make worse

Example Sentences

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People crave clarity, but my work shows that people can feel less confident and make worse decisions when given more information to guide their choices.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

But China has its own internal troubles, including a major economic slowdown, difficulties that sanctions against Russia could make worse.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Mr. Abiy is wrestling with a steep economic slide that has led to soaring food prices and foreign currency shortages, which American sanctions could soon make worse.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2021

And there’s also a tree-killing malady called canker fungus, which we make worse by using chainsaws, “which spread the fungus spores like crazy, and blowers, which spread the fungus like crazy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021

Maybe R.C. was so miserable himself that he was always looking for somebody or something he could make worse off than he was.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe