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"Worsen" in a Sentence (17 examples)
They were apprehensive that the situation would worsen.
Thank goodness it didn't worsen. But please don't push yourself yet.
Because it inflames upper-airway tissues, smoking often leads to obstructive sleep apnoea. Alcohol and sedatives can worsen apnoea as well; acting as muscle relaxants, they make the airway smaller.
Could the situation worsen?
Public health officials say that while the health care system is holding up, it is under extraordinary strain that will likely worsen if drastic containment measures announced Sunday by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte don't start having an effect.
This rise in temperature would worsen extreme weather events, and many of the dangerous effects of climate change might become irreversible.
The opioid crisis has continued to worsen while public health officials have been preoccupied with the pandemic.
These problems will likely worsen over time.
These problems are likely to worsen over time.
Ziri's actions will only worsen Rima's situation.
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Near-synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate; degrade, deteriorate; see also Thesaurus:aggravate
Global warming has worsened the weather.
As for further retaliation: adding such fuel to the fire, as it were, will only worsen the already unpleasant state of affairs.
It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened.
The weather has worsened.
During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.
TPE's cancellation score worsened from 7.2% to 23.8% when adjusted to include pre-cancellations (P*-coded) owing to a shortage of train crew.
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