Below you will find example sentences with "get worse". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Get Worse in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: worse
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "get worse" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as things will get worse before they, acts could get worse and worse, better, things and think stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with get ready, get married, get better, getting worse and got worse, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with get worse
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Things get worse before they get better. (7 words)
Will get worse with VR and even worse with sex-robots. (11 words)
And always get help - once they've lost control of you, that's when things get worse. (17 words)
In the Titans corner of the DC Universe, the team is still reeling from the events of "Beast World" and unfortunately, if the solicitation for is to be believed, things are going to get worse before they get better. (39 words)
The Prime Minister, who is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, will warn 'things will get worse before they get better' as he stresses the need to stay indoors to support the NHS by slowing the spread. (39 words)
If you have hitting 2-plus targets in the Wolfcamp versus, say, cherry picking the best zone, all things being equal, you would expect wells to get worse, yet you have seeing wells get better. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
You think your luck can’t get any worse, but you were wrong about that email, and you’re a damnable fool if you think it won’t get worse.
And all of this discomfort will only get worse — much worse — as we head into summer and sweat enters the mix.
Things need to get worse, perhaps considerably worse, to drag our leaders to negotiation to hammer out a grand compromise and restore balance and order.
However, keep in mind that once the “physical barrier” has been breached, the physical acts could get worse and worse over time.
I was born in Cantonment I have watched this railroad get worse and worse, the wear and tear on people, their lives and homes needs to be fixed.
Will get worse with VR and even worse with sex-robots.
Bad as these trends look for the GOP, they are very likely to get worse this November — possibly a lot worse.
If you have hitting 2-plus targets in the Wolfcamp versus, say, cherry picking the best zone, all things being equal, you would expect wells to get worse, yet you have seeing wells get better.
It’s been a record year for inflation, Fed rate hikes, annual percentage rates (APRs), and increased interest rates, and unfortunately, they may get worse before they get better.
And experts have been a chilling warning that the will only get worse as the weather continues to get colder, and gatherings like freshers' week at universities take place.
As Starmer is discovering, having also warned that “things will get worse before they get better”, prime ministers who promise to reverse national decline by a circuitous route risk deepening the sense of disillusionment.
Finally, it’s likely that existing AI tools will get worse before they get better, as models adjust to legal obligations.
In the Titans corner of the DC Universe, the team is still reeling from the events of "Beast World" and unfortunately, if the solicitation for is to be believed, things are going to get worse before they get better.
Jane is struggling: While her friends have found success in television, her decade-in-the-making sophomore novel remains unfinished; her precarious financial situation will get worse if she doesn’t publish and get tenure.
After conceding that the jobs numbers would "get worse before they get better," Mnuchin predicted that, come September, the job market would begin to correct course.
For stronger businesses that might not have laid off employees anyway, PPP money will act as both a safety net if things get worse and a stimulus if they get better.
The Prime Minister, who is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, will warn 'things will get worse before they get better' as he stresses the need to stay indoors to support the NHS by slowing the spread.
And always get help - once they've lost control of you, that's when things get worse.
It’s not only that he will never get better, but it is certain that he will get worse.
Things get worse before they get better.