made worse
Example Sentences
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She said she had waited 1,088 days to go to court, with every day being "agony" and the "trauma" made worse by her role in public life.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A global shortage of diesel, made worse by Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries and lower Chinese refinery runs, has kept prices rising with implications for economies and inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
This was shockingly unbookish behavior made worse by flabbergasting audacity.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 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
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
