To make something larger, stronger, or more intense.
The crowd's cheers grew louder. Their excitement helped amplify the band's performance, making the music feel bigger and more powerful than before. The energy in the stadium just kept getting stronger.
The little spark of hope in her chest began to grow. Each whispered word of encouragement, each shared smile, served to amplify that feeling, turning it into a steady, warm glow that pushed back the encroaching fear.
The whispers in the wind picked up, seeming to amplify the fear already churning in my gut. Every rustle of leaves felt like a giant stomping closer, and I knew I had to make my tiny beacon flash brighter to amplify its signal, hoping someone, anyone, would see.
My cat's snoring is already super loud, but when he dreams of chasing mice, his snores really amplify. It's like a tiny, furry truck trying to park in my ear. I swear, if he could just learn to burp quieter, I might actually get some sleep.
Barnaby the hamster, fueled by a rogue gummy bear, would amplify his squeaks into earth-shattering roars that vibrated the hamster wheel. Suddenly, his tiny snores could amplify into a rumbling earthquake, sending sunflower seeds flying like confetti. Even his chewing sounded like a construction site!
The crowd's cheers started as a murmur, but as the team scored again, their joy began to amplify. Every roar and clap added to the growing sound, making the stadium vibrate with pure, unadulterated excitement. It was deafening, amazing.
The low hum of the quantum entanglement field generator began to stutter. We needed to amplify its output, to strengthen the delicate waveform before it collapsed entirely. The slightest instability would amplify the disruption, making rescue impossible.
The distant rumble of the approaching storm was growing. It wasn't just a sound anymore; it was a vibration, a pressure that seemed to amplify the fear already churning in my gut. The wind howled, a hungry beast determined to amplify the chaos, pushing me deeper into the flimsy shelter.
The tiny chihuahua's bark, usually a faint squeak, seemed to amplify when it spotted a rogue dust bunny. Suddenly, the fluff-related terror was unleashed with such ferocity that the entire house shook. Neighbors swore they heard a miniature, furry Godzilla stomping around.
The opera singer's vocal cords, when properly warmed, could amplify a single note into a seismic event that rattled teacups across the continent. Her vibrato, a sonic earthquake, threatened to shake loose the very fillings in my teeth.
He wanted to amplify the shock he felt, to make his cry louder and more ragged. His voice, strained with terror, could barely push out the sound. He wished he could amplify the fear and have it echo through the empty house.
The sheer frustration of the broken centrifuge threatened to amplify his existing panic. He needed to process the samples *now*, and the machine's pathetic whirring only made the situation feel far more dire, his own worry swelling with every failed attempt.
The sudden surge of gratitude she felt for her mentor's quiet support didn't just feel good; it began to amplify, a warmth spreading through her chest, making her resolve to succeed feel far more potent and urgent.
Barnaby's booming laughter could truly amplify the silence of the library, making even the most studious patrons jump. He'd inhale deeply, a whale preparing to breach, and then unleash a gale of mirth that would amplify into an earthquake of chuckles, rattling the Dewey Decimal system and likely frightening the resident dust bunnies into submission.
The ambitious squirrel, fueled by a fermented berry, began to amplify his nut-burying technique, each frantic flick of his tail adding considerable oomph. Soon, his modest hoard resembled a geological event, a subterranean mountain range of acorns that threatened to disrupt the local earthworm commune.
The crowd's initial murmur, a hesitant undertone, began to amplify as the star entered the arena. Soon, it swelled into a deafening roar, a tangible wave of elation that surged through the stadium, far more potent than before.
The desperate urgency in the pilot's voice began to amplify as the fuel gauge plummeted. Each crackle over the comms, each shudder of the struggling engine, only served to intensify the growing dread that gripped the cabin. He knew they were running out of options, fast.
The blacksmith’s apprentice, tasked with tempering a particularly stubborn crucible steel, worked the bellows with Herculean effort. Each powerful gust served to amplify the furnace's inferno, his grunts of exertion mirroring the rising heat that promised to finally make the metal pliable.
Bartholomew's booming, stentorian laugh, a veritable cacophony of mirth, would inevitably amplify the already preposterous pronouncements of his corpulent Uncle Reginald. Soon, the entire manor vibrated with their unrestrained jollity, a most boisterous and ebullient spectacle for all the bewildered retainers.
The ambitious gnome artificer, meticulous in his preparations, intended to amplify the effervescence of his latest concoction. He envisioned the minuscule bubbles of his fermented dandelion dew expanding with such prodigious vigor that they would propel his minuscule dirigible to stratospheric altitudes, a spectacle sure to astound the denizens of the Subterranean Sporelands.
Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.