Below you will find example sentences with "became increasingly". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Became Increasingly in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: increasingly
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.5 words

Words in this phrase

became increasingly

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • became can mean: simple past of become Common word
  • increasingly can mean: Increasing in amount or intensity. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 4 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

act it became increasingly difficult to 1× and wars became increasingly destructive most 1× blues singers became increasingly popular 1× commercial banking became increasingly efficient as 1× his behavior became increasingly erratic 1× irregular practice became increasingly marginalized as 1× it became increasingly difficult to 1× minister i became increasingly aware of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a single member 1× as conferences became 1× before their engagement 1× but treaties alone 1× bute brigade member 1× decline and death 1×

Common sentence endings:

2014 and 2016 1× and contracted diminished 1× and lyme disease 1× became increasingly erratic 1× became increasingly frantic 1× became increasingly popular 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

especially 3× calls 2× american 2× press 2× disease 2× europe 2× match 2× national 2× member 2× own 2× act 2× difficult 2×

Related phrases

become increasingly became apparent becoming increasingly becomes increasingly became ill became known increasingly important became famous increasingly difficult increasingly popular

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around increasingly:

become increasingly 16× becomes increasingly 8× increasingly important 7× increasingly difficult 6× increasingly popular 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

became ill became famous became apparent beauty products beauty line beauty industry

Just after it in the phrase index:

became known become apparent become certified become citizen become easier become increasingly

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

became apparent became ill became known became famous

Same ending:

become increasingly becoming increasingly becomes increasingly

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "became increasingly" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as act it became increasingly difficult to, and wars became increasingly destructive most, especially, calls and american stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with become increasingly, became apparent, becoming increasingly, become increasingly, becomes increasingly and increasingly important, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with became increasingly

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

It is also the point where Goku's forms became increasingly ridiculous. (12 words)

James Marsden recounted that vast uncertainty, especially as the production became increasingly headache-y. (14 words)

The contest became increasingly untidy after the red card, littered by claims and counterclaims. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

A single member of parliament's belief that a measure was injurious to his own constituency (usually simply his own estate), even after the act had been approved, became enough to strike the act. It became increasingly difficult to get action taken. (42 words)

She became increasingly concerned about his behaviour after realising he was abusing his position to ask fellow employees to “spy” on her, and in January 2021, he was caught parked at lay-by by the stables where she was tending her horse. (42 words)

But treaties alone became increasingly toothless and wars became increasingly destructive, most markedly towards civilians, and civilized peoples decried their horrors, leading to calls for regulation of the acts of states, especially in times of war. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

But treaties alone became increasingly toothless and wars became increasingly destructive, most markedly towards civilians, and civilized peoples decried their horrors, leading to calls for regulation of the acts of states, especially in times of war.

Irregular practice became increasingly marginalized as quackery and fraud, as western medicine increasingly incorporated scientific methods and discoveries, and had a corresponding increase in success of its treatments.

Sorokin's writings became increasingly anti-scientistic in his later years, widening the gulf between his work and Parsons', and turning the increasingly positivisitic American sociology community against him.

These early print advertisements were used mainly to promote books and newspapers, which became increasingly affordable with advances in the printing press ; and medicines, which were increasingly sought after as disease ravaged Europe.

As conferences became contractually bound to certain bowl games (a situation known as a tie-in ), match-ups that guaranteed a consensus national champion became increasingly rare.

A single member of parliament's belief that a measure was injurious to his own constituency (usually simply his own estate), even after the act had been approved, became enough to strike the act. It became increasingly difficult to get action taken.

Decline and death Ochs outside the offices of the National Student Association in Washington, D.C., in 1975 Ochs's drinking became more and more of a problem, and his behavior became increasingly erratic.

During the 18th century this perfume became increasingly popular, was exported all over Europe by the Farina family and Farina became a household name for Eau de Cologne.

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It became increasingly difficult to reliably run an external processor cache to match the processor speeds being released—and in fact it became impossible.

When Bradford's "Crazy Blues" became a hit as recorded by Smith, African-American blues singers became increasingly popular.

Before their engagement was announced in November 2017, Prince Harry says Meghan became increasingly concerned about how she was being presented in the Press.

Bute brigade member Ben Manners said as the crew began the 15-minute drive to the scene, the radio calls from those at the scene became increasingly frantic.

In other words, as commercial banking became increasingly efficient as a system, the impact on prices from the bank credit cycle as credit was alternately expanded and contracted diminished.

IN the summer of 2007, during my first months as environment minister, I became increasingly aware of the threat posed by tick bites and Lyme disease.

It is also the point where Goku's forms became increasingly ridiculous.

James Marsden recounted that vast uncertainty, especially as the production became increasingly headache-y.

She became increasingly concerned about his behaviour after realising he was abusing his position to ask fellow employees to “spy” on her, and in January 2021, he was caught parked at lay-by by the stables where she was tending her horse.

The band split as Reis’s Rocket From the Crypt became increasingly successful, but they reformed for live shows between 2014 and 2016.

The contest became increasingly untidy after the red card, littered by claims and counterclaims.

The cross-town rivalry never stays dormant for long, especially as the score became increasingly lop-sided.

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