aggravate
Example Sentences
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Reaves is approaching the four-week point after aggravating his calf injury on Christmas Day.
From Los Angeles Times
Among the charges levelled at Damiba by Burkina Faso's military government are "criminal embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment, corruption, aggravated receiving of stolen goods and money laundering", said Togo's justice ministry in a statement.
From BBC
Because being unemployed tends to make people quite aggravated and unhappy too.
From Los Angeles Times
After aggravating the injury on Christmas Day, Reaves was ruled out for at least a month before he would be reevaluated.
From Los Angeles Times
Across the country, the criminal-justice system should take desecration of the dead far more seriously as an aggravating factor in thefts, with stronger prosecutions and harsher penalties.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.