How to Use worse in a Sentence

worse

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of worsenext
Synonyms for worsenext
  • This one is no worse than that one.
  • Her second book was worse than her first one.
  • Her first book was bad, but her second one is even worse.
  • You have even worse luck than I do.
  • She ended up in worse shape than when she started.
  • It turned out to be a worse idea than we originally thought.
  • Things are bad for him now, but he was in a worse situation last week.
  • Cheer up. Things could be worse, you know.
  • Could the situation get any worse?
  • His schoolwork got worse after his parents split up.
  • There are worse things than being gouged at the gas pump.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • What may be worse, few of them will believe a word of it.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The rate is even worse in L.A. County — 25%, up from 13% last week.
    — Luke Money, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The last thing the Bears want is to put him in a position where things could be made worse.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But for better or worse, it should get stuck in your head.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Who knew that the pains of public transit could get even worse?
    — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The game got off to a brutal start for UConn, and continued to get worse.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The dystopian present needn’t presage an even worse future.
    — Victor Ray, The New Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
  • And even though gas prices have come down in recent weeks, there is still a chance that the bumpy ride could get worse.
    — Patrick De Haan For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
  • As the climate warms, the damage is expected to get worse.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
  • For better or for worse, TV doesn't work that way anymore.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2022
  • There were record deaths at the border last year, and things are only getting worse.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 10 Jan. 2023
  • And the problem will only get worse if repairs are not made at this time, Nichols added.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 13 July 2022
  • Varsho, for example, was a far worse hitter for the first 200 or so at-bats of his career.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
  • And safety experts say the problem has only grown worse since the start of the pandemic.
    — Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022
  • But after more than a year, Rendon’s pain and fatigue were just as bad, if not worse.
    — Jason Mast, STAT, 19 Dec. 2022
  • But if energy prices in Germany are bad now, they could be poised to get even worse.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2022
  • There could be worse performances though and that’s why Mahomes is still standing tall at the top spot.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • But the Skyway’s problems, made worse by a scandal at the private fund that had bought the lease, continued.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
  • But the stomach tumor was getting worse and Osthoff needed a miracle.
    — Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2023
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worse

2 of 2 adverb
  • You drive worse than he does.
  • I did much worse on my second try.
  • She was hurt worse than I was.
  • That isn't an excellent score, but you could have done worse.
  • Even worse: The Raiders locked up Derek Carr through 2025.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The extra point was pushed even worse and wasn’t even close.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Even worse, large pieces of debris can fall from the sky and crash on Earth.
    — Moriba Jah, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022
  • That was 11th in the Pac-12, with only Cal faring worse.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Even worse somehow than the fires of hell, more fearsome, to me, was the Rapture.
    — Anna Deforest, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • And now, with cybercrime on the rise, things could turn worse.
    — Kannan Amaresh, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • Or perhaps the same-side shots would have made the soreness in my left arm way worse.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Making matters worse was the fact that her dress was see-through.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The expansion of the hospital made the problem worse and brought the matter to a head.
    — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Even worse, only about 20 percent of donor lungs are healthy enough to be used.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022
  • And the fire danger is still there, possibly worse this summer than the past two.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • Even worse, in 10 of those seasons Washington has lost 10 or more games, a sign of a bad NFL team.
    — Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Inflation is nowhere near the Fed's goal of 2% and has gotten worse in recent months.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 27 July 2022
  • The tech-heavy Nasdaq fared even worse, shedding 9% as Wall Street lost its appetite for risk.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Even worse, the sixth-grader can’t bring her beloved viola.
    — Christina Barron, Washington Post, 1 June 2022
  • Her face paled to a horrible white, then worse, passed into blue.
    — Aria Beth Sloss, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2022
  • But making any of those leaps right now could leave them worse off financially in the long run.
    — Joe Pinsker, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Even worse, the Angels will pay $28 million to Upton this year … for nothing.
    — Mike Digiovannastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Twitch shares ad revenue (though that split has gotten worse for creators of late).
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Even worse, half of those who share their status later regret it.
    — Jonathan Passmore, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Even worse, the Chargers have struggled stopping third and long throughout the season.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • This is one of those deals where the grade could change (for better or worse) depending on what Portland does in the future.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Even worse, the flight attendant told me that there were other pet cases in the plane, with either cats or dogs.
    — Jacqueline Swartz, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
  • No one wants to struggle—or be seen struggling—getting in and out of the water, or worse yet, getting injured in the process.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2022
  • In the rest of these stories, Republicans tended to fare worse than Democrats.
    — Tevi Troy, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Others took actions that made worker injuries far worse.
    — Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2023

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