Her voice, thick with sleep, ratcheted up his hormones another level.
The tension in the room ratcheted up a notch.
She recalled what sent her outside the castle, and her anger at Kris ratcheted up another notch.
Xander's body moved behind hers, resting lightly against her in a way that ratcheted up her pulse.
The monokini swimsuit is based on the bikini, but its sexy quotient is ratcheted way up by strategically placed pieces of fabric or metal links.