Below you will find example sentences with "got worse". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Got Worse in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: worse
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 18 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "got worse" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 18 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after effects got worse and worse, already murky got worse as a, things, years and older stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with got talent, got underway, get worse, get worse and getting worse, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with got worse
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Instead, Fox News got worse. (5 words)
Dikson got worse some time ago. (6 words)
And at each turn, things just got worse. (8 words)
Jahmar Hamilton’s (0) debut just got worse with Jadeja snuffing him out in the slips and then Shami removed Rahkeem Cornwall with an off-cutter that got the inside edge of his bat to Pant behind the stumps. (39 words)
As the political climate got worse, the city got better, with nicer places to eat and drink and an urban makeover that means there are many more pedestrianised zones and fantastic parks. (32 words)
Customers led by Ji Kwon, a Californian, said they ultimately bore these costs and often got worse prices on trades than if they had gone to rivals that charged commissions. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
I didn’t really like the feeling of being drunk, and slowly as I got older, the after effects got worse and worse.
Simon, from St Margaret's, Kent, said: "My weight had got worse and worse.
We thought it was alright but it got worse and worse.
Nicola said: "As time went on she just got worse and worse.
In season 6, episode 15, "I Dream of Phoebe," demonic threats took a backseat to personal problems, a trend that got worse as Piper, Phoebe, and Paige got older.
But things only got worse when they got there.
As the mice got fatter, neurons got worse at putting the brakes on eating.
Jahmar Hamilton’s (0) debut just got worse with Jadeja snuffing him out in the slips and then Shami removed Rahkeem Cornwall with an off-cutter that got the inside edge of his bat to Pant behind the stumps.
As the political climate got worse, the city got better, with nicer places to eat and drink and an urban makeover that means there are many more pedestrianised zones and fantastic parks.
And at each turn, things just got worse.
Ashley Chirino, a junior political science major, says parking got worse over the years.
A situation where the information was already murky got worse as a result.
But it got worse for Liverpool, with a late own goal seeing Tottenham come out as 2-1 winners in a game full of controversy.
But things certainly got worse when, mid-song, Ocean suddenly announced that the show was over, less than an hour after it began.
Customers led by Ji Kwon, a Californian, said they ultimately bore these costs and often got worse prices on trades than if they had gone to rivals that charged commissions.
Dikson got worse some time ago.
From there -- he says it only got worse.
He said: "Thirteen years of 'things can only get better' versus thirteen years of 'things have only got worse'.
In a moment alone with Mariah on the patio, Abby will admit her marriage issues got worse, so she’s getting a divorce from Chance.
Instead, Fox News got worse.