Literary notes about Increasing (AI summary)
The term “increasing” is employed across literary works to denote a gradual buildup or amplification in various realms—be it physical quantities, emotional states, or abstract qualities. In historical and political contexts, it can be used to convey institutional growth and shifting power dynamics, as seen in the subdivision of a diocese for elevating ecclesiastical control [1] or the steady rise in national power [2]. In narrative fiction, it often describes the unfolding intensification of feelings or tensions, such as a character’s deepening interest [3] or mounting anxiety [4]. Scientific and philosophical texts similarly harness the term to articulate quantifiable evolutions, from the escalating dosage effects of a stimulant [5] to the ever-growing body of historical memory [6]. This versatile word, therefore, encapsulates the idea of progressive change across diverse contexts in literature.
- In pursuance of his policy of increasing the number of bishops, he subdivides the great Northumbrian diocese.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Saint the Venerable Bede - Thoroughness and reliability, the German's characteristics, are increasing the power of Germany throughout the civilized world.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - " Miss Blenker, shaking off the fumes of sleep, looked at him with increasing interest.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - Meanwhile, Mahiette was gazing with ever-increasing anxiety at that wan, withered, dishevelled head, and her eyes filled with tears.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo - Like all artificial stimulants its first effect is a heightening of consciousness, and then with the increasing dose it muddles
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore - His cultural life rests on the transmission from generation to generation of a constantly increasing body of historical memories.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park