made worse
Example Sentences
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This was shockingly unbookish behavior made worse by flabbergasting audacity.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
It warned that budget reductions and periods of no recruitment have led to a decline in officer numbers, made worse by high levels of sickness and adjustments to duties.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The UN's climate chief Simon Stiell said the heatwave -- made worse by buildings and infrastructure unsuited to such temperatures -- "has the fingerprints of the climate crisis all over it".
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Agency experts noted that the El Niños of 2015-16 and 2023-24 brought more frequent, deeper and widespread high-tide flooding, a risk made worse after decades of sea level rise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
The knot Otto made in the laces when I was trying to escape from Bouain was a convoluted mess, made worse by repeated bathings in river muck.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
