The attempt to destroy the sect by force had the result of intensifying its fanaticism.
The sun baked them with ever intensifying heat.
It is thus clear that motives which might ultimately lead to the withdrawal of a certain number of German princes from the papal ecclesiastical state were accumulating and intensifying during the latter half of the 15th century.
Moreover, the capital and some territory round it was made into a " Federal district " - another grievance intensifying the antagonism of the state to the central power.
He turned around and looked back at her, the explorer expression intensifying the darkness of his eyes.