How to Use intensity in a Sentence

intensity

noun
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  • The sun shone with great intensity.
  • The intensity was more from the freestyle of the moment.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • His voice was but a grumble from the illness and the intensity of the game.
    — Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Some people think the intensity of a storm's winds is the main threat.
    — Yacob Reyes, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The range and intensity of testing was unique, Nath says.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
  • 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
  • Much of the news is grim: wars are increasing in scale and intensity.
    — David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
  • 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 question was would the intensity carry over to the election.
    — Dan Balz and Dan Keating, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • Hochul said the scale of the storm will be worse than the famous blizzard of 1977 in its intensity and ferocity of the winds.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2022
  • His feet were heavier, his vision not as sharp; his intensity and his will weren’t quite the same.
    — Shawn Windsor, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • What does that look like, an electorate that's just D and R intensity?
    — NBC News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • 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 the fan craze that Mr. Khan, the lead actor, has sustained over the decades was on display in Mumbai on the film’s opening day.
    — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Flanked by a backup singer on either side, Clarkson brought the intensity from the very beginning of the song to the very end.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2022
  • All the other members of the cast play teens, full of keening intensity, who make up Kat’s youth group.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The intensity of his schedule led him to take a pause and pursue a career in racing.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Each drink tells its own story, mixing bold flavors that match the intensity of the evening.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Built for high-intensity workouts, it is made with a mix of nylon and spandex to help wick sweat and keep you cool.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Over Job’s brisk 80-minute runtime, the intensity rarely lets up.
    — Kevin Nguyen, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Use two yoga blocks, an aerobic step, or a bench to lessen the intensity of the movement.
    — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Messy wintry weather will begin Monday evening in Central Texas and pick up in both intensity and expanse overnight.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Whether the reservoir would have had a meaningful effect on fighting a blaze of such intensity remains unclear.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025

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