How do you use Escalate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like intensify or increase, plus the exact meaning.
Escalate meaning
- To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
- In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority
- To climb.
Using Escalate
- The main meaning on this page is: To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up. | In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority | To climb.
- Useful related words include: intensify, step up, increase, de-escalate.
- In the example corpus, escalate often appears in combinations such as: to escalate, escalate the, could escalate.
Context around Escalate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Escalate
- In this selection, "escalate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suggest, quickly, things, conflicts, tensions and things stand out and add context to how "escalate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as things escalate eric brady and assumptions about escalate to deescalate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "escalate" sits close to words such as admired, canterbury and dough, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with escalate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But there is an urgent need to escalate. (8 words)
Attempts to de-escalate the situation were unsuccessful, police said. (10 words)
Because if we can have a compliance market there, the prices would escalate. (13 words)
Abu Rudeineh warned that the continued Israeli escalation against our people, land, and sanctities would escalate the situation in the region and push it to a stage that is difficult to control. (32 words)
And what we understand too is that until the US Congress puts the pressure on the Biden administration and the Biden administration puts the pressure on Israel, these bombings will only escalate. (32 words)
But whatever words were exchanged prompted a confused response from Guardiola before Klopp swiftly intercepted the encounter and dragged Nunez away to relative safety before the situation could escalate further. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Meister said Trump understands that it’s always easier to escalate than de-escalate tensions with foreign countries.
One of a negotiator who tried to de-escalate things when he was surrounded by those who wanted to escalate everything.
The NPR’s assumptions about “escalate to deescalate” ignore recent developments in Russian military capabilities that suggest “escalate to deescalate” no longer reflects Russian nuclear thinking.
Abu Rudeineh warned that the continued Israeli escalation against our people, land, and sanctities would escalate the situation in the region and push it to a stage that is difficult to control.
According to Bernard, allowing a minor incident to escalate to such a significant extent exposes the state’s failure in collective administration.
And Joe Biden himself has warned of “” should Russia choose to escalate with nuclear weapons.
And what we understand too is that until the US Congress puts the pressure on the Biden administration and the Biden administration puts the pressure on Israel, these bombings will only escalate.
An intentional or inadvertent incident at sea could quickly escalate into a direct military confrontation, and risk shipping through the critical energy chokepoint.
A second two-hour strike is set to take place on October 10 and workers have pledged to escalate industrial action if the supermarket giants refuse to bargain.
As things begin to escalate, Greta begins to question if she’s being gaslit by the Heelshires, going insane, or if the doll really is alive.
As things escalate, Eric Brady (temporarily played by Jason Gerhardt) will pop up and rescue Theresa from Xander’s manhandling.
Attempts to de-escalate the situation were unsuccessful, police said.
Because if we can have a compliance market there, the prices would escalate.
But there is an urgent need to escalate.
But whatever words were exchanged prompted a confused response from Guardiola before Klopp swiftly intercepted the encounter and dragged Nunez away to relative safety before the situation could escalate further.
By not wanting to escalate conflicts via direct action, he makes conflicts worse by pussyfooting around the problems (see the Russia-Ukraine war).
Former RNC chair Michael Steele said the intimidation works, which is why it will escalate next time.
Green New Deal Rising last week disrupted a major speech by Sir Keir Starmer and threatened to escalate action if its demands went ignored.
Greggain says staff shortages have exacerbated risks of hospital violence, and it helps to have other staff with the ability to de-escalate potentially violent situations.
He claimed the office “frequently” served in mediation efforts and helped de-escalate conflicts between Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Common combinations with escalate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to escalate 68×
- escalate the 28×
- could escalate 14×
- escalate into 12×
- escalate to 9×
- will escalate 9×
- would escalate 8×
- escalate and 7×
- they escalate 6×
- escalate with 5×