Magnifying

There is always a problem with all news media in magnifying what is actually happening at a given time and place. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If we heed the voices of the timid, the skeptic and those whose personal interest lies in magnifying unfavourable factors we can create a synthetic setback for Canada's growth. ❋ Unknown (1958)

Of course, the hostile and inspired propaganda which ignores or plays down the inhumanity of the terrorists exults in magnifying any severity to which our own soldiers, even in self-defence, may be compelled to resort. ❋ Unknown (1958)

This they call magnifying the grace of God, as if it could be supposed that his gracious help would ever be granted for the purpose of slackening, instead of encouraging and exciting, our own exertions. ❋ An English Lady (N/A)

Every instance of so-called household baptism has a phrase magnifying the idea of personal, conscious faith in the person baptized. ❋ Unknown (1861)

They are insolent, and take a pleasure in magnifying themselves. ❋ Unknown (1721)

The more honour God has any way put upon us, the more honour we must study to give to him; and then only are we accepted in magnifying the Lord, when our souls magnify him, and all that is within us. ❋ Unknown (1721)

In great and high thoughts of God, which we should express in magnifying him and exalting his name, v. 3. ❋ Unknown (1721)

We through everything we had at them … firecrackers, smokebombs aimed down the hole, waterguns filled with soapy water, RAID-filled explosive devices, and of course, the Low Earth-Orbit Refraction Beam (otherwise known as a magnifying glass). ❋ Unknown (2007)

He also says it's important that your gold is examined with what I'd call a magnifying glass, but what is actually known as a "ten power magnification" device used by experienced people like Kronowitz. ❋ WSAV (2010)

Finally, some new funds offer investors complicated strategies such as magnifying returns of a stock-market index. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Well, if that's how we're understanding the word, Mary's soul 'magnifying' the Lord is exactly what we'd expect – because she has just handed over her whole existence, body and soul, to give room to God. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And this sounds like a translation of what 'magnifying' God should be, and a hint about how we are 'magnified' in the process. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Though Johnson understood that boxing per se has nothing to do with race, only with the performances of often idiosyncratic individuals, he seemed not to wish to understand how, even as he used the press as a kind of magnifying mirror, the press was using, and exhausting, him. ❋ Oates, Joyce Carol (2004)

Lazarus said support services would include therapeutic and medical support, sign language interpreters, staff to assist teachers, and equipment such as magnifying glasses and braille machines. ❋ Unknown (1997)

The ninsomi uses a kind of magnifying glass (or magnifying-mirror sometimes), called tengankyo or ninsomegane. ❋ Lafcadio Hearn (1877)

On "Face the Nation," GOPer says Palin would be "formidable candidate," but all prospective candidates have strengths that need "magnifying" and weaknesses to "overcome." ❋ Feifei Sun (2010)

Jacob said the company would continue to manage costs judiciously, "magnifying" the effect of revenue growth. ❋ Unknown (2010)