How to Use intensity in a Sentence

intensity

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  • The sun shone with great intensity.
  • Much of the news is grim: wars are increasing in scale and intensity.
    — David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The range and intensity of testing was unique, Nath says.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
  • Schemel makes bars of four feel like three, and brings the emotion and intensity of each song into focus through feeling on drums.
    — Candace Hansen, SPIN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • As well as the intensity and concentration of the attacks, their timing has also changed.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The key now is to maintain this intensity, return well rested and ready for the final four games with a chance to steal the No. 1 seed.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • However, if your exercise is moderate intensity, like a brisk walk, doing it after meals has two advantages.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Aerobic exercise is associated with stress relief, and mixing it up with high-intensity regimens can help, too.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
  • On top of that, the seats also offer heating, cooling, and massage functions — the latter offering five different programs, each with three levels of intensity.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
  • One factor was the sheer intensity of the storms that moved through the basin.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Just keep the intensity down for the same type of session.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • At what felt like its peak intensity, the winds screeched and howled like jets, and water swamped some homes.
    — Grace Garces Bordallo and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • For me, these last two decades have been about the intensity and consequences of both love and loss.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
  • But the intensity—the scale and breadth of my sadness—also scared me.
    — Nicole Chung, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The new light brew pairs perfectly with the intensity of the food vendors.
    — Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
  • Not fear of the past or some uncertain future, but fear of the vast, strange intensity of what is.
    — Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The pain peaks in intensity about 10 minutes after the headache starts and can persist for up to three hours.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 July 2024
  • The intensity of sunlight at the location of the Earth is about 1,361 watts per square meter.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 26 July 2024
  • The intensity of his schedule led him to take a pause and pursue a career in racing.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Use two yoga blocks, an aerobic step, or a bench to lessen the intensity of the movement.
    — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Still, Stella worked with a sustained intensity to the end.
    — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 5 May 2024
  • The device uses a light sensor to take in data — in the case of an eclipse the data is light intensity, Bieryla said.
    — Elise Hammond, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
  • There’s room for a bit more emotional intensity here than in the Mendelssohn, but this performance still seemed to me to miss the music’s warm heart.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
  • The intensity of the ceremony was not lost on those gathered, and King Charles appeared at one point to wipe a tear from his eye.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
  • Users can switch out fragrance capsules in seconds, as well as control the intensity and turn the device on and off from an app.
    — Sarah Grossbart, wsj.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • My favorite brand is the Tempus Fugit for its intensity.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2023
  • But the Seattle girl missed the intensity, according to an email her mother wrote that summer to Groom.
    — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
  • The intensity and depth of the activities varies based on how the system falls along a range of integrity levels (from 1 to 4).
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The roar of engines, the precision of pit stops and split-second decisions that determine victory or defeat — these hallmarks of motorsports mirror the intensity of today’s business world.
    — Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
  • For the director, whose hallmark was placing the audience in the middle of a scene’s intensity, what digital brought to the composition was a depth and vivid realism of the world surrounding the character.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024

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