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In literature, the term "increased" functions as a versatile tool to denote growth or intensification, whether applied to tangible measures, human emotions, or abstract qualities. Authors use it to mark quantifiable changes in physical properties—for example, a rising flow of water ([1]), an escalated rate of transmission ([2]), or an expanded territorial boundary ([3])—as well as to denote surges in emotional or psychological states, such as mounting torment ([4]), deepening love ([5]), or heightened tension ([6]). Moreover, "increased" helps accentuate dramatic action or transformation, as seen in the amplification of triumph ([7]), the widening of silences ([8]), or the intensifying gloom that mirrors inner insanity ([9]). These varied uses, illustrated across works by Pliny ([10]), Dickens ([11]), and numerous others, underscore the word's capacity to enrich narrative detail and convey a dynamic progression in both concrete and abstract contexts.
  1. The water increased in transparency.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
  2. By means of Wheatstone's automatic transmitter the rate can be increased to 400 words per minute.
    — from How it Works by Archibald Williams
  3. And not only was the city increased under this king, but the territory also and the boundaries.
    — from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy
  4. Everything which gave relief to others, ptisans, baths, and bleeding, increased my tortures.
    — from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  5. I felt that my love for Donna Ignazia had increased immensely since our last meeting.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  6. The reader will recollect all that has been said of increased tension in nerve-tracts and of the summation of stimuli ( p. 82 ff.).
    — from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
  7. The triumph of my enemy increased with the difficulty of my labours.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  8. The silences widened; the expectoration marvellously increased.
    — from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain
  9. The gloom and the quiet of the drawing-room apparently increased his insanity.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  10. Hence the reason is obvious, why the seas are not increased by the daily accession of so many rivers 458 .
    — from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
  11. She was flattered by the gentleman’s attentions, and the effect was increased by the loudly expressed admiration of her mother.
    — from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

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