Someone—a pilot, I think—took the microphone from its mount and held it by “Papa’s” bubbling lips in order to amplify his words.
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle
The bandshell would amplify his shout-his plea.
King, Stephen
The Stand
It’s the right and duty of a mother to amplify the family fortunes.
Gregory Maguire
Confessions of an Ugly Step Sister
Do you understand that?” “Yes, sir.” “At no time are you, or any of the men, to amplify in any single instance, my official report.” “If we are questioned, sir?” “Then you know nothing.” “Yes, sir.” The interview ended, and fifty minutes later, a lifeboat kicked lightly off the side of the Far Star.
Asimov, Isaac
Foundation 1 - Foundation
He did not amplify.
Dick, Philip K.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
There were cheers, whistles, stamping feet (the foot-stamping a little less than satisfying without a wood floor to amplify the sound).
Stephen King
Wolves of the Calla
CIV The Fossil Whale From his mighty bulk the whale affords a most congenial theme whereon to enlarge, amplify, and generally expatiate.
Herman Melville
Moby Dick
Greater than stars or suns, Bounding O soul thou journeyest forth; What love than thine and ours could wider amplify?
Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass
It will amplify Uncle Enzo's displeasure if they should break their oaths.
Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash
Use the instruments only when they are absolutely required to amplify the flesh: that was the Bene Gesserit teaching.
Frank Herbert
Heretics of Dune
And suddenly the “greatest showman on earth” (his words, not ours) is onstage, using Sonorus to amplify his voice, and .
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two