go from bad to worse
Example Sentences
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“Despite clear signs of progress in recent days, the tenor of the rhetoric and growing distrust between the U.S. and Iran mean things could go from bad to worse once again,” according to ING.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Iwata's day threatened to go from bad to worse as he was robbed by Beni Baningime and Alan Forrest played in Shankland to net.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2024
Things go from bad to worse when she tells him his hair is being mocked on social media.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
As theater economics go from bad to worse, new play development programs are quietly disappearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Now, Turner had heard his father say more than once that there are times when things spin away, when they go from bad to worse, then worse again.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
