How to Use escalate in a Sentence

escalate

verb

• We are trying not to escalate the violence.
• The conflict has escalated into an all-out war.
• The cold weather has escalated fuel prices.
• Salaries of leading executives have continued to escalate.
• Neither of us has had the heart to escalate, and no doors have been slammed.
  — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• When her symptoms escalate, the idea of a hike (or any kind of workout) is off the table.
  — Condé Nast, SELF, 25 Sep. 2023
• The steady rain of rockets is a reminder that things can escalate very quickly.
  — Adam Goldman Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• The war of words escalates into a shootout on horseback, with Bass shooting Esau off his horse.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
• The journey to this predicament can be traced back to last year’s sharp rise in mortgage rates, which escalated from 3% to over 7%.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Scientists first sounded the alarm in April and the ocean warmth has only escalated since.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 17 July 2023
• The latest news on the escalating conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
  — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
• Read the rhymes as prose or sing it as a song and enjoy the escalating silliness with each animal the monster swallows.
  — Laura Denby, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
• Frictions and tensions at even high levels of the Taliban could escalate.
  — Time, 17 July 2023
• So younger families and first-time buyers are struggling to be able to afford the prices and rents along with that have escalated as well.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
• Bridges picked up a technical and Grant Williams, who joined the scrum late, got ejected for escalating the conflict.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
• The company’s ever escalating fees have also come to the attention of the White House and Congress.
  — Samantha Stewart, Fortune, 29 July 2023
• That dispute escalated in gunfire and all three men got hit.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2024
• Season two of Invasion picks up just months later with the aliens escalating their attacks in an all out war against the humans.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 22 Aug. 2023
• In the 2040s, creations and archives of famous human artists and thinkers escalated in value.
  — C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
• But the joke escalates into a nightmare when Téo, fixated on making Clarice love him, abducts her for a frantic road trip across Rio de Janeiro.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
• The spat escalated into Blunt calling Gosling out for having to have his abs painted on, which struck a deeper chord than any other shots that were fired.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2024
• The exchange rapidly escalated as the three officers forcibly moved McClain to a nearby grassy area.
  — Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• After about nine minutes, tensions escalated further when Ford left the window, took a firearm from her pocket and put it back.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
• The Fed chair at the time, Paul Volcker, attacked inflation by escalating the central bank’s key short-term rate above 19%.
  — Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2023
• Now that the strike has not only happened but escalated more than expected, Sarandos has a unique chance to take on an even greater role in Hollywood.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• That prevented things from escalating between the two groups.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 25 June 2023
• If anything, the attacks escalated after the last trial.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2024
• Entertainment Tonight got more detail from a source, who said the former couple’s friends had been worried about the speed in which things escalated between them.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 17 July 2023
• In this pressured environment, events can escalate quickly even in the sleepiest and calmest of West Bank neighborhoods.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2023
• When rivalry with his son escalates, Sam is forced to confront his past and deal with a torrent of complicated emotions.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 17 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024