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How to use escalated in a sentence

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Soon enough playful shoving escalated into an all-out war, which ended with Alex tackling Jamie to the floor.
She said the dispute escalated into a furious struggle between her and her husband, who was wielding a baseball bat.
As the violence escalated several Asian businesses along Legrams Lane were smashed.
The threat to foreign contractors has escalated in the past month following a series of kidnappings and murders.
It soon escalated into physical and mental abuse and within two months I left and moved in with a girlfriend.
In recent years, the battle of the sexes has escalated into a full-fledged gender war.
It could easily have escalated into something far more serious, the spokesperson stressed.
A row in a York supermarket car park escalated into a brawl inside the store, the city's crown court was told.
It soon escalated into indiscriminate attacks on white motorists, the burning of cars and attacks on pubs and businesses.
Then, it escalated into a full-scale war as the armies began fighting on foreign land.
Indeed, for each of these countries ethnic conflict has escalated into civil war.
There is long-running rivalry between the two teams which has escalated into violence more than once.
This frightened me so much that I agreed to try benzodiazepines, but doses escalated rapidly.
The authority has twice tried to sell it without success and the cost of repairs has escalated with the passing of time.
As such, the concern is escalated compared to the level of privacy concern for e-commerce.
Some were looking for work that mattered, but as the Gold Rush escalated into Gold Fever, more and more were looking for their big score.
The cost of running households and estates escalated just as death duties and discriminatory taxes were beginning to bite.
This seemingly minor website attack sparked a cyberwar that quickly escalated into an international incident.
Because of these concerns converging together in recent weeks, anxiety about the direction of the country has escalated.
The argument escalated into a fight which was broken up by the other card players.
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Tit-for-tat shootings, assaults and acts of criminal damage escalated, with victims more often than not refusing to talk to police.
The 9 features escalated dining at the modern Mediterranean restaurant, Adega, featuring a 12-foot wine vault, chef's table and the largest outdoor dining patio in the city.
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