Examples of 'ratcheted' in a sentence
Meaning of "ratcheted"
ratchet (verb) - Commonly used in informal contexts to describe the action of making something lower in quality or intensity
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- simple past tense and past participle of ratchet
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The tension is not ratcheted up too high.
It only ratcheted up the hate between the parties.
This too today is also ratcheted to extremes.
And then ratcheted up these sanctions that have.
Performance goals are being ratcheted up year over year.
It ratcheted up expectations.
It is going to continue to be ratcheted up until something breaks.
But now the lies and propaganda are being ratcheted up.
More murders ratcheted up the tension.
And even the action is ratcheted up.
So you can not say we ratcheted up the tension by going in there.
His potential liability to his former employers ratcheted up.
Now you have just ratcheted up the suspense.
All that became much harder to do when work hours ratcheted up.
He increased public spending and ratcheted up public infrastructure projects.
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This ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Beijing before trade talks this week.
And those sanctions have been ratcheted up since then.
You use the ratcheted forceps to grasp the apex of the fundus.
The amplitude of my voice ratcheted up.
The tension has been ratcheted so high that something simply has to give.
Competitors took advance of this and ratcheted up their sales.
This insulator is ratcheted with vertical play in the grooves made in the front insulator.
A sharp rise in the foreign population has ratcheted up racial tensions.
Indeed Putin ratcheted up the rhetoric last week.
We have got to see their provocative behavior ratcheted down immediately.
It has also ratcheted up its diplomatic assault on the US.
The fact they were simultaneous attacks just ratcheted up that threat.
But that was way ratcheted up after my mom got AIDS.
But the huge surprise now is the tension is ratcheted up even further.
Elon Musk has ratcheted up his criticism of the media.
The number of new claims for unemployment ratcheted down again last week.
Violence was ratcheted up against those campaigning for the HDP.
The pressure on MAX be well be ratcheted up soon.
Some radicals ratcheted up an argument of conspiracy saying the CIA was involved.
Moms and women without kids have both ratcheted up their educational credentials.
In recent years, criticism of the company has ratcheted up.
The gun control debate has already ratcheted up tensions across the state.
Alas, it is far more likely that tensions will continue to be ratcheted up.
Chinese rhetoric also ratcheted up against Taiwan.
When they arrive, they find that the competition has been ratcheted up.
But with Kai we have ratcheted it up quite a bit.
But under the subsequent stressors, average overall performance ratcheted down.
The main activist group ratcheted up expectations of a dramatic statement on Friday.
The situation around the Syrian city of Palmyra has ratcheted up sharply.
The Jews lost patience and ratcheted up pressure on the British to get out.
And my understanding is, their spending has ratcheted up again.
World War I ratcheted this instability up to explosive proportions.
Then we scooted the Scout under it and ratcheted it down with four straps.
The tension ratcheted down a notch, but the tea was now cold.
The conflict in neighbouring Syria has polarised Lebanon and ratcheted up sectarian tensions.
