as suspenseful as any Le Carré plot, it’s structured less around spycraft than around a series of seductions, overlapping and conflicting, that allow Park to indulge his fondness for moments of heightened melodrama. Review: In ‘The Little Drummer Girl,’ Spycraft Is Seduction 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

“There’s so much heightened emotion around the importance of a wedding day,” she said. Field Notes: When You Can’t Forget the Gifts You Didn’t Get 2013-08-23T17:00:50Z

In the swirling mist, the thrill of crossing the vast sands of Liverpool Bay is heightened by knowing the tide is creeping towards you. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z

OH For me, it was very, very heightened. Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer Lay ‘Killing Eve’ to Rest 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

The impression “In Creases” leaves, though, is of a dreamscape that heightens the progress and colors of its score. Dance Review: Justin Peck’s ‘In Creases,’ by New York City Ballet 2012-07-17T22:06:52Z

What they do instead is heighten, reflect and confirm the daily reality of an age ruled by interactive media, in which information is fragmented, attention spans are brief, and individual identity is fluid. At ?Malfi? and ?Bum Bum? in London, Active Audience 2010-08-12T22:26:00Z

Their mutual attraction but different needs and capabilities are achingly captured in a scene where their conversation is halted and heightened by being unable to hear one another half the time. ‘Middletown’ at ACT: A little Thornton Wilder, a little Beckett 2013-09-09T21:26:13Z

It’s engaging material, but the decision to interweave it throughout the present narrative slows down the plot without heightening suspense. A 500-Story Tower Has Collapsed. Can Humanity Be Rescued From the Rubble? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Unlike the novels of the South that have something of the heightened quality that came to be called gothic, “The Moviegoer” becomes atypical through its scrutiny of the typical. We Still Live Within the Mediated, Alienated World of “The Moviegoer” 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

Beauty, youth, heightened vivacity or even buffoonery overwhelm us, and the figures do indeed seem alive. Review | The first major Hans Holbein exhibition in the U.S. shows us the sobering reality of raw power 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Lee works in his own register of realism in which everything is at once familiar and heightened. Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

Iambic pentameter was the obvious form for something so unlikely and dramatic, Mr. Bartlett said, because it allows for “a heightened version of how we speak, with a sense of formality and a fluidity.” Mike Bartlett Turns to Shakespeare to Voice His ‘King Charles III’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

Many of the images are gruesome, the stories recounted harrowing — each heightened by interspersed desolate electric guitar riffs. Crime and no punishment: New PBS documentary series shows there is no justice for war criminals 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z

Despite the heightened reality of his fiction – the occasional swerve into magic or mysticism – Pears describes himself as an "absolute realist". Tim Pears's 'small acts of resistance' 2010-03-18T14:00:00Z

The level of violence is heightened, but choreographically it’s more of the same: dancing as if bones want to be ripped out of skin. Dance Review: ?The You Show,? Crystal Pite?s Dance of Relationships 2012-02-24T23:03:11Z

Known as the "Korean Wave" — or hallyu — this phenomenon, which first rose to prominence in the 1990s, has established Korea's bustling entertainment industry and heightened the country as a soft power amongst Western nations. Months after its Netflix debut, "Squid Game" continues to encourage US viewers to learn Korean 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

“It does seem to have something to do with our heightened state of anxiety, our hyper-vigilance,” he said. Quarantining With a Ghost? It’s Scary 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Yet the large-scale works also evoke classical floral still lifes, their bold reds heightened against black backgrounds. In the galleries: Gordon Park’s photos from the Jim Crow-era South 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

As the show moved toward the ending, what began as a small realistic scene about the anxiety before a date escalates into something more heightened and overtly comic. Inside the Minds of Two Expert Improv Comedians 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

And that only heightens depressing comparisons between the two actresses. Television Review: ‘Liz & Dick,’ Starring Lindsay Lohan, on Lifetime 2012-11-23T21:58:09Z

This British cartoonist is a master of heightening humor through restraint. Best graphic novels of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

"He liked people to go from left to right in a state of relaxation and heightened awareness, letting pictures on either side of the one you're looking at influence the others," Martineau said. Minor White's photos get a rare large-scale exhibition at Getty Museum 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

A boys-will-be-boys defense has no place anywhere, but it’s particularly disturbing in ballet, where the vulnerability of a dancer’s body is heightened every day. Two Critics Reflect on Ballet’s #MeToo Moment 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Walsh said he felt a heightened sense of responsibility in directing the work — to Mr. Porter, but also to his audience. Will ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’ Take Flight on the Stage? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Of course my interest is heightened because the instrument in question may be a Stradivarius. Nejiko Suwa and Joseph Goebbels’s Gift 2012-09-21T17:36:28Z

The free events drew thousands of people, including families with children, who waited in long lines to pass through heightened security checks for the chance to take in a concert or workshop. The Best Classical Music of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

One eerie exercise focused on heightening awareness, with students closing their eyes and trying to sense danger lurking nearby. In Central Park, Learning to Survive in the Wild 2011-10-27T22:46:01Z

Black's three-month trial drew international attention, heightened by his sometimes haughty comments. Conrad Black released from prison 2012-05-04T14:24:00Z

“We’re in a moment of heightened awareness in the best possible way,” said Stacy Wolf, the author of “Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical” and a theater professor at Princeton University. The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

“The fact that he took a break from the downtown dance world and was able to work on these grand scales, it heightened his ability to work in a really large-scale, visionary manner.” Mark Dendy’s ‘Ritual Cyclical’ Unfolds at Lincoln Center 2013-07-21T21:42:34Z

As a society we value the unusual insights into our world provided by creative people, but having a heightened sensitivity to the world around can be very difficult to live with. Jocelyn Pook: inspired by mental illness 2012-11-23T22:55:11Z

On a good day I feel like my senses are heightened. Jason Isbell’s got hope for the high road: “If you yell at people they’re going to stop listening” 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

So, moments of slightly heightened tone, that is where that comes from. In "Goodnight Mommy," Naomi Watts is drawn to her character's "terrifying and confusing" behavior 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

“The circumstances may be heightened, but every time you’re being left with an emotional connection to what’s happening onstage, and it’s devastating.” Leslye Headland?s Play Cycle of 7 Deadly Sins 2010-07-18T02:52:00Z

There’s a sort of Shakespearean heightening of vernacular going on, isn’t there? What August Wilson Means Now 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Many disabled people navigate both decreased income and heightened medical expenses. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Jason Lyons’s lighting heightens the drama, particularly during the gut punch of an Act 1 closer. Review | Ken Ludwig’s ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ is an affecting love letter to unlikely romance 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Its central joke is the incongruity of a heightened mob and crime story juxtaposed with a mundane narrative of suburban parents ordering their grown kids to leave home. Why New TV Comedies Are Choosing Plot Over Jokes 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

That unleashed force is plied most artfully here to create a portrait of how grief unhinges, disarranges and heightens everyday life. Review: Adam Driver Heats Up a Wobbly ‘Burn This’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Because what we're giving them is a heightened sense of reality. Dilemmas and drugs: reality hosts swap stories 2010-06-07T07:13:00Z

It’s a story-delivery medium, dependent on voice, packed with verbiage, incident and heightened drama. Review: In BET’s ‘Tales,’ Rap Lyrics Get Lost in Translation 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

It also contains what is, these days, an exceptional argument from a guy in his late forties: maybe young people, with their participation trophies and heightened empathy, are actually onto something. The Best Jokes of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

The Aristotelian constraints heighten meaning and imbue every small event with a sort of transcendent weight. An Undocumented Immigrant Has Information About a Murder. What to Do? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

Their halting attraction is sweet, but it’s in the brief glimpses of Robert’s unstable passions that the movie finds its true subject, illuminating with touching honesty the heightened joys and terrors of madness. Review: Saving Dad, and Finding Herself, in ‘My Name Is Emily’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The exhaustion itself is expressive; you see him struggling, and that struggle heightens the emotional pitch of the dance. A New Incarnation of Mark Morris’s Singular Dance 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

It’s one of the reasons that many of the political skits on “SNL” these days use chunks of actual transcripts, heightening them slightly rather than starting with a fresh premise. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Movie theaters and the act of group entertainment are going to be heightened experiences now, fraught with the pain of history. Alone in the dark 2012-07-20T15:55:00Z

That was something that ... didn't feel heightened or weird. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

Especially for women, there is a lot of cultural cachè associated with performing domesticity in a heightened setting like a Thanksgiving dinner. Roasting a turkey is the worst part of Thanksgiving — so do this instead 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

The festival, which opens on Wednesday, will operate with heightened security after theattacks on Paris and Brussels and reports from Italian intelligence that Islamic State is planning to target beach resorts. Cannes remains vigilant as festival opens amid fears of terror attack 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

The poignancy of one patient's story is heightened but not overplayed. TV highlights 03/08/2011 2011-08-02T20:59:00Z

“Fear drives endorphins and endorphins heighten sensation to make pleasure more pleasurable.” BDSM haunted houses and sexy demons: Why it’s so hard to separate sex and horror 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

As Mr. Ford said, “Women are always subject to heightened scrutiny and criticism,” and in Washington this is even more true. Kyrsten Sinema’s Style Keeps Us Guessing 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

These were all shows that encapsulated the teenage experience, put it in context, and let it succeed on its own irrational, moody, and heightened terms. Terrible teens on TV: the brats that need to grow up 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

One doesn't change or one does and it actually almost heightens the difference in them. What 'Game of Thrones'' Costumes Tell You About the Show 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

The paint is handled with a smooth clarity that heightens the surreality of the scene. Martyrdoms, border violence, a tree-eating android are all a part of 'What I See' 2010-07-15T20:59:00Z

No State: Cruel Life Joke No. 12: Differences heighten attraction, but they chip away slowly at love. Perspective | When saying ‘you’re making a big mistake’ is a big mistake 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z

"The work was created to heighten awareness of people's own presence in space," the group said via e-mail. 'Rain Room' installation simulating downpour coming to LACMA 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

One of the prices of living in a globalized marketplace is the heightened risk of a strange insect pest arriving on our shores to belly up to the plant bar. Perspective | ‘This is going to be a bad one’: A new pest is causing quarantines in Va. and Pa. 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

Milch always refers to Warren as "Mr. Warren" or "my teacher Mr. Warren," heightening the effect of each citation by making him into a recurring character in the story. The future tense of joy: "Deadwood" creator David Milch recaptures memory in "Life's Work" 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z

Like not only “Scandal” but “Homeland” and many other heightened serials today, “Quantico” is hooked on twists. Review: ‘Quantico’ Flips Between Jousting F.B.I. Recruits and a Terrorist Attack 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Espionage is more esoteric, so spy series usually come in clusters at times of heightened anxiety over world affairs. 2010-01-15T04:09:00Z

“At the same time you have to have this appearance. All of your neuroses — and I’m as neurotic as any actor — get heightened with that level of focus.” Kit Harington says Jon Snow’s death sent him to therapy and made him feel unsafe 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

We were listening to it and singing along to it, which of course heightens your experience. Better Days for ‘Better Things’ With the Women in Charge 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

The connection is heightened by the presence in both plays of the invaluable Ms. Findlay, whose Hazel possesses a spikiness that can be dryly funny one minute, alarming the next. Review: ‘The Children,’ in London, Offers Hints of an Apocalypse 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

She heightens drama, at one point coloring the dancers so they look like a 3-D movie seen without the special glasses. Dance Review: Maud Le Pladec’s Percussive ‘Democracy’ 2014-05-09T21:36:43Z

But the many parallels only served to heighten the differences. NY Phil Biennial Offers Themes of Mining and Building 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

Academics at the conference said that the collaboration presented a chance, at least informally, to build the relationship between the two countries, at a time of heightened tensions. Columbia University Press to Publish New Translations of Russian Literature 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

All of this incites a hyper-alertness about seeing and a heightened consciousness of consciousness itself and its construction of the real. Perfect Poise, Pulled From Jaws of Distortion 2010-12-30T22:46:46Z

But in a time of such heightened anxiety, we’re forced to ask important political questions. Review | In ‘Grieving,’ MacArthur ‘genius’ Cristina Rivera Garza reflects on the collective suffering of her home country 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

Listen, for example, to Joan’s account of the sensual heightening that occurs when she is visited by her heavenly guide, Saint Catherine. Review: Glenn Close Raises a Saint in ‘Mother of the Maid’ 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

Two of the actors have embraced opposite ways of adjusting to this heightened reality. ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Review: Cinderella, Liberated (Again) 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

Some occur in a narratively heightened key — in thrillers like “Carlos” and “Boarding Gate,” which feature gunplay and other violent outbursts — but much of what happens in his films takes place in a recognizable reality. Review: In ‘Clouds of Sils Maria,’ a Celebration Turns Into a Memorial 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

At the same time, Catastrophe is a charming story about love between two grown-ups that doesn’t heighten its drama with a lot of artificial roadblocks. Review: Catastrophe Is Knocked Up, Grown Up 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

By contrast, Schoenberg’s “The Book of Hanging Gardens” is situated in a monstrously fertile landscape in which every luscious plant and sinuous animal conspires to heighten the poet’s erotic agony. Review: ‘Book of Hanging Gardens,’ Sung by Christian Gerhaher 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

Pavlova twirls on occasion, including during a charming, folksy frolic on a beach, complete with a shaking tambourine, but, for the most part, she delivers a heightened version of silent-era realism. Lois Weber, Eloquent Filmmaker of the Silent Screen 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

The placement and rearrangement of bodies focuses the drama and heightens the character of the chorus, whose members grow from laughing at the Madwoman to pitying her. Review: Mark Morris Shows the Gift of Intricate Simplicity 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Allen and Christopher Warren, a curator of American history at the Library of Congress, both cite the War of 1812 as heightening national pride and anxiety and reviving emotions about the country’s past. Declaration of Independence still inspires activists 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

“You heighten once, twice, and the audience goes, ‘I know where the third one is going,’ but you heighten to the fourth, fifth, or sixth step, instead of what would be the expected next step.” How to best end a comedy sketch? It’s hard to go wrong with gruesome death. 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

What follows is a riveting exploration of her new condition as she steps into a world of paradoxically heightened perception. Lina Meruane's 'Seeing Red' is a piercing novel of blindness 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

California has taken on a heightened role in climate diplomacy since the United States’ 2017 withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. How will California’s climate ambitions reshape food and agriculture? 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z

While the storytelling and structure are quite grounded, even straightforward, the text has the heightened, often surreal quality of Lorca’s verse. Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Turns Lorca Into Death-Haunted Opera 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

Many scenes in the film are just of Driver and Rohrwacher alone in an apartment, heightening both a sense of encroaching claustrophobia alongside a deep emotional connection. Toronto Film Festival: The whirlwind weekend of Adam Driver 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Although there was heightened security at the venue -- the 2,000-seat Maxwell King Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of a local college -- there were no protests or hecklers. Bill Cosby gets ovation after Florida comedy show 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Its magic, he goes on, “is that it enhances your real self into heightened fantasy, then presents this fantasy as your real self.” Meet the Man Who Dressed Mick Jagger 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

That summer, it became clear that the authorities had again heightened their scrutiny of Xiaobo, likely because of his political writings. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

On the other side of Route 40, meanwhile, is surely the place to stay if your goal is to heighten the contrast with the lethal conditions Braddock’s men faced. On a General’s Trail, Summoning America’s History 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

It is absolutely non-stop, and the universe is… heightened, shall we say? Your state just legalized marijuana? You’re going to need some playlists 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

And heightened emotion, and big feelings, are the order of the day, everywhere you look. How to survive the next four years on social media? Opera can help. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

It almost felt like a much older person’s evocation of youth — so glamorous and heightened. Bringing ‘Normal People’ to Sexy, Soundtracked Life 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

But these miscues only heighten the sense of the uniqueness and unpredictability of the occasion, providing a kind of light relief before the superb quality of their songs, their musicianship and their vocals reassert themselves. Get Back: The Beatles rocked the rooftop 50 years ago 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Museums do show a heightened sensitivity to the integrity of their collections and have returned illicit objects based on their own research. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

Rivera’s hard-fought congressional race in 2010 brought heightened scrutiny to his own political machinations. For Sen. Marco Rubio, a question of friendship vs. politics 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

But nominations of all sorts also pull in an audience, and some movies are using the heightened awareness brought about by awards season to lure consumers, as well as Academy members, during these later stages. 2010-01-14T18:15:00Z

They have no obligation to cater to your heightened sense of smell. Must I Keep Reminding My Adult Son About Family Birthdays? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

The broadness of the book’s voice is heightened by Hindman’s choice to write often in the second person. Pretending to Play the Violin 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

Tom Tykwer’s critically divisive adaptation of the 1985 novel about a serial killer with a heightened sense of smell decided to forego the U.S. market, receiving an extremely modest release domestically. “Inferno” isn’t a box office disaster: Dan Brown’s overseas hit may be the future of movies, whether we like it or not 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

In the film versions of “Pride and Prejudice” the music jumps and swells at all the right moments, heightening the tension and romance of that classic Jane Austen novel. Bells and Whistles for a Few E-Books 2011-08-23T21:59:39Z

In the audiobook version, Ray Porter’s forceful narration heightens the propulsive quality of Verini’s writing, while also highlighting the general and enduring absurdities of war. ISIS Lost Mosul in 2017, but the Story Began Thousands of Years Ago 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

Could it be that we overload the parental bond with heightened emotional expectations when parents are simply human like the rest of us? My mum loves me, but doesn’t really know me | Dear Mariella 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z

“Transparent” is one of a rare few socially conscious television series — “The Wire” is another — whose sense of message and responsibility heightens rather than burdens it. Season 2 of ‘Transparent’ Expands Its View of the Pfefferman Clan 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

Langone, ketamine is also potentially addictive, heightening the risk of using the drug, even in a therapeutic setting. A Ketamine Clinic Treads the Line Between Health Care and a ‘Spa Day for Your Brain’ 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

The stakes eventually heighten, but for the most part, Basil Joseph’s movie feels less like a superhero actioner and more like a charming provincial comedy. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

His boldest choice, though, is the black-and-white cinematography, which gives everything a seductive, heightened luster and feels fresh, rather than nostalgic. ‘Paris, 13th District’ Review: Groping Toward Happiness 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

But since no movie exists in isolation, each one is accompanied by others that heighten the contradictions and flesh out essential lessons. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

All the stress in the run-up to the wedding heightened the celebratory feeling the day of, the groom said. In a Week, Moving a Wedding from Ukraine to New York 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

In the current moment of heightened political feeling, silence can speak volumes: even the typically outspoken Lady Gaga drew criticism for delivering an apolitical halftime performance at this year’s Super Bowl. Let’s Imagine a Better Grammys 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

The CDC heightened its warning to Level 2: Practice Enhanced Precautions and flagged a new swath of affected areas on its color-coded map. Traveling to Brazil? Get a yellow fever vaccination first. 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

Much of the 10-episode series focuses on Neveah's struggles to fit in and get ahead, as well as the very heightened drama that takes place at the school. Netflix's "Tiny Pretty Things" challenges the idea that bulimia is only a white woman's disease 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z

"Have a heightened awareness about what is going on around you," said Sgt. Creepy clown sightings no laughing matter as Halloween nears 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

This is intended to heighten the sense of cultural dialogue, but is a costly gesture and effectively lost in the translation. Wagner Dream – review 2013-06-07T16:54:30Z

They find it hilarious that a birdwatcher would visit Colombia's most dangerous region looking for parrots; "thirty years of low-intensity warfare", writes Fountain, "had given the rebels a heightened sense of the absurd". Brief Encounters with Che Guevara by Ben Fountain – review 2013-06-29T08:00:19Z

It varies, yet according to researchers at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Canada, who released the first empirical study on the subject this summer, the behavior is linked to heightened levels of narcissism and sexism. 'It's a violation': the war on (unwanted) dick pics has begun 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

His songs draw you into a den of heightened sonic bliss lined with inherent trepidation. The Weeknd: A ‘Starboy’ is born, full of brash and bragging 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Since you were filming a reality show, I’m assuming nothing was done to heighten the dramatic effect? | Q&A: Joan and Melissa Rivers 2011-01-20T00:05:45Z

But the band’s greatest gift was its strangely ecstatic skepticism, a form of heightened engagement merely posing as surly disengagement. Prophets of Rage and the trouble with fighting today’s wars using yesterday’s weapons 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

According to the Independent, the challenge was heightened, as the police files on his case had reportedly been destroyed. Baby abandoned at Gatwick Airport finds birth parents 33 years later 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

“We’re trying to heighten hypnosis from a vaudevillian show into the theatrical level,” Mecci said in the Times Square office of his producer, a day after the performance I attended. You Are Getting Sleepy. When You Wake Up, You Will Be an Improv Star. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

The premise of competition shows–that there is room only for so much success, and therefore others must fail–is just a heightened extension of all that. To most adults, cooking is work. MasterChef Jr.'s kids show us why cooking is magic. 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

“You have to be in a very heightened state of responsiveness.” At Clubbed Thumb, Nurturing a Theater of the Weird 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

My goal is to heighten awareness, motivate action and spark an honest conversation about the legacy of racial injustice in America. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

The models that walked Browne’s garden runway wore beautifully tailored suits and dresses in classic shapes, heightened with embroidery, patchwork, feathers, and the designer’s signature tricolor appliqué. Thom Browne’s Spring 2015 show was a garden wonderland 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

But the flip side of that is an appreciation and an acute and heightened awareness of life. Delroy Lindo on his "Da 5 Bloods" pro-Trump role: "He felt reviled because of his love for America" 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z

What resulted was a heightened appreciation of Rossi’s innovative spirit, which combined the elegant shifting harmonies of the Italian early Baroque with a careful attention to textual detail. Music Review: Clarion Music Society at the Five Borough Music Festival 2012-11-27T22:51:16Z

But Ashley’s tersely poetic libretto, about the broken lives and stubborn dreams of the denizens of a public park, is delivered almost entirely in a kind of heightened speech. How Young Singers Get Used to ‘Dust’ in Their Mouths 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Here is how it really gets messy: Every strategy of “nipping it in the bud” or “teaching the child a lesson,” while possibly working in the short term, serves only to heighten the negativity. Perspective | What to do about a child’s constant whining? Maybe nothing. 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

Already Utopia feels more than the sum of these parts: a fully realised world with a distinct look, and a heightened tone that's confident enough to cut from humour to gore to big thriller moments. Utopia: episode one 2013-01-15T23:25:01Z

The Indonesian ultimatum marks the latest development in RIM's three-year struggle in Asia and the Middle East, as heightened security fears have prompted government concerns in several countries over BlackBerry encryption of emails and messages. BlackBerry maker agrees to Indonesian net filters 2011-01-10T15:01:34Z

But “Newark” still demonstrates a striking degree of interest on Ms. Brown’s part in a heightened degree of academic rigor. Dance Review: Trisha Brown Dance Company at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-01-31T22:53:57Z

These gestures often felt more like effects than insights — and occasionally entered the realm of dubious interpretation, artificially heightening the music’s vigor. Review: Lang Lang Returns, Rehabilitated and Almost Reformed 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Anecdotally, some pelvic floor experts say they have seen an influx of patients during the pandemic with new or worsening pelvic floor problems related to working from home and heightened levels of stress and anxiety. What is the pelvic floor and how pandemic life could be harming yours 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

One wonders if drama and interest might be further heightened with some genuine ensemble singing. Review | UrbanArias turns conspiracy theory into opera 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

He was writing the book in brief, self-contained sections, and as he began to fit them together he found himself exploiting classic crime-genre techniques in order to create resonance and heighten suspense. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood - rereading 2011-08-05T09:00:06Z

The sites are chosen, and in some cases altered, by Snohetta, with the intention of heightening and even recalibrating the visitor’s senses. Weekend Miser: Exploration of Stillness and a Lightsaber Battle 2011-09-22T21:59:29Z

In an India that remains in many ways deeply traditional, even as its economic might grows, the festival took on heightened significance this year. A Gay Film Festival in India Strikes a Chord 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

This line of thinking — conflating the acts of a sociopath or mass-murderer with someone suffering from depression or anxiety — serves to heighten the stigma for those dealing with these common mental health issues. The media’s illness blind spot: What CNN and more get so maddeningly wrong about Germanwings 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Maybe heightened spatial awareness and concerns over aerosolization will result in better etiquette. Perspective | As theaters reopen, a crucial cinematic ingredient is back: The audience 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

Lebrun wondered why there was scant security around the Bataclan, one of Paris’ biggest music venues, given the heightened alert in the city. Eagles of Death Metal Perform For Bataclan Survivors 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Empire exists in a heightened reality where people poison each other and push their pregnant rivals down the stairs. Is this a golden age for black TV makers or another false dawn? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

His aim was to heighten viewer awareness of the roles played by eyes and bodies in the experience of art and the world at large. Art Review: ?Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970? at N.Y.U. - Review 2012-01-13T16:11:35Z

The shift is a breath of air, a creative leap with manifold payoffs, heightening the book’s ambition. Two Novels Confront Violence Against Women 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

In “The Girl on the Train,” characters speak not like human beings with motivations but like murder suspects whose every utterance must heighten the audience’s suspicion. Off the rails: The mystery of “The Girl on the Train” is why it never gets on track 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

A series of high-profile interviews, along with leaked excerpts and premature sales of the book in Spain, heightened interest in a memoir that offers a frank, if one-sided, look at Harry’s life. 11 Takeaways From Prince Harry’s Memoir, ‘Spare’ 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z

The solo, restored to “Episodes,” heightens the contrast with the final section, which is a kind of downshifting back into balletic order set to a Webern arrangement of Bach. City Ballet Review: History, Rarity and an Odd, Fascinating Solo 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

It’s because she’s in the public eye that her actions receive heightened attention and scrutiny. Lay off Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift: We’re so unfair to women growing up in the public eye 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

"This year, both the wisdom and cautions of Lent are heightened by the violence and uncertainty coming from Ukraine," he noted. First Sunday of Lent: Reflect, repent as 'sin and darkness' show themselves in Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

That heightens pressure "to need to do blockbuster big titles because now there is even more pressure on them," said Gittins. E-books pave way for more blockbusters, serials 2010-06-25T22:03:00Z

During the Farrell interview, the heightened soundtrack accompanying the grisly denouement of "Sacred Deer" could be heard through the walls of a nearby hall where it was screening. 'Sacred Deer' reunites Colin Farrell with "messed up" director of "Lobster" 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

Quarantine created what could be called an “interiority complex” for New Yorkers: a heightened state of awareness of the true purpose and attractiveness of things in our homes. New York, It’s Time to Shop! (Masks on, Please) 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

While Canto V opens in lush tonal harmony, the frequency of dissonance is heightened, until in the last four minutes, the violins soar together in an arching series of chromatic clusters. CD reviews: Late works by late composers Rautavaara, Henze 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

Where once images in the play were received as being heightened almost to the point of absurdity, now they have the smoke of realism about them. Sarah Kane's debut play Blasted returns 2010-10-24T20:31:00Z

Those serves, unleashed over the course of a 27-year professional career, arguably heightened the power and intensity of the women's game, forcing her opponents to game plan for each wicked volley. Serena Williams forced journalists to get out of the "toy box" and cover tennis as more than a game 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z

It’s a joy to sing those lines in one breath, to heighten the drama and really cinch these incredibly long phrases together. Meet the People Who Can’t Bring You ‘Messiah’ This Year 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

Key to its success is that Zuidam respects McGonagall's seriousness, yet finds ways of mirroring the qualities of his poetry that both heighten its effect and affectionately satirise it. Zuidam: McGonagall-Lieder – review 2013-06-26T16:44:35Z

Their affinity is heightened by his status and her rootlessness, plus a volatile owl which Freda inherits, along with several exotic objects and a diary, from a woman whose existence was hitherto unknown. Debut fiction roundup – reviews 2012-07-27T21:55:04Z

The story generated a cascade of other stories in which Williams allegedly punched up various details to heighten the drama surrounding him. At long last, Brian Williams is back — humbled and demoted to MSNBC 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

He's wonderful at suggesting the seriousness that lurks inside Sachs, and entirely credible as a man whose awareness of encroaching age is heightened by the youthfulness of others. Prom 2: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg 2010-07-18T20:45:00Z

I hadn't anticipated that a dedicated study of zero waste living would heighten the difficulties of eating sustainably while disabled. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

If anything, the contradictions exposed by the trial have been heightened. Review: ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Indeed, there’s no other instrument that heightens and soothes like the piano, its melodic chords a worthy complement to stronger-sounding drums and horns. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

Duntsch’s story has been thoroughly covered in print journalism, but podcasts, which deploy heightened narrative intimacy, emotional voices, and entertaining music, have a broader, more urgent appeal. “Dr. Death” and the Perils of Making Medical Malpractice a Thriller 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Recently, however, heightened interest in the art of quilt making has mixed with nationwide protests over social injustice. These quilts with messages about gun violence and racial injustice issues aim to discomfort 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

Objects — a yellow car, a red dress, a blue doorway, even traffic lights — assume the heightened visual intensity of symbols in a waking dream. | 'Wild Grass': Alain Resnais?s Film of Anarchic Imagination 2010-06-24T23:40:00Z

Between the heightened competition and the expansion plans, it’s hard not to wonder if Ms. Paltrow considers herself primarily an actor or a businesswoman. How Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Has Become a Role Model for Other Celebrities 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

I’m not sure what that means either, but it’s a great read, which infuses a prosaic life with a steady, thrum of apocalyptic dread that heightens the senses. Review: The Lists We Live by in Daniel Fish’s ‘White Noise’ 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cage’s piece is presumed to heighten audience attention to and appreciation of ambient sound and to invite meditation on just what exactly music is. Richard Serra’s Steel Behemoths Get Into Your Head 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Sometimes the most unlikely song can knock the stuffing out of you because it catches you unawares, in a heightened emotional state. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z

Later his job as a lifeguard would heighten his sense of solitary watchfulness, as well as shape his notions of heroism and ambition. Books of The Times: Ronald Reagan as Dad, a Sunny Stranger 2011-01-27T14:19:29Z

We certainly do homage to that with our day players, but for the people in our world, we wanted a heightened look. T Magazine: 'Gladiators in Suits': The Fashion of 'Scandal' 2013-01-14T22:01:18Z

It largely succeeded, melding ordinary daily conflicts with the heightened drama necessary for television entertainment. Sada Thompson, Actress Known for Maternal Roles, Dies at 83 2011-05-06T04:38:16Z

The sense of danger was heightened by the fact that neither we nor Louis understood what the hell was going on. TV review: Single Father and Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos 2010-10-11T05:45:00Z

First, says Nunn, the heightened premise needed a world elevated to match it. 'Take care of your actors': the intimacy director keeping Netflix’s sex scenes safe 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

It would be easy to imagine pregnancy as a time of heightened gender dysphoria for trans men. The story of one man’s pregnancy: ‘It felt joyous, amazing and brilliant’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

And while the presence of danger heightened everyone's sense of life, he added that his movie was about something particular to people from the Soviet bloc -- fatalism. Film takes unusual view of Chernobyl disaster 2011-02-14T14:03:33Z

Still, I keep reminding myself, sometimes aloud in order to heighten my inner conviction, there’s no place for comparison: America is not Israel. Preparing My Kids for the New America 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

You should also avoid too many refined cereals, sugars and animal fats, which can all heighten inflammation in the body, which weakens the immune response. Colds, flu and COVID: How diet and lifestyle can boost your immune system 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

His images from there often seem to skirt the real and the fictional, simply though their heightened and unreal colours. Photographer Richard Mosse to represent Ireland at Venice Biennale 2012-08-23T17:49:55Z

There are echoes here of William Eggleston's heightened everydayness, but, if anything, Graham's gaze is even more democratic, his subject matter even more quotidian. Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether' 2011-04-11T06:00:06Z

It’s hard to heighten ambivalence, so “Ramy” instead heightens some of the pain but also some of the silly randomness of life in order to clarify its central portrait. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

As is so often the case, some unknowable details may be embroidered to heighten drama. Television Review: The Power Brokers: Fathers, Sons, Dynasties 2011-03-31T20:00:05Z

His attempt to ban people from predominantly Muslim countries added to criticisms that he was heightening racial tensions. How the new season of Sesame Street stands up against racial hatred 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

Although she had initially noticed heightened noise on weekends, the self-quarantine forced her and her roommate to confront a new reality of shrieking children and a crying baby. The do’s and don’ts of apartment living, self-quarantine edition 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

Initially he’d pushed for a heightened, comic sensibility, but after studying Brooklyn street style, he realized no pushing was required. A Costume Designer With Low Budgets and High Style 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

The acting matches that mood, with Jackman giving the kind of heightened, artificial performance that seems right out of the 1930s or '40s. Review of Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman 2011-10-07T15:30:00Z

He has never been remotely interested in conventional realism and favors heightened, even extreme stylization. Film: Young and Restless Never Gets Old 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z

The sheer access to information alone is remarkable, to say nothing of the heightened connectivity between individuals. When capitalism consumed the Internet 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z

And our server’s spiel about shellfish allergies only heightened my unease. My first taste of flesh 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z

And they heightened the creator Sam Levinson’s intense sensitivity to, and enduring fixation on, the premature loss of innocence. Where ‘Euphoria’ Is Surprisingly Conservative 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

A brilliant little play in itself, “Exorcise” is as wrenching a portrait of moral gridlock as anything in Arthur Miller, as weirdly lyrical as Tennessee Williams and as potently heightened as Suzan-Lori Parks. Review: ‘Slave Play,’ Four Times as Big and Just as Searing 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

A constant, it buffets not so much as it wraps you, making you a part of the island by heightening your senses. An Untamed Island Meets Its Match 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

For as this Shylock rants — and the lines between wrathful avarice and paternal anguish blur beyond reckoning — his state of confusion becomes a heightened mirror of everything around him. | 'The Merchant of Venice': Al Pacino Brings His Shylock to Shakespeare in the Park 2010-07-01T02:01:00Z

But in my experience — and for many others, as revealed by the parents I spoke to for this article — this period of heightened emotion can transform even mundane experiences into ecstatic ones. Those first post-birth meals are the most special — 6 parents explain why 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

Surrounded by women celebrating motherhood sharpens the sorrow and heightens the sense of not belonging. Motherlode Blog: It's Not That I Don't Want Children. Exactly. 2012-05-06T14:06:12Z

“Jazz is a hard music,” he said in response to a question about heightened expectations, “and you have to really work hard and also have fun performing; that’s the most important thing.” Joey Alexander, an 11-Year-Old Jazz Sensation Who Hardly Clears the Piano’s Sightlines 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

This heightened quality is achieved by designing landscapes for the senses — for sound, scent and taste as well as sight. Marking the gardener’s path through history 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Welles’s peculiar childhood, surrounded by noted opera singers, instrumentalists, and donors, may have given him an early and heightened awareness of the contingencies of musical expression. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

The morning sunlight streaming in only heightened the effect, making it just too impossibly bright and, yes, cheerful, to sleep past 8 a.m. Pushed by Home-Sharing, Hotels Try Some New Tricks 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

Prince Harry’s upcoming memoir, “Spare,” has captured a global audience, with leaks and high-profile interviews helping to heighten interest ahead of its release on Jan. 10. How to Watch Prince Harry’s Interviews About ‘Spare’ 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

Paint the ceiling a light gray, such as Passive by Sherwin-Williams, and add crown molding to heighten the space. Make room for overnight guests in a tiny home office 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

It sends blood pressure up, heightens awareness, puts your body into a state of emergency. For the healthy, safe and secure, the coronavirus shutdown is also an opportunity to let go 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

It’s arresting how viewing Mr. Shen’s work in a natural setting — at least a verdant edge of Prospect Park — heightens that body-to-nature awareness. Shen Wei Dance Arts at Celebrate Brooklyn! 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Simply being a heightened version of themselves was their art. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Divorce Marks the End of an Era 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

Despite Streep being a vocal critic of Donald Trump, none of the panel named the current White House administration, but Soderbergh alluded to a heightened relationship between such financial scams and climate change. Meryl Streep on the Panama Papers: ‘People died to get the word out’ 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z

The film’s bleached-out palette, with its muted colors — and the sometimes harsher fluorescent light of the home — heightens the atmosphere of loneliness. Movie Review: ?A Simple Life,? Directed by Ann Hui 2012-04-12T21:40:33Z

Foxx said his family kept information about his condition “airtight” in the months after news of his hospitalization spread, leading to heightened concern among fans and speculation online. Jamie Foxx Says He Is ‘Coming Back’ After Hospitalization 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z

Part of the pleasure these novels delivered, to quote a snippet of Sheed’s essay “The Writing Condition,” was a sense that one was receiving “heightened, selected, imagined gossip.” A Tangy Sendup of Literary-World Dalliances 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

With a quasi-British accent that occasionally warps into a sort of Southern drawl, Ms. Hill’s determined Rosemary mixes the square-shouldered toughness of Rosalind Russell and the heightened dramatics of Ms. Dunaway in the movie. Theater Review: ‘The House of Von Macramé’ at Bushwick Starr 2013-01-27T22:48:18Z

The composition heightens a sense of precarious instability, as if everything might tumble into a viewer's lap. The Kimbell captures 'Painter's Eye,' but it can't elevate Caillebotte 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

“And then a colorful tulip sort of heightens that effect,” he said. Are There More Tulips Than Usual This Year? 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

They’re heartfelt and very much mined for heightened dramatic purposes, but also with a real air of authenticity and the stuff that we’re uncomfortable to say out loud. In ‘The Bisexual,’ Desiree Akhavan Grapples With All Kinds of Sexuality 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

War heightens the already helpless state of childhood. What Does War Feel Like to a Child? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

No doubt the company is appealing to customers’ heightened desire for health and wellness during the pandemic, but the new introductions are not a quick reaction to the coronavirus. Antimicrobial paint can kill bacteria on your walls. But you probably don’t need it to. 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

It’s an artistically callow notion to imagine that the mere employment of iconography of a specific time and place is all one needs to heighten the relevance of a classic. Review | Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in ‘Candide’? I had to go to Philadelphia to catch this. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

The sensations of wind and sun were heightened in the absence of phones and computers; we’d left them in Lefkada and were reveling in a more basic form of connectivity. In the Greek islands, a ‘slow travel’ sailing odyssey to the far Ionians 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

She was beloved by readers, who saw the fun in the heightened reality she portrayed. Jackie Collins, bestselling author of sexy, unapologetically trashy fiction, dies at 77 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z

He blithely rewrote his friend, imposing his poetic style on her more prosaic effort, inventing dialogue and taking little liberties to heighten the drama. Joanne Carson's Capote-edited memoir chapter still in limbo 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

A typical Hollywood production would require someone to have an argument or misunderstanding prior to the wave hitting, just to heighten regrets and increase the sense of calamity. The Impossible: Naomi Watts Keeps This Disaster Film Afloat 2012-12-20T10:45:08Z

He is a riveting storyteller, ably heightening the tension between the story’s past and present. A newly discovered corpse raises new questions about a 20-year-old mystery 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

The show cuts between the studio interview and goofy, heightened re-enactments, and it’s all very endearing. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

The music of “Diary” is often passionate, but this melodrama — the kind of needlessly heightened, smugly visceral stage action that’s characteristically van Hove-ian — feels out of place, false. Review: Ivo van Hove Fills His ‘Diary’ With Muddled Melodrama 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

But it still hasn’t made a profit, heightening the tension between commerce and craft. At Bonny Doon?s Restaurant, Dinner With, Oh, Yes, Wine 2010-09-22T04:20:00Z

To heighten the drama, the sense of childlike wonder, of this extravaganza, visitors had been supplied with flashlights so they could see the works in the gallery’s womblike darkness. Review | This is not the Magritte we know 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

Where Haydn’s sunrise was rooted in the observation of nature by the naked eye, Ms. Loughridge shows that Beethoven creates “a heightened sense of immersion in another world.” Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to Roar 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

But even in the cacophony, one major trend emerged, heightened by the conference's proximity to Halloween: horror TV shows. At New York Comic Con, horror TV shows strength and stamina 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z

He welcomes more female-centered narratives, which he calls an “unintended consequence” of heightened awareness around sexism in the movie industry. How director Ed Zwick is trying to keep pace with a changing Hollywood, long after his ‘Glory’ days 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

With the revelation of Marianne’s artistic purpose, Héloïse becomes her willing and involved artistic collaborator—yet their intellectual and creative collaboration does not dilute the individuality of Marianne’s artistry but, rather, heightens it. Speaking for Women’s Art in “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

A floral rug and coordinating pillows add more color, while an animal-print chair heightens the drama. 2010 Louisiana Idea House 2010-07-14T17:11:00Z

Perhaps the Highly Strung period would be a more accurate way to characterize the 19th century, when raw sensitivity and indulgence in heightened emotions — be they anger, foreboding or desire — prevailed in music. Review: ‘Romantic Piano Quartets,’ From Chamber Music Society 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

Olga Viso, executive director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, attributed some of the heightened interest to the Obama administration policies, which made travel to the island easier. Cuban Art Outshines Politics 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

No one can say for sure that Josseline died because of heightened security measures along the U.S. border with Mexico. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z

The growling of the war machine heightened the sense of physical vulnerability. 'The Great War's' portrayal of WWI battlefield horror proves ingenious 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

But it is also a heightened exploration of how several generations of fully realized female characters clamber for control and identity in the dense, slippery politics of home and office. Cultural Studies: ?The Good Wife? and Its Women 2011-04-30T04:37:02Z

And so we inadvertently — by heightening aspects of ourselves and people that we have known — created a borderline character. ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Plans ‘Our Version of a Happy Ending’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Each approach has its virtues, each heightens the profile of jazz in America and each, in a way, beckons other cities to follow suit. A jazz nexus takes shape in San Francisco 2011-05-16T14:01:03Z

Paradoxically, they beguile by conveying a heightened version of ordinary experience. Ill Manors just wants a little respect for our gangsters 2012-06-06T11:07:56Z

The drama of this moment is heightened all the more as it is clearly set against the backdrop of the French city and the Casbah – two worlds forever locked in mutual antagonism. Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z

This lovely album documents Lindsay's new life, songwriting sensors heightened by romance and discovery. Cheek Mountain Thief: Cheek Mountain Thief – review 2012-08-09T20:15:01Z

Wit may not be sorcery, but it does open a trap door to wisdom: to E. B. White’s “heightened truth,” the full graininess of experience. How Wit Reveals the Trickster Beauty of Our Garbage World 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

I originally had a section in this review in which I compared those characters, and compared Parenthood’s low-key style to the heightened drama of SFU, so I clearly still had that on the brain. Parenthood Breaks Our Hearts Real Good 2012-10-25T13:01:02Z

In its vinyl incarnation, the remastered track brings these elements to the fore, heightening the drama, and sacrificing none of the darkness that left me cowering beneath the bedclothes. Paul and Linda McCartney's "Ram": Dramatic pop virtuosity that still shines brightly at 50 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

This sensibility is heightened in “The Drowned Man.” Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable’ in London 2013-07-23T21:05:32Z

The longer you sit, the more your awareness is heightened regarding the different "tunes" that mountain brooks and streams play. Taking the mountain for a walk: Vaughn Bell's playful 'Thinking Caps' at Jack Straw in Seattle 2010-08-09T23:37:00Z

The writers of this show are not reaching for heightened levels of suspense in episodes like “Rico.” 'Better Call Saul' Recap: What Kind of Show Is This? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

Reality TV shows are known for producer manipulation and meddling to heighten contestant reactions and thus entertain the viewers, so this is something that we are used to seeing in this environment. That "Love Is Blind" twist gives us a glimpse at the meddling behind reality TV drama 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z

“And there’s nothing more heightened than love and obsession taking over your body and your thoughts.” The Great American Musical, Side B, in ‘My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

The tone of Little Joe, which takes its title from the name given to the plant’s prototype, also owes much to the heightened, comic-book look of the musical film Little Shop of Horrors, Hausner admits. It’s ‘Day of the Triffids’ for today’s Britain, but with antidepressants as the monster 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

A dancer doesn’t get to that line without weeks of grueling rehearsals that heighten her empathy, the ability to sense and respond to those around her instantly, without looking. What the Rockettes and ‘The Hard Nut’ teach us about the meaning of life 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

"It's amazing what your brain can do when all your senses are heightened," writes Albertine near the end, on performing in front of a crowd. Punk, punk, memoir, memoir: Viv Albertine takes center stage 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

High advances often lead to bigger marketing budgets and more publicity for a book, but they also carry the burden of heightened expectations and pressure to sell well. Waitress Is One of Many New Writers With Big Book Deals 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Change remains possible for older people if they make themselves more aware of the stories they tell themselves, as Wilson suggests, but the process of heightening one's awareness requires will power. Books: "Redirect," and "Willpower" offers clues on rewriting life story 2011-11-07T15:17:03Z

Right — Tarantino’s films sometimes have a sense of taking place in a movie world where Asian action films and the Wild West and blaxploitation movies all come together — it’s often a heightened, postmodern experience. “‘Westworld’ is a lot tamer than video games”: Putting graphic TV violence in context 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

Maybe more to the point, nothing in the subsequent 32 years has occurred to heighten the natural interest of the subject. The Library Fire That Ignited an Author’s Imagination 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

The intricacy of the interweaving musical lines, the wonderfully dexterous and subtle playing, and the sheer virtuosity of Piccinini’s technique were all heightened by the clever manipulation of the images. What’s it like watching world premiere concerts online? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Presenting “Funny Thing” with a male-only cast would seem only to heighten the possibilities for onstage rudeness and crudeness. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z

"I absolutely believe that's what it is. It's a feeling for language, a feeling for drama that is something a little more than totally naturalistic. I use this word a lot: 'heightened'." Patrick Stewart: 'I can store emotions. No experience is ever wasted' 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lloyd, who directed a dazzling “Duchess of Malfi” at the Old Vic last summer, doesn’t stint on the derring-do factor and heightens the play’s appeal to the inner Robin Hoods of bookish boys. Theater Review: ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ With Douglas Hodge 2012-10-12T02:00:00Z

His approach is actually more straightforward than that of “Sophie,” which jumps around in time to heighten surprise. The Case of the Artist and the True-Crime Documentary 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Free noontime concerts on the steps of Seattle's City Hall are always a pleasure, but The Tallboys heighten the fun factor this week. The Tallboys promise to heighten the fun at Seattle City Hall concert series 2010-08-04T22:07:00Z

The second heightened the differences between black and white in such high, irreconcilable contrast that my eyes felt both unscaled and scalded long before the end. Broadway on Race: Still More Likely to Comfort Than Confront 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

For many, the thought that a rival might be beating them to a coveted artwork while they were stuck in line only seemed to heighten the tension. Masks Off, Wallets Out: Art Basel 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Adams meant his images to convey the emotions he experienced while taking pictures and then heightening their impact in the darkroom. Ansel Adams in a New Light 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

The growing popularity of food television shows such as “Chopped” and “Top Chef” has heightened expectations for food movies as well. Food in movies: These days, it’s about more than just making you hungry

She was wry, down-to-earth and fun, without pretension or heightened prospects. Jane Russell: 'An immense, impervious beauty' 2011-03-01T19:55:54Z

Absolutely, it is the most heightened sense of urgency I have ever felt in my life. ‘This one is for Elijah’: Kweisi Mfume on trying to fill the seat for the deceased congressman 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

Inadvertently, perhaps, that segment exemplified the contrast between heightened reality and “Hot Topic” debate. How we view the women of "The View": Come for viral catfights, stay for the substance 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

He plays a heightened caricature of himself complete with a tragic stint on Dancing with the Stars. 26 Streaming Shows You Should Get Addicted to This Winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

It heightens the sense of just how far away from home South Africa really is. Cape Town inspires art in all forms 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z