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Recent Examples of intensity Aside from the general viewline forecast, the SWPC also has a tool that provides a short-term forecast, showing the lights' location and intensity for the next 30 to 90 minutes. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Tom Andersson became interested in weather models after hearing from experts that, despite rapid progress in AI forecasting, the models weren’t yet reliable enough to predict storm intensity in real-world settings. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025 That video showed the cat staring sadly through a glass pane, showcasing yet again the intensity of her feelings about being separated from her owner. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 Located in historic downtown Gainesville, the Victorian complex is a nice breather before and after the intensity of game day in Gainesville, and the drive to the stadium is less than 10 minutes. Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intensity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensity
Noun
  • The fight scenes display mere curiosity about the sport but no enthusiasm for it or insight into its inner dimensions.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Subsequent drops—which happened in September 2024 and April 2025–were met with similar enthusiasm, causing certain stores to enforce purchasing limits.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Swift’s 149-show, five-continent expedition encapsulated a tsunami of emotions not just among her fans, but her own journey through a very public breakup, a fling and, as indicated by her engagement to Kelce, knee-buckling love.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Each verse is a heartfelt exploration of sorrow, capturing the complexity of human emotions in the face of separation.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dedich has started the last three games for the Rams and has shown his aggressiveness in the running game but allowed eight pressures in three weeks.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
  • This can lead to rapid mood swings, difficulty controlling emotions, aggressiveness, and outbursts.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The heavy emphasis on port, cognac, and champagne only ramped up that feeling.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Each week during the NFL season, the brothers Kelce recap the previous weekend’s games, and there’s a special emphasis on the Chiefs and Eagles.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Honey ginger chicken with brown rice is easy to make and your home will be filled with aromas that hint of warmth and coziness.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • My focus was always trying to bring the kind of complexities of the kink world to the screen…trying to find the warmth in that community rather than be like Prince Albert, whips, chains, and gags.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • During a three-day rampage of gang violence, some 80 people died — the deadliest days in El Salvador since its civil war.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • What Anderson ultimately does with Perfidia’s letter to her daughter serving as a testament, and invitation to Exodus, is emphasize that revolution and true freedom requires new solutions different from the acts of violence that defined her past.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Can a player with such high-level talent supplement his passion with winning focus?
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Her discovery, her self-creation, her passion, and emergence as an artist felt braided with what had originally fascinated me about paint-making.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Intensity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensity. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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