How to Use magnify in a Sentence

magnify

verb
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  • His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends.
  • I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems.
  • Still, the Laser has one glaring fault that is magnified in the context of this elite group.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The roster was built around the two stars, with the roles of the other players designed to magnify Leonard’s and George’s strengths.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • At the same time, the UK’s decline is magnified on London’s streets.
    — Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
  • This bad habit can magnify a range of skin issues, and can leave your skin red, flaky and parched.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Rossano Ferretti has above all the talent to magnify the hair and has his feet on the ground.
    — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The eyepiece then magnifies the light and straightens out the image for the viewer.
    — Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
  • The next couple of months will magnify this dilemma for sports fans.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The curved mirror can magnify the image much like a lens, Voigt says.
    — Bysara Reardon, science.org, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Schwartz’s scheme will magnify both the strengths and weaknesses of the current Browns roster.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Injuries to Hill and Waddle late in the season only magnified the team’s lack of depth.
    — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The microscope magnifies up to 400x and has extra large knobs to help kids focus on their own.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 15 Nov. 2023
  • But in the playoffs, any rough patch gets magnified because the margin for error is so slim.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
  • This device has the ability to magnify a smartphone screen by up to five times and can do so across its 18-inch screen.
    — Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And all of a sudden, one day someone gave me one of those five-time [magnifying] mirrors.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter’s moons, and thus showed that the Earth was not the center of the universe, with a telescope that could magnify twenty times.
    — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The team’s depth issues were only magnified when Hill and Waddle dealt with injuries late in the season.
    — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • This problem has been magnified by the fact that most EV early adopters already own an electric car, and don’t need a new one.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
  • As with many positions the N.F.L. takes, though, the effects are magnified because of the league’s cultural sway.
    — Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Missing two short putts down the stretch magnifies their impact, but carding a 69 is hardly a choke.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • Her high turnover numbers have been magnified and are a result of tight on-ball pressure in her first three WNBA games.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • Borgula asked McFarlane to magnify frames in which Lyoya and Schurr are struggling over the stun gun.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Colors build, float, and fade as passages are magnified.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Our brains tend to distort and magnify negative events, or even the threat of their occurrence.
    — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
  • The star became elusive in her later years, which only served to magnify her status as an icon.
    — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The issue is that Hill is so important to this offense that his errors get magnified.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • These risks can also be magnified due to the asset’s emerging nature.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The White House is bracing for every potential flub or misstatement to be magnified by the press.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 9 July 2024
  • This doesn’t have to sever your friendship, but keeping your thoughts inside will only magnify them.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 10 July 2024

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