How to Use make matters worse in a Sentence

make matters worse

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Definition of make matters worsenext
  • To make matters worse, wages and home prices aren’t growing at the same pace.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • To make matters worse, our only way out was a four-mile hike down the hill.
    — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • To make matters worse, the game is now in a lightning delay.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • And to make matters worse, Ham wouldn’t have LeBron James.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The best thing Congress could do now is decline to make matters worse.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Now the two crises are combining to make matters worse.
    — Carine Hajjar, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
  • To make matters worse, Moore’s video wasn’t even focused on the full clip of what Blessing Rose said.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • But a soft goal by Špunar off the stick of Pacheco, shorthanded to make matters worse, was the 1 in the Rockets’ column.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
  • To make matters worse, the municipal plows have come through and cleared the streets of eight inches of snow.
    — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • To make matters worse, this is a quarterback draft, and there isn’t anything close to a slam dunk.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
  • To make matters worse, Brady picked up a 15-yard penalty for tripping Woolen after the pick.
    — Analis Bailey, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022
  • To make matters worse, the odds of an imminent turnaround for the EV maker don’t look good.
    — Esha Dey, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • To make matters worse, the supply chain had finally opened up.
    — Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
  • To make matters worse, the mill was mated to a two-speed automatic.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2022
  • And in cities like Phoenix and Tucson, the urban heat island effect will make matters worse.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
  • To make matters worse, the Sox are again without Chris Sale, whose left pinky broke when he was struck in the hand with a comebacker Sunday.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
  • To make matters worse, Messi took to the field in Japan just a few days later, sparking a huge outcry in China.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Feb. 2024
  • To make matters worse, a new and powerful rival, who is in love with Purva, enters the fray.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
  • To make matters worse, any plastic film that gets into the line clogs the machinery, which means workers have to cut it out.
    — Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
  • To make matters worse, Eliassen said, the type of breast tumors that form before menopause tend to be harder to treat and more aggressive.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • To make matters worse, Fitzpatrick was aligned outside, which should have taken Burrow off the corner route from the start.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
  • To make matters worse, Kate had an electric moment with a handsome stranger on a bus, but never got his name and now has no way to find him.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • To make matters worse, the driver was never charged or even identified.
    — Deborah Horn, Arkansas Online, 16 Nov. 2022
  • To make matters worse, news about the potential deal was already spreading.
    — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the ways city leaders are choosing to handle them will probably make matters worse.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • To make matters worse, a storm knocked out that generator July 12, his wife said.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
  • To make matters worse, there could be an issue of oversupply just as the pace of growth in China’s EV market shows signs of slowing.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
  • To make matters worse, Waddle left the game with a shoulder injury with 2:22 remaining.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
  • To make matters worse, Gabriel Jesus returned with an injury.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • To make matters worse, fleas reproduce at an alarming rate.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023

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