How to Use worsen in a Sentence

worsen

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• Spending more money is only going to worsen the problem.
• And as climate change worsens, experts say the funds promised are not enough.
  — Sibi Arasu, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
• The more alarming fact is that these symptoms may worsen over time.
  — Thomas J. Henry Personal Injury Law, Dallas News, 14 July 2023
• Every month since — and four of the five months before — the crisis only worsened.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• This is worsened during peak mid-day hours and the summer season.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
• Rivers and reservoirs all over the world are drying up as these conditions worsen.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
• But in some ways, her exploitation has only worsened in the decades since her passing.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
• The situation worsened with the Taliban’s takeover, which came during years of drought.
  — Time, 7 Aug. 2023
• Over the past decade, the gap between the two groups’ homeownership rates has worsened, expanding from 27 points to 28 points.
  — Cnn Com Wire Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Breezy conditions also ramped up and caused worsening seas, but the storm’s worst will come this weekend.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
• China’s property slump has been worsening anew, with new home sales falling the most in a year in July.
  — Bloomberg, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2023
• But in reality, the danger worsens with every passing day as the air bags age.
  — Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
• Warren and her colleagues argue the Fed’s tough medicine has worsened America’s supply of homes in two key ways.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• The autumn bond rout worsened this week, sending yields to some of the highest levels since 2007 and driving turbulence across the stock market.
  — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
• Gena Hoyer, who arrived with her husband Tom Hoyer, said that as time passes and the initial numbness wears off more and more, the pain worsens.
  — Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• Climate change is one of the driving forces behind worsening fires worldwide.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• She was discharged with antibiotics and told to return if her symptoms — pelvic pain and bleeding — worsened.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
• The war in Gaza has worsened already deep fissures between the Palestinians and the Israelis and their respective allies.
  — Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
• That trend appeared to worsen during the pandemic, with a 41% increase in heavy drinking days among women.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
• Montgomery’s rate worsened during the pandemic, but the first quarter of this year showed improvement.
  — Donna St. George, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• Across Canada, the influx of foreign students has been so great that it is blamed for worsening housing shortages.
  — Norimitsu Onishi Nasuna Stuart-Ulin, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• This can cause or worsen flat feet—and people with flat feet are prone to developing plantar fasciitis.
  — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 24 May 2023
• But the statewide unemployment rate worsened to 5.2%, up from 5.1% in December.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Also in the news: The deaths of seven aid workers by an Israeli airstrike could worsen the already critical food crisis in Gaza.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• Drifting smoke from the Canadian wildfires will worsen air quality in at least eight U.S. states and prompted alerts for some.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• The condition can worsen and weaken the skin barrier for people who already suffer from eczema or are prone to flare-ups.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 10 Apr. 2024
• Climate change doesn’t only affect cholera through worsening floods and storms.
  — WIRED, 16 Sep. 2023
• Conditions that worsen when people strive for fitness are very rare.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2024
• Leonsis has in recent years complained about the area around the arena and the city’s lack of investment in the building as his relationship with Bowser worsened.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
• But instead, she was discharged with antibiotics and told to return if her symptoms — pelvic pain and bleeding — worsened.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024