Literary notes about Increased (AI summary)
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.
- The water increased in transparency.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - By means of Wheatstone's automatic transmitter the rate can be increased to 400 words per minute.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - The triumph of my enemy increased with the difficulty of my labours.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - The silences widened; the expectoration marvellously increased.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain - 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 - 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 - 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