worse

Example Sentences

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While there are significant financial benefits to undergraduate degrees on average, the data suggests a quarter of graduates can expect to be financially worse off over their lifetime as a result of going to university.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

But many ideas thrown around online are duds or, worse, scams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

“The situation was way worse than we really believed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

"Others tried to get their cars out of the building basements, fearing an aftershock might make things worse."

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Mutti could see this, I think, and became all the more maternal and attentive towards me, which only made things worse, of course.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo