“What do I do if he gets worse during the night?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when Ron continued to look gloomy, she said, “Come on, Ron, it could be worse. At least your fingers aren’t full of pus.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The conversation was getting to be stupid and I knew it was going to get worse, because Mr. Lynch was coming down the street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still others seemed content that finally they were out of the bus station, that it could not possibly get worse. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t make things any worse, and it might possibly dull the feeling that I was watching myself through eyes that didn’t understand what I was doing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the hard set of my husband’s jaw following these sessions that the situation was worse than most Americans even understood. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You never know; things could always get worse. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And there is something else, something worse that I didn’t realize before. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A cold front started in this morning, so she can’t go out to the swimming pool, and they say the weather’s going to get worse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Or worse: in promises no one believed, least of all those making them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw that humans are no better than any animal or brute, and in many cases might be infinitely worse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Grog had fared even worse, racing thirty-seven times before being claimed for a paltry $ 1,500. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers in his new year were even worse because they only knew him in terms of his mum and not who he was before. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Had Harry thought that things couldn't have been worse? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

‘But Ents only drink, and drink is not enough for content. Treebeard’s draughts may be nourishing, but one feels the need of something solid. And even lembas is none the worse for a change.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I approach Mr. Griffiths with dread, ready to get a lecture or, worse, a failing grade. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, but don’t start worrying about what you called him. He’s got a lawyer’s hide. He’s been called worse in his day.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But also I was feeling very, very low about myself and about the soccer team, and I realized that Joey was the only person I knew who was feeling worse. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the open window, but it’d be worse if I snuck out again. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bryce wants to make an S for Stupid, and then things get worse from there. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him they looked no better or worse than usual. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Gregor hadn’t meant to make him feel worse than he already did. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the old days, when we were nothing more than a couple of kids hunting outside of 12, Gale said things like this and worse. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The worst thing about it is that I’m already in out-patient rehab two days a week, but I just have to make things worse by doing drugs more and more, harder and harder. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nailer tried to prop himself up, to see what was happening below, but he was feeling worse and worse. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It gets worse and worse the further we go,” said Acorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the chili was still in the ice chest and he ate it cold—it didn’t smell bad, or any worse than chili always smelled—working around the yellow hunks of fat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even worse was to lose her bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it was going to be worse at school, where every kid would feel duty bound to do his or her part in trimming the new kid down to size. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every day, she smelled a little worse. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She frowned a lot as she talked, and I couldn’t decide if she was plain old coffee or something worse, like the vinegar pooled at the bottom of a jar of pickles. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here he was, back at Bright Sands Beach, where he’d started, worse off than ever, and about to get his head shot off by a half-man because he thought some swank girl — Movement ahead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse, the smallest little part of me wants to tell her the truth, just so I won’t have to be her boyfriend anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he were suffering from malaria, or, worse, from an overdose of Atabrine tablets. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t even known it could get worse. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, his duties in the Senate removed him from the deliberations of the cabinet. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It did not seem that the situation could get much worse. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, there are worse things than smelling like s’mores,” I joke. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Want to hear something even worse? My first spelling quiz the teacher marked that I spelled favorite wrong because I included the u.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s no better or worse than most of the bosses in the Barrel.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’s come out the other side of Malesherbes not much worse for wear—sure, under his robes he’s spattered with blood, and I imagine he’s a bit worn-out. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mate’s asthma was worse than ever and Mama had transferred her to a closer school in San Francisco. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wards, we always called them, when Winterfell demanded boys of us, but they were hostages, and none the worse for it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Next week I’m thirteen but thirteen looks way worse than twelve. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As he waited for his daily audience with the lord of the South Wind, he tried to decide which of the god’s personalities, Roman or Greek, was worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And I know it’s only making things worse—so bad, we couldn’t live in our apartment anymore. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Alby, on the ground, looked worse, his clothes ripped, his arms covered with cuts and bruises. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Each day the skin on her abdomen burned blacker and blacker, and the pain grew worse. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Even worse. I knew Daedalus. His inventions brought me nothing but trouble.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You want to make my curse even worse? Zeus! Hephaestus! Hermes! Have you no shame?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“He got it worse because he didn’t follow the rules.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He’d been drinking; he never came home from work sober, and the drinking always made his temper worse. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The week before, the scratchy voice of the assistant on the speakerphone had told them that she was still sending out inquiries, but the situation in Afghanistan was getting worse. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“A hundred and fifty miles or so; we’ve come farther over worse ground. There are roads all the way; people will take us in; we may get a lift on a power-sledge.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if worse comes to worst, though. It hardly has any miles on it.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse would have been if we’d served ramen, and don’t think we didn’t consider it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’d gone to church for forty years and was only getting worse. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, luv, but were pirates. So it’s much worse for us.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been lucky so far, but it’s getting worse. It’s not medical... not really. Nico says it’s a side effect from my past, from where he found me.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He knew it would be worse in the morning. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse, it focused on the angle she most wanted to avoid—the fact that she had cracked Chinese codes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He got worse and worse, and during this time I missed my period. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not mad, Lanre. What grips you is something worse than madness. I cannot cure you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the very beginning, it felt wrong, and it only got worse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He heard car crashes at least once a week, but this sound was worse - Celestial bronze crumpling, wood splintering, stallions screaming and a goddess wailing in two distinct voices, both of them very surprised. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Thomas had to ask, though he knew it couldn’t be good if Chuck thought it was worse than being dead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She could imagine a lot worse things than waking up pretty one morning. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

To see chains on another person and be glad they are not your own—such was the good fortune permitted colored people, defined by how much worse it could be any moment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Inevitably it follows that intensive spraying with powerful chemicals only makes worse the problem it is designed to solve. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We hoped our father might ease up and learn to treat himself once we all left home, but, if anything, he's only gotten worse. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Not that they’re pleasant, but they always feel like they could be so much worse. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

How much worse the rumors would be if it were discovered that the note had been written by a hot dog vendor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The protests are worse now that the verdict came out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t move; it will make everything worse. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They took their time and reached the hanger a little before dark, with nothing worse to trouble them than the discomfort of soaking-wet fur. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lately there’s this subway-like bubble of isolation around me, and when I’m in a place filled with camaraderie, like on a team, it’s only worse. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He is afraid that he will not be able to put in that work, that he will squander those days, and that they will leave him worse off than he is now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The first thing I noticed,” remembered Edward Teller, “was that we were all going to be locked up together for better or for worse.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Leah’s friend Pascal hates it, and Nelson hates it worse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tightened up and squeezed, trying to stop the leak, but that only made it worse, and Jorgenson punched me and told me to knock it off. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to talk to me, Sticky! I’m afraid something terrible has happened to you. Not just the Waiting Room, I mean, but something even worse.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I had smacked his hand away, even though it would have made everything worse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not a happy story, and Molly has learned through experience that people either recoil or don’t believe her or, worse, pity her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His punishment was that Hooper was not dead, that everything was the same, and the thought of that was worse than anything. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He saw in Henry something of himself, and worse, what he could become. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It would only make him feel worse, and it wasn’t his fault. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

What was worse was when he chose to zero in on one person in particular. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It got worse on R, where no one had swept or picked up in many hours. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it could have been so much worse,” Salma Auntie says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The wind brushed past, making the slight chill worse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The matter was even worse because the two, almost equal in age, knew each other and, before Francis remarried, had frequently met for lunch or dinner to talk about science. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She’s been so tired lately and her ulcers are getting worse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was starting seventh grade tomorrow in a new school, in a new town, and, to make matters worse, a week later than everyone else because of the bat mitzvah. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to roll on my back, but that made it even worse. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“The burn looked worse than it was. The tray was too bulky and there were too may things on it.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, what if Reg had been hurt worse than he was?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I do, except exactly opposite plus a little worse. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She knew, and she was waiting for me to do something worse than what I could imagine so that she could do something far worse than what I would expect. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then Johnson’s reelection campaign got started, and the news got worse. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was nothing Bull Meecham hated worse than a fat Marine. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s going to get a lot worse.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As long as he stayed here, things would get worse, Hooper might do anything at all, and then he would have to do things back, to defend himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine how things could get much worse. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe R.C. was so miserable himself that he was always looking for somebody or something he could make worse off than he was. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Here’s something I didn’t expect about New York: the heat’s worse than Georgia. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His environment had left its unlikable marks on him, but in the antebellum South, I could have found myself at the mercy of someone much worse—could have been descended from someone much worse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Those words were worse than nothing if I didn’t tell what they meant to Grandpa. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, dogs started barking as he walked by. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though men’s magazines often suffer from worse sorts of idiocies having to do with violence and assassins for hire, they rarely have these fatuous quizzes in them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worse part was, maybe he was right. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The awful quietness got worse and she had not been to enough parties to know what she should do. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Watching all those people chowing down in there makes it worse.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I feel big fire in my chest and then all over, and when I try to put it out, something pull loose, make it worse. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was far deeper and far worse than the pain of losing his fingers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was worse than Noah’s flood, and I didn’t care who got caught up in the rush. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It took them most of the morning and proved to Doon that the city was in even worse shape than he’d suspected. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Like this,” he said, which was worse than not helping at all. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even worse, I knew it was the end of an era. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And, as the camel driver had said, to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was worse than thinking about him dead was the way we looked at him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we have done worse than that, because there persists to this day a traffic in the dead bodies of whales. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face is black and the eyes are worse than ever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His cousin had a way of making bad situations worse. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Your happiness. Your future. Your life. I want you to be happy,” I said, “and I’m only making your life worse.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Over Thanksgiving, five monkeys had died in Room H, two doors down the hall from Room F. So the virus was moving, and what was worse, it was skipping rooms as it moved. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sleeping well and his grades, which were never very good, got even worse. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell someone that this was it, the last straw, I couldn’t go on anymore with my own misery plus Piper’s, which was so much worse. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And they’re getting worse. They love standing in front of doors to block us and calling themselves the wall,” Marisol chimes in. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It’s not like we have any power. We can’t make them listen to us. They already treat us like trash. It would probably just make everything worse.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

After a while, Ess fell asleep, in the cushions on the floor, and Jinny sat on the edge of the bed, trying not to shake it, trying not to make things worse. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Don’t she see dragging it out only makes it worse. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I got in worse trouble for refusing to apologize. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I'm his little kid shadow and I can see that I'm only making everything worse. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This was worse than the idea of McCoy trying to hurt Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A day later we discovered it was worse than suicide: my father had just fled. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Away from the stench, which, strangely, isn’t made any worse by death. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s worse. Better to die than go home.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Now the room was crowded with soldiers, and the smell of infection was made worse by the continuing heat wave. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Which of us is it worse for, her or me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wasn’t careful the match would singe her fingertips, or worse, light the entire attic on fire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Bold talk,” Kelli said, “for two demigods lost in Tartarus. Lower your sword, Percy Jackson, and I’ll kill you quickly. Believe me, there are worse ways to die down here.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It reeked like you would not believe—worse than the garbage boats on the East River. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This was even worse than the curse words she’d used before. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He replied negligently, therefore, “Tea? No—no—it makes his cough worse.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The last few nights, her dreams had gotten worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Worms were worse, but still not as bad as the pain in your belly after days without food. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She avoided looking at it, as if it were the malocchio, the evil eye, out to curse her worse than she already is. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He looked like hell and smelled even worse. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Leaving school without permission gets you detention or worse. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Some of the Judenrat police enjoyed their new jobs too much, it was true, but there were others who tried to do what the Germans told them without making things worse for their fellow Jews. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The other two nodded; it had not been a fun trip and the weather was getting worse the longer they stayed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Oh, that would be far worse than the gray, silent world they were leaving, wouldn’t it? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I am escorted back to my room, feeling much worse than I did before my evaluation. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to make her feel worse, so I turned to leave her alone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The worse you look, the better for you,” Patria said when I complained that I looked like I’d gotten here on a donkey. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would think,” Isidore said, “it would make you feel worse.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, it was frightening that he’d heard Baba’s voice so far away from the jungle, but worse still, the old woman had known it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Needing distraction from the news on the radio—it was getting worse every hour—she stopped periodically at whatever stores or restaurants were open. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“It is bad,” Grandpa replied, “and it looks like it’s going to get worse.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiting and not-knowing and being afraid: That was worse than anything else that might happen. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Far worse was the lashing Connelly gave her the next morning under the pitiless boughs of the whipping tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

That was worse than having a child being took away. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Half the world is at war, worse than it’s ever been before. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when I was sure things couldn’t possibly get any worse, they did. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They did not know for sure, but they suspected that the dances were beyond nasty because the music was getting worse and worse with each passing season the Lord waited to make Himself known. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The months went on and these habits of Antonapoulos grew worse. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The pain was far worse than anything he’d felt before—it made the broken thumb feel like a mosquito bite in comparison. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even with all the warnings, the reality of being the only black student in a white school was worse than she had expected. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because somehow, the thought of him getting hurt—or worse—made her willing to risk just about anything. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The farther they got from Long Island, the worse it got. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The room starts spinning—worse than the time I rode the Tilt-A-Whirl twice. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad survived the winter, but every time I saw them, they looked a little worse for wear: dirtier, more bruised, their hair more matted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, I was starting to become self-conscious about my muscles, so I always wore an athletic jacket on top of whatever outfit I’d put together. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

With each visit, he risked capture, arrest, or worse. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This conversation was taking a turn for the worse. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I have dealt with worse injuries than this—I have been hit harder than I was by the soldier who slammed the butt of his gun into my jaw while he was arresting me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When your whole life is sunk, it don’t matter what nobody says about you, they can’t make it worse. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But then, things suddenly went from bad to worse. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was painful to know that even if they survived the Nightbeast, even if they solved the task and avoided being toadified, their lives would still be worse than rats on a boat. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, I'm sure I was worse when I came out of the arena, but I can easily count my ribs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After the adventure with the compass it seemed to grow worse, and towards the evening he grew naughtier and naughtier. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I was worried when the office called my name to get picked up during science, and when I didn’t see Charlie in the car, I felt even worse. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They were afraid of her disease as if it were fatal, like tuberculosis, but worse, much worse. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe him in and I wait to feel different, to feel lighter, to feel better or worse now that there is another living soul who knows. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest must be gone, taken by the Germans or in hiding or worse. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew they were in worse circumstances than they had been even at Ocean Camp. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I must look even worse than when I first came in. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The stinging grew worse with every step on my walk home. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

What I wanted to know was how people ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the smell of cows—and worse—overwhelming their nose buds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She let him go out of shock, and Scythe Faraday’s head hit the concrete hard, knocking him out and making the horror of the moment all the worse. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I figured yelling at Nan might make me feel better for a minute, but I’d feel even worse later on. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

People have done worse stuff to me, and I didn’t cry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And Bagman’s commentary made everything much, much worse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But she told me later she had seen countrified members of the Little family come up from Georgia in even worse shape than I was. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare in silence: I never thought I would see destruction worse than in Kobani. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t tell me, I’ll just assume it’s something much worse than it is,” he threatened darkly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Shieldless, the blue knight was getting much the worse of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"And worse," the old forester would add, clacking his wooden teeth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The coal yard has been hard. Men are dropping with their shovels in their hands, and Max doesn’t eat enough for the work. I think the camp will be worse.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In Huntington, where she spent her summers, she felt even worse. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She could lose everything: herself, or worse, her children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course we did our share of tripping and worse. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His company fought their way into Luzon, facing nothing worse than mosquitoes and jungle to begin with, but on their second night were roused from sleep by artillery. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But first, come with me, before you make things worse. I have a place you can lie down.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The practiced way she said it, the rehearsed-sounding lines...“What do you mean, ‘It just makes it worse’? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She knew it would only make it worse for herself with Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It’s like a hot water bottle plopped on top of the colored neighborhood, making it ten degrees worse than the rest of Jackson. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than when the twins disappointed her was when she disappointed them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That just makes it worse when you wake up the next day and it’s back with a vengeance to show you who’s boss. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They’d only make everyone feel worse, adding a whiny cherry to the top of this horrible sundae, so she stuffed her tears down, all the way down to her toes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it was worse that Kelly thought it was no big deal that George wanted to be Charlotte in the play than if she had said it was a terrible idea. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Writing about it will only make it worse! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Little bit. I keep thinking about how much worse it coulda gone." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Adah and I got moved up two grades, it just made things that much worse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Saying it out loud makes it worse, makes it real. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The girl might see them and somehow that would be much worse than her just seeing us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I feel worse and worse still for how cruel I am about to be. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Or worse, maybe a police officer is waiting outside the classroom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was even worse with my gramps once we started actually working. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They need to give him time to grow. Why lock him up and have him institutionalized and make him worse?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

All the same, he shuddered, his body actually twitching spasmodically with each resonant shtok! as he learned that imagining a scene is often worse than being an actual spectator to it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s getting worse,” Harry muttered, biting off the Frog’s head. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, leaving Dane to contemplate how much worse a golf club in his skull might feel than my hand in his groin. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“You could have it better—or worse,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or even worse, if there wasn’t no tears left. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You kicked me, baby, worse than two mules can kick a man when he’s down.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It was even worse this time, but I do not remember everything that happened. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s worse for a new teacher like her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He also says that sometimes things feel like they’re getting a whole lot worse before they start to get better. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Loving you is the worst thing that has ever happened to me—worse than the Commandant’s whippings, worse than the Trials. It’s torture, Elias.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“What you’re needing worse than a horse is a good dog.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had plenty of experience of change, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse, but he had no notion of irreversible change, and he had no notion of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’ll be good to be with someone like him, someone who seems worse off than me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and lift my shirt and see that the infection has only gotten way worse, the skin red and puffy, the G-tube and the area around it oozing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“You never know what truly would have happened if you had done your shoulds and woulds. Your life might have turned out worse, isn’t that possible?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In retrospect, I probably could not have picked a worse time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bread she gives them always means less for us and if we complain she says there are always people worse off and we can surely spare a little from what we have. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In many places, the poverty was far worse than when I went to prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You keep biting it, and it gets bigger and worse instead of better. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It only got worse in high school, where there were more spelling and essays tests, with more complicated words that seemed too impossible to memorize. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He suddenly began coughing, and rapidly grew worse and worse until I rose from my seat and went to him, alarmed, but he waved me away, gasping that he would be all right. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom thought you were beat up again, or worse!” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If I dropped him now, all this torture would have been for nothing, and that seemed worse than having helped him to begin with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why doesn’t he go to the hospital if he’s getting worse? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The quality of this female interaction had been worse than abysmal. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I should be glad that his life sucks, maybe worse than mine, even though he’s a prince of Faerie and a horrible jerk and probably going to live forever. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was starting to understand Connor’s tics—what made them worse and what made them better. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Was her handwriting just messy, was she just bad at arithmetic, were her temper tantrums normal, or was it something worse? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As he jumped, and after he had jumped, he felt no better, he felt worse, the reality of it was far more appalling than he could have imagined. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His fingers were throbbing worse than they had in days, and his head was pounding too. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Fights don’t solve matters, they just make things worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The city always made them both feel worse physically. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happened to them was much worse than what happened to us. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His low-key response to her outburst only made her feel worse. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was wrong to look back in church, so it seemed that it would be worse to look down. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And even worse, the fellow was starting to sweat like a hard-run horse, his eyes were wild, and his hands...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It just went to show that there was always something worse than your situation, and probably always something better as well. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Since I had no need to keep up appearances, the bad character I’ve always had only got worse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crucifix was even worse, because it glowed in the dark. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nowhere to hide, and the next few seconds, with the whole class howling, felt a gazillion times worse than Brandon's stupid jokes about my mom. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It seemed to get worse each time I rewrote it, but I couldn’t stop myself. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He had had enough of people giving him sorry eyes, or even worse, telling him they were sorry about his grandfather. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Poor Lydia’s situation must, at best, be bad enough; but that it was no worse, she had need to be thankful. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Once the novelty of moving wore off, I feared Jesse would sink into the same torpid, depressed state he’d been in back in Idaho, only worse. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dead or worse, but look at you. With those tzitzis, you look like a regular mensch.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But like when it’s about somebody being sick and stuff it’s even worse. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘Then we will be no worse off than we were under the treacherous gods!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever the Big Water was like, it must be worse than this and Kehaar was used to it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had ached for a long time now, for several years, but it was getting worse, and Claire had difficulty straightening herself She walked bent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was all worse than he had ever dreamed: to have drifted all those months in white smoke, only to wake up again in the prison camp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse, Booth saw the beginning of a change in how Abraham Lincoln was viewed by America. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what would be even worse?” said Volta. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mold couldn’t smell any worse than rotting flowers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I did all of them and worse, because Mom and Dad felt we should. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“We found a new waste mart man, but he’s worse than stingy.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My state is getting worse, I can no longer control my thoughts. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him, “It’s just that I’m feeling worse than yesterday.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And if—no, when—they caught me, it would just make my crime worse. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Something bugged me about what we were up to along the river, but it seemed worse not to just go with the flow with the guys. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or even worse, if she went to hold something else! We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only problem being, of course, that whenever you ran an operation that was not aboveboard there was a certain risk of it backfiring into a worse situation than it had been before. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The infections after the cuts were far worse. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, the rain had started again. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Many other places and communities had fared even worse. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had seen other girls get married, and their situation became even worse than the one I was already in. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller was all cut up, worse than I was, but he was getting well. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no question it’s her, though she’s wan, squinty, and decidedly worse for wear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Written by someone with no arms. Or worse.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t, Will. Don’t say anything at all. This is for grown folks. Anything you say might just make it worse.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’d been another first day, but one that hurt worse than all the others because I missed having a friend. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than trying on dresses is hearing a bunch of skinny girls trying on dresses next door. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The number-one enemies, the worst of the “Five Black Categories,” even worse than criminals or counterrevolutionaries! Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dead man smelled of turned earth and brine and something worse. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But with Hudson there, for some reason, it was just so much worse. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There were none that I saw on the bridge, probably ’cause the roads were even worse on the other side. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Millie is that girl, the one I am ashamed to admit that I’ve spent my whole life looking at and thinking, Things could be worse. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then Popo said something that was worse than the burning on my neck. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or even worse, maybe he caught the train and was forever gone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if I don’t like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don’t know what they are. So tell me which is worse.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If worse comes to worst, I can always kill him in his sleep. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘So that’s your advice is it,’ said Sam, ‘that we should go another long march south, to find ourselves in the same fix or a worse one, when we get there, if we ever do?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The judge is just trying to make Mom look worse and worse! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, she said, very stiffly, “Our relationship is strained enough as it is. I didn’t see the point in making things worse.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do: Screaming made it worse. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

His mouth burned worse than when he had swallowed the firewater of the Phlegethon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What they were about to face would be much worse than a bandit. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There were worse things, way worse, that happened in the world. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was much worse than the scream of the wild dog. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were both bruised and bleeding, and their mother was in far worse condition. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you have heard some of them. They say I’m crazy. Sometimes they say worse things. But whatever they say, they don’t forget me, even when I’m not here.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would kick myself if it wouldn't make this moment worse. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They smelt that old obscene stink of darkness, that old slavery smell, worse than the rank halitosis of hoary death. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This past winter, I don’t know which was worse, the hunger or the cold. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you were lucky. Things could have been worse.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The attacks were growing worse, and my refusal to react incited Nealson into coining more absurd phrases. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what made it worse, there were at least a couple of hundred rubbernecks that didn't have anything better to do than stand around and watch everybody falling all over themselves. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The long silence on the other end of the line makes me feel even worse than I already do. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It looked worse than the one I used to carry around, one of the snaps on it was busted clean off and the other one was stuck. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Seeing them would be worse than staring at the face of Medusa. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because I knew she hated fights worse than anything. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They’d ended in old Rome with Leo breaking a cookie and paying a price much worse than an eye. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But it was on the three where the day got even worse. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My palms are completely scratched up and bloody, and my knees are even worse. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Besides, Momma never made Nan anything but worse. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

For better or worse, I am part of the general’s household and under Madoc’s protection. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That sounded a lot worse than missing out on college. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Lost her to a fate most Afghans consid­ered far worse than death: She ran off with a clan of traveling singers and dancers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The coed dorms unsettled her, all the men in their skivvies, the girls in their robes, the knowledge that at any moment a boy might saunter into her room—or worse, the bathroom. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was adults, and somehow that was much worse. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He would probably get beaten up himself, or maybe worse. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

To tell him his friend had finally been put in the hospital, or worse. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And it only makes your head hurt worse. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The hole below was filled with a sludge of soiled water and worse, all the useless and unclean bits discarded during the slaughtering process. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The only thing that’s important is that everything worked out okay and that Mommy’s safe and sound, right? We have a lot to be thankful for. Today could have been so much worse.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

If we lost, I would be no worse off than I was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As always, I woke up screaming, but this was even worse than usual. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This place is worse than the River Cocytus,” he muttered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Back in the present, these thoughts tormented Mark for at least another hour—and he knew if he dreamed it would only get worse. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, by the end of 1871 fourteen out of fifteen state suffrage groups had left the National and joined the American Woman Suffrage Association. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

As I’ve written you many times before, moods have a tendency to affect us quite a bit here, and in my case it’s been getting worse lately. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But what was worse was that everyone—everyone—was talking about the video. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“They’ll never go for it. The world is dying, Percy. Every day it gets worse. The wild ... I can just feel it fading. I have to find Pan.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You don’t understand! You’ll only make it worse! Jacob, please! You don’t understand!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I grasp my mother’s armlet, but touching it makes me feel worse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And the longer I look, the worse I feel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“My father was not a very caring father. And he was an even worse husband.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s even worse, because it’s half a maggot!” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my mother squared her shoulders and bragged: “Our problem worser than yours. If we ask Jing-mei wash dish, she hear nothing but music. It’s like you can’t stop this natural talent.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As bad as things were, giving up would only make them worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And it's worse because Mom and Dad are doing a lot better and they feel like they have to call me all the time now—which is something new for them. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each was no better or worse than the last. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism—either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My clients want to hang me as a witch! And Hazel—her curse is getting worse. Your protection is killing us.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everything in the song is true—everything changes, for better or worse, whether we like it or not. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I feel worse than that all the time, but for once I don’t mention my headaches. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Then, just as I begin projecting forward to a hope of better days, things suddenly get a whole lot worse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But I was grateful for the thought, since it reminded me that things could have been far worse than they were. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s so much worse than the last time. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The rocking of the deck beneath his feet made his stomach heave, and the wretched food tasted even worse when retched back up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s only getting worse, they say. May snow, even. Get in and I’ll give you a ride.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The more nervous I am, the worse my reading gets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hoped the Mind’s Flower would keep her nonsensical long enough to formulate a Plan B. MoMo was due on the island soon, and things were going from bad to worse. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He turned away, shutting his eyes, but that was even worse, for now he had only the sounds, the tiny maddening, indefatigable, distinct clicks and rustles of hands and weightless parts. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He drank from another glass, but it was wine and tasted even worse. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Ah yes. Like a security blanket, Amelia was using her noise-canceling headphones to soothe her sound sensitivity, making her social isolation worse.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her life became worse and worse, and I wondered if she had learned to turn off her feelings the way I had. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Or worse, they were going to make me read the book. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t anything more. Except victory. It may be worse.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Things at school seemed to get worse every day. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s just not as easy as reporting it. There’s just so little we can do. The guy’s a jerk, and if we get involved, it’ll only make him worse.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Now that you realize your mistake,” I say, “I will give you another chance to tell me what I need to know before I shoot you somewhere worse.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But his body is a mess: his digestion is terrible, from poor nutrition; his teeth are getting worse by the day. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The debils’ attacks were getting worse and worse, and we began to feel unsafe, even behind our gate. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come along, it looks worse than it is. Just find solid handholds and take it one step at a time.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He had worse things to worry about than blood loss. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Normally he would be running and jumping from excitement, but if he felt anything like me, it was hard work just to stand, and I know he felt worse. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he was agitated, which happened frequently, the slurring got worse. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Of course, this is what often happens: Things get worse and worse still. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It would be worse to be caught in a lie. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“To win would be worse than losing,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Being told no twice couldn’t be worse than being told no once. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t worried about my period, which couldn’t possibly be worse than the worms I’d found in my panties. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lizzie’s health grew even worse, as if grief were its own disease. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder what was worse, jail or war. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"Welcome morning as you can. You sound like my toothache, but welcome's no worse for that." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew it would come back and blow up and be worse, all for that window in which something could have been said, and she knew she was, right in that moment, inside that window. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I know that’s wrong because it’s my responsibility, and I know that things get worse before they get better because that’s what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes. Things went from bad to worse until finally he had to give up his position." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now that they were shaheed, packing up and running was an even worse affront, a betrayal, a disavowal of the sacrifice her sons had made. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Right, off we go, and don’t think of running off, now, it’ll be worse for you if you do.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They were probably hoping that things would be better here than wherever it was they came from, but everything that had happened over the last year had taught us that things always got worse. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some people really do have it a lot worse than I do. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In May 1942, we had our first taste of the even worse suffering to come. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Khrushchev's public speeches only made matters worse; he taunted the United States, saying that Russia was "turning out missiles like sausages!" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Listen: being dead is not worse than being alive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t imagine a worse way to die. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

His low-key response to her outburst only made her feel worse. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s panic was making all of this worse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He and Herold could not bathe or wash clothes and, unshaven, they looked and smelled worse each day. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse than the pain of being in the same room as her and not being able to touch her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

So Lord Asriel had found conditions on Svalbard no better and no worse than hundreds of other exiles had done. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We continued to hope that things would change, but they kept getting worse. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I imagine worse things, impossible things—her body hanging from a rope, somewhere deep in the forest where nobody goes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adah is next to last because her one whole side is bad, and then comes Mama last of all, because something in her is even worse hurt than what Adah’s got. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is more, worse. Will you sit down?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You and Trey try so hard. I just wanted to make things easier. But I’m making it worse for myself. People are saying all kinds of stuff about me after that interview.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had worse. No broken bones. No teeth knocked out. Just welts and bruises. What would the doctor do?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw did not know which were worse, moths alive, with their whirring, pattering wings, or these moths, flattened and pinned and dead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And don’t make it worse by saying “fell between the cracks.” fewandfar between. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason joined her at the top, looking no worse for the climb. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My fever gets worse, and during one terrible evening I start to hallucinate. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why should you have to wear shoes? People’s hands are probably worse. Not like everyone has to wear gloves.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Made him feel worse than I did watching poor Trevor leveling the floor like some drifter slaving for a night’s rest in a bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hope desperately that this wasn’t arranged to humiliate me further, to give Cardan another excuse—or worse, opportunity—to punish me more. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In bed, with the blanket edge lying across my neck, I used to wonder which was worse, our side or theirs? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother may return with her mob. You should see them. White supremacists, Protestants, or worse. Let me get my lute and trumpet. Are the tablets gathered together?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or worse: I had a very good idea of what they would do to me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There are worse things in the world than a boy who likes to kiss other boys.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She realized that there could be only one thing worse than being in the middle of this horror. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

But none of this really was why it was worse. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief, she told herself, not to carry the burden of debt or, what was worse, the welfare of other persons. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t be worse than the camps, and maybe not every Pole was like the awful boys throwing snowballs at the train station. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a little worse last night, believe it or not,” Rae says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was wicked to steal—she knew that—but worse to disobey an elder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about the dozens of black people I'd met who had complained bitterly about Walter's prosecution, and I was starting to see Chapman as either naive or willfully indifferent—or worse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I know she wants to make me feel better, but this only makes me feel worse. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The I'm so disappointed in you look, which is way worse than the I'm mad look. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And the water roiled, and the witch watched on, and Hazel could hear the bells of her voice in her head: Do you see, now, there are things worse than the ice. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At home I felt ready to share these words, but what if Jason tells me I’m being selfish to feel bad for me when David — and he — has it worse? Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t mention it. The town is headed for a reckoning, and I have a feeling things are going to get worse before they get better.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Somehow the cold lake water actually made it worse, sharpened it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The General—his General’s—temper had grown worse and worse. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

How much worse the separation seemed then! — at least for Helen — how much more real. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reader has to scan the sentence several times to figure out which of two meanings the writer intended, or worse, she may come away with the wrong meaning without realizing it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I know how to stay hidden. Just take care of yourself. The closer you get to Alaska... I’m not sure if it’ll make the blackouts better or worse.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse would have been if she found a way to bribe them to come. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It could have been so much worse,” he said, with a sense of narrow escape. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Measuring tape and thermometer,” he told himself, “chalk for an outline; perhaps the cold intensifies at night? Everything is worse,” he said, looking at Eleanor, “if you think something is looking at you.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The teaching, big or little, could not have landed Mina or me anywhere worse than we are to-day. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘Much worse in a way. It comes home to you, as they say; because it is home, and you remember it before it was all ruined.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Not the best reason to run for office, but I am willing to bet there have been worse. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel bad, knowing that their district must have suffered much worse than ours. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard the East River is more toxic,” I continued, “but the Hudson smells worse. Or is it the other way around?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

You think it was easy sitting through all that tolerance education, learning every day that the bad thing I did was a thousand times worse than I thought it was? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn't imagine anything worse than driving down to Florida to watch a football game, but I pretended to be impressed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The anticipation of fighting was almost worse than the fear of it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She wishes the punishment were more brutal, even though it’s pretty bad already and, thanks to Seth Greggory, about to get worse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This giant was even worse than that sea god Phorcys back in Atlanta, Percy realized. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And the girls are worse, because the only reason they’re there is to follow the losers.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The “field” looked worse than it had the day Luma had first seen it. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I lasted almost all day without earmuffs, even though silent reading was loud, lunch was awful, and recess was worse. It didn’t work.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

What was worse, she was speaking so quickly that I had no idea what she was saying. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

What lay ahead of me was worse than petrification. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then they tell us black people have a worse kind of breast cancer and get more fibroids. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And then, alone in the coach, pulled by a team of four coal-black stallions, Lord Primus left the village of Nottaway, in significantly worse temper than he had arrived there. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As for Absalom Jones, Richard Allen, and the hundreds of other blacks who nursed the city’s sick, they suffered an even worse indignity. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Hell indeed, Beetle, and no worse than this suffering.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him to see if his face was going to change for the worse, but a look of amusement flickered on his face. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But desperate as that road might be, his task was now far worse: not to avoid the gate and escape, but to enter it, alone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He said the new horse he’s got, Bessie, did worse than wet on him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt guilty for not trusting Valley earlier, and now, seeing how afraid Valley looked at the mention of her father, she felt even worse. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Rani looks worse, so I put an arm around her shoulders. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She felt her cheering was only making the massacre worse. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The humid night air pressed on me worse than even sweat trickled down my back before I’d gotten a block away from home. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And the inmates were not badly fed—only slightly worse than we had been at the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But things just got worse, with Alfred stealing and coming home on drugs, and eventually Deborah realized she couldn’t do a thing about it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He must know that he leaves the government infinitely worse than he found it, and that from his own error or ignorance. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, the racial explosions are only going to grow worse. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to get worse. Out of curiosity, does she like any of them?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And Marina answered him: “They are running away to the front all the same, they are taking things into their own hands, and it will be worse, you understand, if they steal airplanes to go.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Every thought I have seems like it would only make Jamie feel worse. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The verb aggravate does not mean “annoy”; it means “make worse.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And the PR problem for cell culture was only going to get worse from there. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In other words, prison not only made crazy people worse; it drove people crazy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley looked around and said, “I can’t make it grow back, not when it’s been removed by Dark Magic. But it could have been so much worse....He’s alive.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This was the moment she had seen in that vision, and she felt it anew, and it was so much worse than she had ever anticipated. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She would have just accepted that people never listened to someone like her and thought she was useless, because she knew that making waves might cause things to get worse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Here he is, folks. None the worse for the experience. A good boy. I think we’re going to be good friends, eh, Charlie?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazi slaughter of the Jews, that seemed different—and worse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There are worse things than goat cheese and honey,” Daddy said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been feeling sorry for myself all these months. But what you are going through is so much worse.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It gets worse the more old I get, I think. Just between you and me, I wasn’t doing too good over the holidays. I hated the holidays. I felt like I was gonna die.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

‘It is like a funeral,’ Cilia whispered, ‘only worse.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever he was when he wandered away from his family, he is incalculably worse now, damaged beyond repair and probably even recognition. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But how could leaving my mask behind make me any worse of a person than the one I saw on that battlefield? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Or something worse—whatever tidal wave of spirits she’d felt coming. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

People emptying their buckets made it worse and there was a sickening stink in the kitchen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You could go blind or worse. It happens. People have no idea how dangerous having pets is.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But it’s too late now because it feels like all that would only make him feel worse. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Willoughby! What a name! Worse and worse!” said Miss Lark despairingly. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to believe in the supernatural. Not when there’s worse that roams the night.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I felt like I was only making things worse. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“He had a crack on the nut, like you did, only worse. Audrey thought he was dead, but he en’t. Just keep still now.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They are optimistic, because unlike the worldly Aristotle, they haven’t yet realized that “most things turn out for the worse.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He knew only that he had to do something, because doing nothing would feel worse. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Mouschi’s gotten into the habit of relieving herself on some newspapers or between the cracks in the floorboards, so we have good reason to fear the splatters and, even worse, the stench. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“What do you think, Cee? Have you behaved even worse than usual today?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was weak and exhausted, yet as bad as he felt, he knew that Zero felt ten times worse. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Wearing simple street clothes amid the pageantry made her feel even more the outsider—and the apprentice armband made it worse. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Ill Ignatius was beginning to feel worse and worse. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could it be any worse than lying about yourself? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It would be much worse if phone service was working perfectly and we still didn’t hear from them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And worse, that I’m actually a part of it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But that he had done things far worse, and the effects were everywhere in the cloudless sky, on the dry brown hills, shrinking skin and hide taut over sharp bone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. I hope it’s jealousy and not something worse. I don’t even know, Faizah,” I said, throwing my hands up in mock surrender. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There are worse things in life than sitting alone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At parties, I was starting to get real lonely, even when there were other people around me, and it’s worse when you leave. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my father died, when I was thirteen, it only got worse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

This is my own mother, begging.This is worse than the dole, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the Dispensary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve never met a white person worse off than me except for crazy Mister Wally, lives behind the Canton feed store and eats the cat food. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But it was no worse than getting up at the hours that they rose and it was very good against all colds and grippes and it was good for the eyes. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did I tell you? Sending me a child was a mistake. And a stupid, clumsy child who doesn’t look where he’s going...that’s even worse!” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It would be nice to have jeans that didn't do anything worse than sag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It would have been worse except for the excitement of seeing Lydia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“So what you’re saying is that I look horrible, but the alternative would be much worse?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“People got hurt. Soheil? It could have ended much, much worse for him. Actions have consequences, and now we’re all about to face them, thanks to the stunt you and your friends pulled.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Or, refusing to do so, had been imprisoned at Elsinore, or worse, killed? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Even the paper chain, great as it is, only makes me look worse. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t know which is worse—Carver or a mansion. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I was now starting to actually feel a bit angry, which then made me feel worse, as if I were fulfilling some prophecy laid out for me by the haters, as if I’d given in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We’re going to be hungry, but nothing’s worse than being caught. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But the small, hot prison cell on Holman's death row was far worse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Will says, "Yes, this is worse. Much worse." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

In the old days there had often been scenes of bloodshed equally terrible, but it seemed to all of them that it was far worse now that it was happening among themselves. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

‘It wasn’t all just roses with you and she. But maybe that sort of makes it worse for you now.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Most of them marked with bruises and scratches, some with worse. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Or part of it, for there was more to it, now, than just fear of Hooper, there were a lot more things, worse things. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The kitchen sink was full nearly to the brim with filthy greenish water which smelt worse than ever of cabbage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Or, maybe even worse, fall and show my underwear to the world. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The green swirls of the gazing ball must be distorting it, making it look worse. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

So summer passed and it became winter once more and people were suffering worse than ever from want. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, after dinner, as I was helping Willy with the last of his math homework, I realized something worse: It wasn’t only that I could walk away—I already had walked away. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The ache that had cramped his belly the past few days was worse, and when he tried to rise, he lost his balance for a second, his muscles trembling. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The second stroke was worse than the first and this was probably because Mr Coombes was well practised and had a splendid aim. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

While poverty is common around Pikeville, foster care is something much worse: a sundering of the family ties that count for so much. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But some things become worse when spoken aloud. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not make them shut up; they were worse than women. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And you should see what happens when you forget to say please. Bread and water for an entire week Forget thank you and it’s even worse.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was stuttering worse than usual and having great difficulty getting his words out. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I never realized, though, that by hiding him away from this gossiping, judgmental world, I ensured that my son would emerge shrouded in worse suspicion than I ever endured. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Annabeth said, which I somehow understood was Greek for ‘Go to the crows!’ though I had a feeling it was a worse curse than it sounded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s in the blood. Like uncle, like niece. Or mother. I dont know which would be worse. I dont seem to care.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Looks worse than it is, I feel—" "—police were here." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, to make matters worse, lately Vincent has been furious at him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was doing even worse than usual at school that semester, and they were already talking about holding me back if I didn’t improve. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re worse than a little mother,” the woman chided, but her eyes were softer than usual. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, almost all of them had colds to some extent, and Don Hume’s seemed to be settling into his chest, becoming some-thing more worrisome than a case of the sniffles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I am not angry. But you should not have flown off like that. You could have gotten hurt, or worse. I was worried sick!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was not as bad as the situation on fried chicken day, but still it was bad—a little worse than, say, fish-stick day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It only makes things worse when he says that marriage is the last thing on his mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was worse than she could ever have imagined. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even worse: Saving both camps would be only the beginning. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As for properties and banked monies, I could not raise cash from them without endangering the men I dealt with, and the better friends they were to me the worse their danger. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I’ve faced down worse things than you. If you want a fight—” “Frank, don’t.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Two carefully watches the bushes along the sidewalk for a lurking bogeyman or worse. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or worse, she would discover that Shay’s trust in David had been misplaced, which could mean... anything. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, she did spot the tape in the end, much later, and it was probably a much worse time for her to find it, but that’s the way your luck sometimes goes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would only have made it worse. And if they sensed that you knew before you went in that room, you would have been disqualified. She looked at Citra’s hands. “ Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Emma,” said she, “this paper is worse than I expected. Look! in places you see it is dreadfully dirty; and the wainscot is more yellow and forlorn than any thing I could have imagined.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The skeleton inside didn’t worry him, he found, partly because he was expecting it, and anyway he’d seen worse than that. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Which only made it, in a way, much worse. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dying sucks, I bet, but getting locked up in prison while life keeps going on without you has gotta be worse. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Allie and I went to a nearby shop and bought medicine, but Uncle’s fever grew worse day after day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the later poets he was her son and almost invariably a mischievous, naughty boy, or worse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Marly, you make me feel worse than I do already,” Mother said, blowing and blowing her red nose. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, a Kindly One in the schooll Now that we know for sure, and they know too—” “We would only make matters worse by rushing him,” Mr. Brunner said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The stench of exertion, failed bladders, and most of all, fear, stunk worse than any livestock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Carlos had woken up and called Alex a baby, and Papi had told Carlos to shut up, that Carlos had done that and worse in his day. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Had some new unfriendly inhabitant of this jungle come to pay them a visit, or was it something worse, like the hunting party? Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It would not finish it if one side stopped fighting. It would only be worse if we stopped fighting.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing could be worse than this, Eleanor thought; I have been a fool. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake in the morning alone in my bedroom at Miss Preston’s, groggy and with memories of the treacherous Rachel scratching at my brain, I’m in an even worse mood. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Or worse, he might convince her to stay. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at the note for a weirdly long time, and then I get this taste in my mouth, a horrible taste of something much worse than Mr. Landau’s chemical ribbon. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I think about walking into the room, the way it smelled—worse than stale, worse than unclean. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then when I was on my way to his house it would get worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as I do, my feet puff out worse than a busted-up can of biscuits. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He tells me that things are still going bad for me even with him not around, so he figures he can’t make my life no worse. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was like those first days in East Texas, only worse. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For better or worse, I’d fallen in love with a man with a vision who was optimistic without being naive, undaunted by conflict, and intrigued by how complicated the world was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Johnson’s room was unguarded and, if Booth had wanted to, he could have walked upstairs and knocked on the door, or worse. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every time I hear drums and gongs, I’m afraid that they’re coming to our house. My heart starts racing, and the closer they come, the worse it gets. “ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though Wormtail had flipped over a stone and revealed something ugly, slimy, and blind — but worse, a hundred times worse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’d perfected his wolf stare over the last few months—a look that said: However bad you think you are, I’m worse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But there was something far worse here than dirt, a kind of frightening witches’ Sabbath. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things cannot get any worse, so I reach for her hand despite the fact that my father is standing right there. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. That makes it worse. Think of the damage I can do.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In these few days my uneasiness has grown worse. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than sitting at headquarters would be sitting at home. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An even worse cliche, Generation X, is already degenerating. get nowhere fast. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Illegal deforestation makes it worse. Land that has been cleared for development—cattle grazing, clearing for lumber—increases the likelihood of burning. Another stress.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The mention of my parents only made the pounding in my head that much worse. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I can tell she’s here to shop with her family, too, but the way she smirks and rolls her eyes lets me know that things are gonna be even worse with me and her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The third one seemed even worse than the second. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not knowing what happened? Not knowing if he’s safe? I think it must be even worse. Worse than...” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The sound of it was worse than gnashing teeth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The others might be in trouble or hurt, or—or worse. But I guess you care more about your ship than your friends.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t go, McCoy will have a reason to call me to his office. Then he’ll have me alone and it will be even worse.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Our neighborhood has changed for the worse since we did Ghetto Life 101 in ’93—for the ultimate worse. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s worse for her than it is for me — birthing the twins near killed her. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

As the days passed, the cough grew worse until Howard arrived one day and found Smith barely able to stand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or even worse than bad luck: If you truly didn’t accept your given house, then you couldn’t be sealed with your coven during the ceremony. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“No. Which is worse. Isn’t it? I know if he came here right now, he’d only want money. But he didn’t come for the money.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I will be the one I can depend on, the one who has the power to make my life better or worse. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Don’t make things worse by watching it coming. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes flashed menacingly at the very mention of Professor Lupin’s name, and he was bullying Neville worse than ever. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The insects were much worse than on the beaches. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It looked exactly the way L.A. beaches do in the movies, only it smelled worse. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“She tasted disgusting, worse than Gurdyroots! Okay, Ron, come here so I can do you....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Things are worse here than they are in America. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm worse than a pig thief," he said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘No. Reyna, no. That wasn’t him. That was a ghost. Even worse: a mania. You were protecting your sister.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Both Francis and Henry offered to drive me home, which for some reason made me feel even worse. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Baba told me to stay up a little later when I said good night, insisting that I shouldn’t go to sleep too early or my jet lag would be worse. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I been in worse places than this. This ain’t so bad.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is done because Montana is coming, and that will be worse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I decided it would only make things worse, and maybe it would make them decide I could never go back to the integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That people began to shun her was the worse part. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry I didn’t get to you kids before. Things could have gone much worse than they did.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, it got worse. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Of course, even if you stood up to him, you'd probably just screw it up and feel even worse, like what happened with Alex. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then his head jerked violently, and he let out a shrill scream, worse than the one before. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The men were brutish, but the spirits that flitted about them were far worse. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"There is no worse crime in the world against a Headmistress! Now sit down and don't say a word! Go on, sit down at once!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her life would change so much for the worse when she remembered. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If your pain gets any worse, call for help, okay?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know things could get any worse at home, but apparently they can. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

David hated hospitals, and it was worse when he saw Owen lying in bed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The High King could make both worlds far worse than they are, could favor the Unseelie Courts, could sow discord and terror for a thousand years. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ticks and mosquitoes were indefatigable and present in huge numbers; the ticks were worse than the mosquitoes, Stirling remarked, because they had to be dug out of the flesh with a knife. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Not wishing to make things worse, Curly didn’t mention that his pistol had somehow ended up submerged in a portable toilet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was worse, what was far, far worse, was that witches were still with us. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t bear to see the doubt in their faces—or, even worse, the hope. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Such help was worse than no help at all! A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But, somehow, hearing that these strange shadows thought so too made it even worse. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There are worse things than being invisible, the monster had said, and it was right. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Every time you do this it makes the eventual payback that much worse,” Wil said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But at that stage of the game, I didn’t know how much worse bruises look on a kid with leukemia. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all a brutal business. There are going to be a lot of letters—worse than this one.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monotonous to the extreme, DNA seemed to be quite the opposite of Schrödinger’s imagined chemical—not just a stupid molecule but worse: a boring one. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

That’s worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Every night since then, she was haunted by the fear that she had somehow made things worse by seeking out the Fairy Hunt. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nat felt proud of himself, making the Mediterranean sound worse than the Cape. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t imagine how much worse Redemption felt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Not unless things get a lot worse than they are.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks even worse from here, doesn’t it?” said Harry, watching the dog pulling Ron into the roots. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I know that if I start drinking now, I will feel better for an hour or two and worse for six or seven. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were hints of much worse things around us now like a faint odor in the air, evoked by words like “plasma” and “psycho” and “sulfa,” strange words like that with endings like Latin nouns. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bad things are happening all around—theft, harassment, worse. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She had worked up an image of Orion as a towering ugly demon, even worse than Polybotes, the giant who had attacked Camp Jupiter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her grades dipped into the regular B’s, then got worse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Having nothing to do but sit in a tree makes it worse, so I decide to give into it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This was worse than writing the report, worse than standing up to give it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that it wasn’t before. It’s just that Charles was so much worse than anyone had expected. I...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His recent elevation had only made him worse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And so the other stuff—well, the alternative was way worse. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All women come to it sooner or later: she has come off perhaps worse than most. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, the supermarket offer had expired, so there were no other volumes. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later Grampa could tell I was worried about something, and he did his best to cheer me up, even took me fishing on the Tallahatchie, but that only made me feel worse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I was mistaken; tonight I found new ones, worse ones. I am the most wretched of creatures. Say you wouldn’t mind it if I killed myself so I could end this existence.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor told Deborah a second stroke was almost always worse than the first. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

For Thomas, things just seemed to be getting worse and worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s been all kinds of ways. It’s been worse.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When the Ash Being was messing with me,” Nathan said, “it was making all the bad feelings and thoughts I already had worse.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My dizziness was getting worse, and not only was Arnold waving, but there were two—no, wait, three of him. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he might wind up someplace even worse than Big Tony’s! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And now, to make it worse, I had to have church. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he thought the place he was leaving her was really worse than death. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“The other day made me realize we aren’t safe. It’s only going to get worse.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sallie was very kind, and often offered her the coveted trifles, but Meg declined them, knowing that John wouldn’t like it, and then this foolish little woman went and did what John disliked even worse. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a pretty good idea what worse meant. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Behind this thought there was a worse one, with which be dared not grapple. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nowhere, ever, will you find a worse example of humanity than grade-nine boys. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“False alarm is worse than the real one,” the driver said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You’s the worse of ’em all ’cause you tricked me into thinking we was friends, you tricked me into thinking you wasn’t one ’em laughers. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

His cleaning woman tries to take care of him, but he gets worse and worse: he stops eating, then stops speaking. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It felt a bit like she was heading toward a firing squad, except worse, because she knew that instead of dying, she was going to have to stay alive through the whole day. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

That would be worse than not being in the play at all. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The acrid odor around them seemed worse than ever. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why teenagers get a bad rap, because old people are way worse drivers.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Something wrong with his leg and something worse with his chest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was worse because Edward was a different rabbit now. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Everything just gets worse when I reach inside, and a million times worse when I dump everything onto the floor. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But it was the long wait for my father to come home that was worse. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The nervousness grew worse with each passing moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My worst nightmare was that I would open the locker one morning and find that all three had spilled or, worse still, had split. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hit echoed in my gut—along with the horrible knowledge that everything was about to get worse. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Don't make it worse than it already is. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t an irrational thought, for there was no profession in the state of Texas with worse job security than that of high school football coach. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Honeybees have a better sense of smell than other insects,” said Priscilla, “but a worse sense of taste.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And I saw worse tortures, too—things I don’t want to describe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If the potential hazards of the chemosterilants are not constantly borne in mind we could easily find ourselves in even worse trouble than that now created by the insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He stared out at a magnificent banyan tree along a route that Pérez’s driver took, and said softly, “I’ve worked for eighteen years in Haiti, and everything has gotten worse.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But maybe even something worse had happened; maybe they had discovered that she was dead and maybe the police were looking for him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet acceptance in your tone jolted me, and I wondered if my lie about Kutti not loving us enough to stay had hurt you worse than if I’d pretended he’d died. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I clenched my fists, but that made the trembling worse. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung stared at him awhile and then in compassion he said suddenly, “Now you have fared worse than we and what have you eaten?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

To take on such edgy and controversial material and fail would surely be far worse than presenting a production of Beauty and the Beast that falls just a little flat. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But even worse, they would totally start laughing at her about this. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

No one bothered to tell me to move my party to another date, and worse yet, they were having the biggest Christmas party of the season without inviting me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Echo made things worse by running among them, tripping and tackling as many as she could. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even from this far away I can see he’s in worse shape than before. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Writing about my pain will only make it worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"And when he did not, you knew your danger was worse than ever, so you gave your catspaw a bag of silver to make certain Bran would never wake." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The smell wasn’t quite as nice as the crops, but still, he imagined it could’ve been a lot worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And at some point, it would get worse, just as it had before. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And Tad thought he couldn’t have felt any worse about how he’d behaved. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One of them says, “Man, Mercedes’s breath smells worse than your shoes!” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In a city that was fast falling apart, it was seen as an omen that even worse things were yet to come. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In its place was something far worse—shock. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She’d heard the slur before, and worse besides, but it always felt like a slap to her face when she did. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

What could possibly be worse than day one? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Harry felt even worse when they reached his vault. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She deserved the chill, the loneliness, the drunks and the trash, a thousand worse punishments and tortures. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was as hot as Bougainville and the bugs were even worse. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or false-pity me not having parents, calling me an “orphan girl” or worse. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Mary Lou, I’ve just survived a plane crash, and now I’m stuck on a hostile island with no food and no way off. Trust me, you’re not going to make me feel any worse.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

On the gurney in the emergency room, the blood had made the wound look much worse than it was. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Bod was just glad the sack smelled of nothing worse than dusty wood. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"Out of here with you now, before I give the same to you, and worse!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He nudged me with his warm nose, like he wanted to comfort me, but it only made me hurt worse. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now that I can see them, the pain is so much worse. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her uncle’s seething smelled worse than his fuming. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As Professor Matthews wrote at the time, “Education for ignorance and for inferiority in Verwoerd’s schools is worse than no education at all.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She begins to pace her office, and her eyes stab into me, warning of whippings and worse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The prettier the sky looked, the worse he felt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Did he hurt you worse than that cut on your face? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a long-drawn, arduous and painful event that left me bathing in sweat and helpless with exhaustion, a trial worse than a high fever. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, it continued just like that...and the stink keeps getting worse and worse. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But I felt worse, and was worse off, than when I had first entered this room less than a year before. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And when Daddy passed away, that just made things worse. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Whatever punishment awaited the other Smokies, it would be a hundred times worse for them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It made Tad feel worse about everything that had happened earlier. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ilya’s answer was possibly even worse than demanding they be turned in. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Is a deep, hard cough worse than what had been. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was almost at the edge of the trees when Nin’s gruff voice reached her again, quick with warning: “And don’t you forget, girl. There’s worse than redcoats out there.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When it grew worse he thought only of the pain itself, and of his desire for food. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Fear of things getting even worse and my not being able to get back home. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I can smell her breath, which is worse than the rag, and I feel the silence behind all these words. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Nor did Sticky, who regretted his outburst, not least because it was imprudent to discuss cheating in the corridor, and even worse to mention Morse code. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I guess there really are some things worse than divorce and custody agreements. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

If the men did not take me away that afternoon, I would get an even worse punishment than I had before. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed like he was only trying to make me feel worse. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“If they gave us a straight answer and someone else saw it, we’d be in even worse shape.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or worse: Octavian was actively in league with the earth goddess. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He remained in the hut for several days without moving or speaking, and then one night he took a turn for the worse. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s too dangerous to use with a whirlpool like that. More wind might just make things worse.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I can’t look any worse than the man next to me, dancing like a Tyrannosaurus rex. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It also means that the world is a worse place without her in it.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

That classical music stuff makes you drift off worse than NyQuil, then fires you awake soon as the violins get to screaming. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

What is worse—a world where Hideo fights against violence, or a world where Zero fights using it? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wished they would go away, because nothing was worse than someone wanting you to talk when the words you needed to say hadn’t even been invented yet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, Penelope was unfamiliar with the expression he used and was, therefore, none the worse for hearing it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

You want to cry, too, for her lost landscape, but instead it comes out as a laugh, which makes you feel even worse, and so you laugh even louder. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not hungry” “Make sure you scrub the kitchen floor today. In fact I’d concentrate on the kitchen. It’s worse than anything else.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

So, basically, Chas’s most horrible night in his life had just gotten worse. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was hair- raising enough to see the thing racing my way; worse still was the fear that it would keep going straight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In reality, the fair was far behind schedule, with worse delay forestalled only by the winter’s mildness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I trudged home, feeling pretty lousy, only to discover something worse. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This is the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returned to work, appearing none the worse for wear, but was out of work again on a leave of absence during July and August 1948. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Which did not help the thirst, made it much worse. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I just started freaking out and feeling worse and worse.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

This was a thousand times worse than hitting a statue with a twig. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than going there was staying home, where Henry might be. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was no better or worse than most. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All of the American leaders have committed treason against the King. You cannot deny that. Treason is the highest offense under English law, worse than murder. And what is the punishment for treason, my friends?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way she told it—even now, six years later—freaked me out worse than any ghost story I’d ever heard. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment he admitted, somewhat reluctantly, “Besides, you did seem to...well, you’re worse off than the rest of us, at least. They can wait.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It only got worse as I flipped the clipboard over. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A cottonwood landed atop a Forest Service pickup being driven by Carl Abeyta, who received a broken nose and a mild concussion from the incident, but, unfortunately, nothing worse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Lord will forgive you if you ask,” he said, very disgusted and quiet, the tone of voice that makes me feel worse than any other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The space between us is worse than our awkwardness, worse than not knowing what she's thinking during our long stretches of silence. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And most horrible was the pain in her head that had been getting worse all day. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, Chief Swan arrived before they could get me safely away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A week later, two weeks, three weeks, when things had become suddenly so much worse, I tried to call her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, the path broke off entirely and sheer cliffs loomed ahead of them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Each time I would expect him to be gone; or worse, I would expect him to say I could not come in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The windows were almost completely fogged up, and they got even worse as I continued to act like I’d been possessed by demons. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But judging from Percy’s story, Annabeth had worse problems to worry about than being grounded. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It is worse than anyone could have imagined,” the father says to the mother after returning from his village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s about to get worse. You just don’t know it yet.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“They were a warning to keep you safe. There’s worse things than hags out there.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes bad things are meant to happen so it can bring attention to the worse things that will happen if someone doesn’t pay attention. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t think of anything worse than a teeny baby wheelchair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And worse is the false sense of security you get when you come up, only to be pushed right back under. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even worse things could happen to a young woman at the hands of the victorious Communist troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I am tempted to tell them it was Judy’s boyfriend, Douglas, but realize it will only be worse to drag other people in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything; he watched my face warily as the pain that had nothing to do with broken bones, pain that was infinitely worse, threatened to crush me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The nice thing about the finished ticket was that it all sounded worse than it was, containing words such as assault, unhygienic act, threats, etc. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family problems seemed to grow on my back like a tumor, and whatever I did, they just grew worse. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where does a woman go when she leaves one man who hits her and is just as likely to wind up with another man who hits her, maybe even worse than the first? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His lopsided walk is worse when he’s tired. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

That would be worse, today of all days that would be far worse. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“He makes out he’s worse than he is,” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Phineas might begin to curse me with every word he knew, he might lose his head completely, he would certainly be worse off for it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, when he saw her, he would pretend nothing had happened—or worse, laugh in her face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Indulging my grandfather’s obsession with them had made me worse, not better. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Listen here. Don’t you be fretting for us. You stop this crying, you just riling that African boy up, honey. You don’t wanna make things no worser for him, do you?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The more she talked that way, the worse I felt. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse, Werfel had collected some of the airy art of elfinkind, captured generations ago in some raid—paintings of heroes riding griffins and kings playing chess. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I still went to the pictures, though, but the meanness got worse. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came every time he slept now, and worse than before, if that was possible. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than being perpetually underdressed was being garishly overdressed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She pulled it out three times to get it right, but then she worried that it was worse to keep pulling it out than for it to grow slightly crooked. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The situation was immediately made worse by certain members of the striking police force, who circulated through the crowds, encouraging them to create even larger disturbances. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then it was two years later, and it was just a little bit worse. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, the wind shifted around and began holding them off as well. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Jason had hoped that particular ghost would stay away, but every night the dream got worse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He knows now the lavatory is worse and he takes me with him to the Town Hall to complain.The man there says, Mister, all I can tell you is you can move. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear felt numb with disappointment; he wondered how much worse it must be for Min. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And somehow, this almost feels worse than the staring and the whispering. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the past three months, her ulcers have gotten much worse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was nothing I hated worse than clumps of whispering girls who got quiet when I passed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, there are worse misdeeds than those that are done for a higher purpose.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was much worse being tossed, in the same naked state, from the hands of one grubby, laughing boy to another. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“But yeah, I am coming back. We only have two months left, after all. And if I don’t go back, things are only going to get worse.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They gave the medicine to sick children and parents and took it themselves when fevers and coughs grew worse. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever pain he felt was being felt ten times worse by Derrick. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

What was worse, Lola had made it clear that she too would be acting on sufferance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The dementors affect you worse than the others because there are horrors in your past that the others don’t have.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I know other people have it a lot worse. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘If there are no worse things ahead than the Old Forest, I shall be lucky,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But a lot of people are worse off than me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Since leaving St. Louis, Alice had heard nothing from home and feared her mother’s illness might have gotten much worse. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Or worse, not being allowed to leave footprints at all. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to make him feel worse. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, the little toe on my right foot got stuck in the vacuum cleaner. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She must know about Theresa Carmody and the green sofa, how I got her into a state of sin and sent her to hell, the worst sin of all, worse than Carrigogunnell a thousand times. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The only actual change that had come over him in the past years was that, for some reason, his impediment had gotten worse. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This was even worse than a nurse joke. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“There are probably worse ways to die than falling into a river, having a great time with your friends right up until the end,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I think deep down, we have a feeling things are actually getting worse, and it’s too scary to think about,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve never tasted dog food but I’m sure this was worse—brownish squares of congealed meat fat from rusted tins, which, lacking utensils, we dug out with our fingers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

You never heard if ideas were better in another city, only if they were worse. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if that meant I was going to be in trouble every time I opened my mouth, my life here would be even worse than I had imagined. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Momma used to say the Indian was even worse off than the Negro, because instead of being taken from his land he'd had his land taken from him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Finally a voice piped up from the back of the room: “His brother was worse.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing worse than a freshly dug grave with snow falling on it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I realized that there was something worse than running, worse even than the schools. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The worse the riots got, the worse Romney was going to do. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But, hey, as far’s I can tell, you people got it worse than us. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, because of thick fog, they couldn’t see the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I asked my father this, and he told me that life was even worse for women in Afghanistan, where a group called the Taliban had taken over the country. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could think of much worse kids to have as a brother-in-law. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And even worse, I never asked her what frightened me the most: Why had she given up hope? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only disaster worse than my room was the kitchen after Dad attempted to cook. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I can think of worse things,” she said, with a brief sideways glance that pierced me to the heart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It's worse than anything I've ever experienced, worse even than the first time I got cut in that knee. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His jaw drops; clearly, my bruising and swelling look worse than yesterday. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Robert and his council of cravens and flatterers would beggar the realm if left unchecked ... or, worse, sell it to the Lannisters in pay-ment of their loans. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My head started pounding, a thousand times worse than before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Except this time, it would be a robot face in a cap and gown, which is even worse. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can understand Bep’s wanting to put an end to her indecision; four weeks ago she decided to write him off, but then she felt even worse. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It looked so much worse than it had earlier. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I think you better go down and get the Captain. Bring him up here in case it gets worse.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the presentations started, and my stomach felt a whole lot worse. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“That just makes it worse,” he said, and walked out just as Evan picked up Celia with one arm and she began squealing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I try not to have any negative thoughts about white people or fear how much worse it could get for Negroes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s worse than that, Van Eck. If I fail, I don’t get paid.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was being mocked, or she was being punished—she did not know which was worse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I feel a little queasy, but other than that, I’m fine. Thought it’d be a lot worse.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It's hard to imagine a place that's hotter than our jail cell in summer when the fan cuts off and the smell of sweat and sewage clogs my nostrils worse than usual. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The weather had turned cooler, but I was still sweating, anxious to get this over with, paranoid that Adrian and Jay were going to jump me and do worse than pour paint over my head. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When it was worse than bedsprings, when it was shouting or crying, they'd huddle together, all five of them, on Eleanor's bed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

There are worse things happening in this world. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, everyone else around me sounded just like me or a little worse. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But to make things even worse, this is the year of the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games, and that means it’s also a Quarter Quell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her face, Bull read a history of too much caffeine and nicotine and too much of something else, but whatever it was, it was much worse. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako realized that the only thing worse than this horrible hot soup would be the same soup when it was cold. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Electricity. Decent lighting. It’s not climate-controlled, but it could be worse. At least I’m not in the desert like Oppenheimer.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Each day they delved more deeply into the secrets of the “castle,” and each day turned up additional evidence that Holmes was something far worse than even Geyer’s macabre discoveries indicated. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Why should I get hurt? I couldn’t be any worse off than I was before. Even Algernon is still smart, isn’t he? As long as he’s up there I’m in good shape.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Baaz seemed to genuinely not know what she was talking about, which meant he’d either inhaled too much smoke last night or had far worse plans for her punishment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Janie was tired and limping, but she had not had to do that hard swimming in the turbulent waters, so Tea Cake was much worse off. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But before Charles could even seal that letter for the post, the baby took a turn for the worse. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We won’t know until we x-ray it. It may be worse if you don’t stop moving that leg.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At about noontime, the mumbling got worse, and I could feel him trying to get to his feet. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t think of anything worse than having to describe myself. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

None of them suffered a worse doom than his daughter Niobe. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could get him fired, or worse, cause serious trouble for his family. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s worse when my eyes are open and so I close them again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But his grammar was worse than Trotter’s, and, to Gilly’s disgust, he’d stumble over words of more than one syllable whenever he read the Bible. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The only place to go was the tree house, which was worse than either of the others, but something was telling me I had to go, so I did. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even worse, Christian mobs were killing and maiming Jews in brutal pogroms and riots. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to be punished. Things could be worse, you know.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I must have looked worse for wear, too. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And I personally can’t imagine much worse than being tried for my life by a Vermont circuit-court judge and a jury box full of telephone operators.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ill And they inevitably move into more and more, worse and worse, illegality and immorality. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might be worse off for crossing her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We are only able to deal with them when they have made their appearance, and we must use the methods of medical care for this, as best we can, for better or worse. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spend it unwisely, most likely, perhaps even disastrously on drink or worse. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hall at the bottom was worse than the stairway. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There was hardly room for any of them to move, yet the rolling and pitching of the coach seemed worse rather than better for the load. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But this feels different and worse than our normal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Sure, I guess. But, for better or worse, this is our home.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“If I remember correctly, my exact words were, ‘you’ve certainly looked worse.’ Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt, however, took a turn for the worse. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Constance asked, launching into a tirade about how ill-prepared they were, how little time they had, and how this plan was giving her a worse headache than the hidden-message broadcasts did. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a time it seemed the girl might be fine, but eventually her wounds became worse, and she died, just nine years old. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The sound was usually dissonant and sometimes even worse. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She says, “And worse, I ate mushrooms one time in the sand box with my little brother. Boy! Never do that! We had to go to the hospital. They made us throw up.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

At the New York Café it is much worse than it used to be. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was worse than the Duct Tape Incident, because I always knew that the Kevin Richmans of the world didn’t like me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He turned and found that the dream was little worse than the waking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“And it would be even worse for you.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sit as still as you can. It’ll rock a bit, but if you get frightened and panic, it’ll be ten times worse. Just sit still.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even worse than being tipped out as the water fell would be being dragged below as it rose. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, you just keep making it worse. Why are you doing this to me?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later Fang was gasping for air again, and if possible he seemed even worse than before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She explained that I was dying because the infection in my head had grown worse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I was well and Mother was much worse, too sick to drink or eat anything. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel something stir in my chest, something worse than sadness, worse than regret. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And how could it not get worse when somebody calls up to say that your father’s gone, too? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And to make it worse, everyone loved me for it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be alone, and it would be worse than ever before, for now I knew what it meant to have constant companionship, both human and feathered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to make me feel better, but I only feel worse. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Running a mile in PE last year had been way worse than having to clean my room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They lived in one room and that was a garage and now they were letting someone view their situation and, even worse, be part of it? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

What’s worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And if you are worrying about Black Riders, I can’t see that it is any worse meeting them on a road than in a wood or a field.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Would it be better or worse to be dead? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Piper didn’t even cry, but just sat there looking completely blank which was worse. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had been hiding something worse than sadness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Harry had been wrong: What he had read had indeed made him feel worse. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It looks even worse in the full sun. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After all, going out in the Maze was no worse than staying in the Glade with open Doors. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re worse than the dog. At least the dog didn’t know what it did was wrong when it broke into my home. Go upstairs. Pack your things.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They are even worse than the boys in jail school. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Something dreadful. These messages are connected to it, but they are only the beginning. What’s coming is worse, far worse—a looming darkness, like storm clouds sweeping in to cover the sky.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it would get worse for me before it got better. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or worse, as if we had forgotten the Erik Fisher Football Dream. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dull pain in his belly never went away, but sometimes it grew better and sometimes worse, and his thoughts expanded or contracted accordingly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We might have watched her, hanging by a strap umpteen feet in the air, but, even worse, she had been forced to watch us. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, one night after a bombing mission, their aircraft got stuck at their intermediate airfield without food and low on fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was worse because Mr. Varner called on me in Trig when my hand wasn’t raised and I had the wrong answer. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The booms that came next were infinitely worse—the thundering of something heavy falling and the resounding crack of metal snapping. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You know, studies show that cramming the day before a big test is actually worse for you than just taking the day off.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Believe it or not, you will now do a lot worse at picking that face out of a lineup. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s worse now. Maybe because I’m thinking about what I’m doing after graduation next year.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I definitely can’t say anything now because it would really make things worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that Shoji was dealing with everything worse than me—I was always the problem. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to smooth her features back to the way they had been, but I made them even worse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

To make it worse, I have no idea how this Free Lunch Program thing works. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I had expected to feel much worse than I did. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think she will either. She follows faith in her own way. It’s my duty to ask. You come, if you’ve a mind. If the storm gets worse. More than you two can handle.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, I find this scrap of paper after art class on Friday when I am on cleanup. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I really will go, if you want me to. I just think we better talk it through with Haymitch. Make sure we won’t be making things worse for everyone.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew full well that the next few weeks were going to be an agony of waiting and that leaving myself unoccupied would make things much, much worse. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Will the mess look worse than what was in the Hells Angel’s bucket?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If you try to interfere with us it will be the worse for you. Silver and Blackberry, take the does and go on. The rest of us will join you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sure appreciate the money you been sending but with her cough getting worse I may need a little something extra to get her to the doctor if you have it to spare. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the lunchroom one day, one of the Hasidim accused a member of the Revisionist youth group of being worse than Hitler. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing worse than having to fight for your crummy, ugly sister whom half the neighborhood is in love with. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although I know I’m risking another brand on my forehead or worse, I say, “Excuse me, but I don’t believe those two fictional characters ever met.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Which both made me feel better and worse. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This time, his performance was even worse—in biology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I could never forgive him for that. Horribly uncomfortable, having only one horn. But the situation was worse for poor Deianira. She could have had a long, happy life married to me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her horse had found his way back on his own, looking none the worse for his experience in the unicorn’s grove. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

To tell the interviewer that I knew the woman was lying seemed worse than translating what the woman said as accurately as I could and letting the interviewer figure it out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

No. Going to Songdo was hardly possible, but not going was worse. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Everything is worse than a minute ago when we still thought we might find him. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Is it going to make you feel worse? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not all immigrants believed that was true, but as one historian has written, “Whenever life could hardly be worse at home, they came to believe that life was better in America.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Which was even worse than being kicked out. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I think as long as anybody feels chosen, the problems will get worse.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seen pictures of worse things that had happened in bombings in Palestine. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately, it is, and even worse, I know exactly what it feels like,” said Wanda. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be worse if you don’t. My gran sent me one once, and I ignored it and” — he gulped — “it was horrible.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They hurt, but my left knee is worse—I feel it crash against the handlebars when I fly over them, and then land on something sharp and painful. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But now I know that not having him would be worse. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But far worse than this was the fact that she was still in her clothes, for she had firmly refused the offer of Mae’s spare nightgown, with its seeming miles of faded cotton flannel. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things were infinitely worse because of Denmark and all his plots and plans for freedom. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But worse than that, yesterday morning I had found him kneeling on the flagstones of the hotel terrace with a magnifying-glass in his hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The more questions she asked, the worse he felt, and if she asked one more question, he just might tell her everything. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

What had been worse than all the other people’s houses – perhaps, in some ways, even worse than here – had been the private hotel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It makes me consider demoting him back to “creepy dude,” but worse, because now it’s “creepy dude with a gun.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She’d always known the punishment for what she’d done was going to be bad, but this was far worse than anything she could have fathomed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It gets worse,” says Kelton, who must have already seen this on another station. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But to refuse to see him could be worse. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gets worse, because he keeps this up. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The hunger was the worst, worse than the mosquitoes, worse than any of it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or worse, he pictured a wife with no throat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the nation’s economic depression was growing steadily worse, its labor situation more volatile. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So by the time we set off again, following Rodney in search of the office where he’d seen Ruth’s possible the month before, the atmosphere between us was worse than ever. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up feeling worse than when my head had hit the pillow the night before. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Could have been a lot worse, if you hadn’t been there. You’re all set.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If I told them I liked girls, they’d think I’m worse than you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She hated losing Daedalus’s laptop, with all its fantastic programs and data, but she had worse problems. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The rain seems to be following him; whenever he thinks it is about to stop, a few yards on it gets worse. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've been in trouble before, but somehow the gun pointed at my back and the heavy irons on my wrists make me think that this is much worse than stealing a pie from the kitchens. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I put my head on his shoulder and wondered whether a little time in some sort of mental institution would be worse than several months of slavery. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But now I’m trying not to think about it too much because that makes it worse. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But if Ellsberg’s personal life was finally looking up, the situation in Vietnam was getting worse. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And even worse—like I shouldn't be here. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If he spent the rest of his life being stared at by a giant eye and hummed over, things could be worse. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

T. Ray hated female puberty worse than anything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worse things are for me, the better some folks like it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We’ve put more than a hundred thousand more troops into the country over the last year, and there’s been no improvement. Things aren’t any better at all. That means the underlying situation is really worse!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to say which is worse, seeing it run out and waste the water, or seeing it hold in and wreck the shoes.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t doing any kind of spell or anything, but making her feel worse made me feel better. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her actions did earn her a one-week suspension from the school, but the nineteen-year-old had endured far worse penalties in the past and had no regrets about the incident. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Tyger, this is a really bad idea—worse than any of your other bad ideas.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He shelved his newly completed fourth symphony, sensing that its dark modernity might make matters worse, and for a while retreated to the relative safety of film scoring. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I see that I don’t have to do what she says, and worse and better, I’ve never had to do what she says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or worse—perhaps he would feel obligated to tend her in her remaining days. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

These examples may sound extreme, but real life can be worse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had thought my mother’s rules were strict but soon realized that my grandparents’ were many times worse. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Even worse,I was a girl child—and a spotted one at that, because I was born with a skin condition called vitiligo, which caused me to look like a baby leopard. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me wonder if things were worse than I thought. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The only thing that could have been worse was if the pictures had shown the white feathers on my butt. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s noisier now, as if whatever he fixed has gotten worse. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Imagine if you couldn’t stop the number invasion. That would be worse.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because I live in that community, and it seems to be getting worse and worse and worse every year. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the car proceeded at a moderate speed, which was hardly ever, the whistle sounded no worse than an hellish roar. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except much worse, if it’s possible to imagine: a strange pattern of dark, round burn marks all along her cheek. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

To make things worse, he was having trouble finishing thoughts and thinking up solutions. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Some of them do. Some are very delicate and feel worse than any of us.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The payments, even if high and festooned with interest, are no worse than renting an apartment and fighting the owner for heat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been worse if she had been stuck in her transformed state, unable to say good-bye. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Every time I visited her, when finally they led her—a case, a number—back inside from where we had been sitting together, I felt worse. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being attacked was frightening to begin with, and in this case the timing couldn’t have been worse. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt worse when I remembered that I had to clean the Western Union and be at school on time to welcome the incoming freshmen at the school assembly. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And she discovered that what she had foolishly thought of as his typical low-level recreational drug use was really something much worse. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And to make things worse, when Captain Newport leaves in December, he takes a lot of our food stores with him, saying he and his sailors will need them for the long voyage home. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The smell was thick in the air, worse than ever before. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The difficult terrain of the ramp was unexpected, but it looked no worse than other terrain he routinely navigated. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By the love of Saint Arnulf the King,” he said, “you could do much worse than being bound to me.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And of course now my top looks worse than before. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was no comparison; the wait had been immeasurably worse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In my cave the tedium is worse, of course. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those people’s problems always seemed much worse, yet much more easily solvable, than her own. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Remember our Lord Lister ID cards? How quickly they were passed to the Gestapo? And this is worse—it's no game." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew it could be a lot worse than that if I sat down in the wrong place. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took her time with me—and that made it so much worse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Past the musk of rot, I thought I detected another stench worse than the first. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Blast him, blast him and all, I think, in more or less those words and worse as I stomp across our farm. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Danny’s gloom and frustration grew worse day by day, despite the fact that the students in his Talmud class looked upon him with open-mouthed awe. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I would be worse off than I am now, and Madoc would likely be dead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Why, if it’s going to be all right, do we see it getting worse every day? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hurts worse than anything else in the world, like it’s burning for a while, and there’s a sharp pain for a while?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the saliva only made her burning eyes worse. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This life is for the dogs. No, it’s worse. Dogs can at least seek out their food. I can’t even do that.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There was nothing worse than being in massive pain and stuck in the only path to possible escape because you were too big to fit through the hole others had already gone through. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She’d pinned her drawings and old photos of New Orleans on the walls, but that only made her homesickness worse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I clasped them together, decided that was worse and just crossed my arms on my chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If worse came to worst, they had homes to return to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It made his constant headaches that much worse. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I liked her and that made it worse. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t think I can swim, Hazel. I’m worn out, and Pipkin’s a good deal worse than I am.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what happened last week. Well, it’s pretty much a lot worse than you imagined.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The audience held themselves quiet, tense, and tight, as if the song had burned them worse than flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That would make her Erik’s widow instead of Erik’s wife, which could be better or a good deal worse, depending on his grandsons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine a worse thing to tell a kid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I ponder ignoring him but know that he will make my life immensely worse, so I turn and walk toward the rolled-down window. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Ghosts, it seemed, were like painful truths—you could ignore them, try to keep them secret, but sooner or later, they were going to come out, for better or worse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s worse than a lemon,” her twin elaborated. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If there are worse ideas than this, I don’t know what they are. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Even worse than our driving lessons, believe it or not." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Friends too scared of people making fun of them or worse if they decided to stay friends. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even worse was when Mom said how cute it would be if the two of us ended up dating. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

What if she mistook it for a different pool that was ten times worse? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not because of the physical hardships: he had been through worse times on fishing trips down the coast of Mexico. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, all the worse, then, when you try to call me or Johnny up and find out that we’ve OD’ed, or been shot, or come back here even worse, or just disappeared.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s as bad as the rest of the house, if not worse. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Will this be worse, to have him denuded, of all his cloth power? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left her scraps to eat, worse than what they fed the dogs in the street. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome stood completely still, as if any movement might make everything suddenly even worse. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I patted her shoulder and said I was sorry her pa died, but that just made her cry worse. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing worse than that. I’m trying to bribe you with a cup of coffee. It’s worse than that, too. I’m suggesting a dollop of Old Granddad in the coffee.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I’d expected, but it wasn’t for Maddie to just stay quiet the entire time and then imply I was making things worse. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And they were little boys, therefore fundamentally uncommunicative, with no gift for intimacy, and worse, they had diluted their identities, for she had never found this missing triangle of flesh. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Snow will ensure that his life is much worse than death. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But then something worse happened: Terrible droughts struck the parts of the world that always grew the most food. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But worse, the jumble of ice that stretched for hundreds of miles in every direction gave the wind a grip on the ice pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I was taught that it was worse than death. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask her if Drew really did have work after practice, but the last thing I needed was Stephanie launching an investigation on my behalf, most likely making the situation even worse. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And it seemed like not being able to keep a lookout for Red would be even worse. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know what I was looking for, but I can tell you the fear of waiting to get caught was worse than getting caught. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Even worse, this trend may be due partly to the fact that burdens an attentive reader with ten words, seven levels, and more than two dozen branches. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He did not think he could stand to discuss Sirius; it had been painful enough to hear Uncle Vernon say “His godfather’s dead?” and even worse to hear Sirius’s name thrown out casually by Slughorn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘You soon broke down. Anyone would have thought you had a guilty conscience. I hope it was nothing worse than a wicked plot to steal one of my blankets.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then when I close my eyes to go to sleep it’s even worse. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then a worse thought occurred to her: What if these awful people follow us into the other world? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

To be quite honest, I must say that since then things have been getting worse and worse. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse than hunger has been the monotony of my days. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But then, Sam Riddle probably feels worse than we do right now.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Incomplete planning, poor judgment, bad luck, and worse weather conspired against him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She keeps on with the stain, diligently making it worse and worse, but says nothing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure if that would make it better or worse. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In prison, the only thing worse than bad news about one’s family is no news at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not imagine that matters could get worse, but they did. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My life sucks worse than a greedy black hole.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even his mother said he was worse than Don Jaime had ever been. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this time her eyes got all glassy and a couple tears came running down her cheeks, which made the pressure on the back of my eyes get way worse. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But now I think it might hurt worse not to see it through.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Their situation must have been much worse than anything I saw in the city. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, and to make a bad situation even worse, the ongoing debate between Federalists and Republicans had degenerated into ideological warfare. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In no time he’d be back in the slammer, for doing something even worse. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled. Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to bed.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I felt worse when I read Miss Bell’s note at the bottom of the paper, asking me to see her after class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

These studies have led some policing experts to conclude that racial profiling is actually “worse” in white communities, because the racial disparities in stop and search rates are much greater there. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had wanted everything to be different, and here it was; and not only was it bad, it was about to get worse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of anything worse for an old man than getting beat up by his wife’s former fee-ance. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He felt worse and worse as he began to groom his damp fur. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

For better or worse, the coming decades were to be about music taking on the task of reforming humanity, dreaming up a new Utopia and leading the arts to unite mankind. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

"Our position is worse than you know," his father went on. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But I have had worse things than that, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve made up their minds, and arguing with them will only make my punishment worse. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Doreah took a fever and grew worse with every league they crossed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I clamped my lips tight to keep from saying something that would make things worse. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I worried the others would start believing the hype about me—or worse yet, I would. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It feels like someone kicked me in the stomach, only a hundred times worse. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You can hear them clanking ten leagues off” There were more, near as mad or worse: Lord Wobble- cheeks, the Drunken Conqueror, the Beastmaster, Pudding Face, the Rabbit, the Charioteer, the Perfumed Hero. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I’d have been lying if I said I didn’t think my presence in his life had only made things worse for him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But being sent to Mobile and causing her family to live thereafter with bowed heads was worse: she didn’t even wish that on Alexandra. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He drank in the hotel lobby, and the more he drank, the worse the plan sounded. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cried myself to sleep in my dormitory cot every night, and of course, that only made my asthma worse. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing could be worse than what they’d already gone through, she thought. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded my yes, which only felt worse since I was not a nodder. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I thought things couldn’t get worse, I was wrong. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He makes me shiver, but the man I sometimes see him with is worse. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to make her grandma’s reputation worse. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I screamed at him some more; that made him worse. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the image of him flopping down on the gravel shoulder, confused, was worse. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Gabe’s smell was almost worse than the nightmares about Mrs. Dodds, or the sound of that old fruit lady’s shears snipping the yarn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I let it go, glad I hadn’t had to hurt it worse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

To make things even worse, he encourages people who may know something about the event to come forward and speak with the administration—and says that your identity will be protected if you do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The businessman was in worse shape: he had no shoes; one foot was covered in blood; he couldn’t put pressure on his ankle and held onto the cop’s shoulder like a crutch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“There is power in a king’s blood,” the old maester had warned, “and better men than Stannis have done worse things than this.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then it was a year later, and it was just a little bit worse. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My legs were shaking for fear that my mom, or worse, my dad, would catch me, so as soon as Sra. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Seventh grade started out even worse than the sixth. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Things got worse when the conversation turned to Cyprus. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What could she do that was worse than getting rid of all of Cool Papa’s things? Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It’s even worse for citizens from the Philippines and Mexico, where applicants from 1994 and 1997, respectively, are up for consideration. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It felt worse than almost anything else in his life, and when he went home, he had gone straight up to his room and pulled the covers over his head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The thing to me worse than death was the betrayal. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, that fear of his self-abandonment—far worse than my abandonment—how it goaded me! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Another scream, worse than before, erupted from his ravaged throat—it came out sounding like the roar of an enraged animal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was mud or worse streaked on my palms, and I wouldn’t be able to sit still until I had scrubbed away all traces. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was late when Threpe and I took the stage, and we weren’t the only ones worse for drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Who cannot be reported missing, because if the police found her, it would be worse for her than if they'd never gone looking at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even when they were safely away from the inn, and Catelyn Stark slowed them to a trot, it was a miserable pounding journey over rough ground, made worse by his blindness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In many urban areas, the gap is far worse, rising to more than 37 percent in places like New York City. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope he looks worse than you do,” he said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As if thinking about a worse situation was really going to make you feel better? The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fast way to go. Other ways could have been worse.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I remember the glow of T's wide smile and how, deep in my stomach, I was afraid we were going to get caught and hauled off the roof by my dad or someone even worse. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As happy as I was to see him here, alive, I'd never, ever, ever in my whole life felt worse about the fact that he had to do what he did for me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My father’s ticket was much worse—he was doing 93 on the turnpike. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Be worse when we’re home and I’m sleeping alone again,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Is that labyrinth really worse than this one? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dr. Johnson shook her head and said quietly, “Things are bad enough, Victor. Don’t make them worse. Now come along with me.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strangely, he wasn’t afraid, but he wasn’t hopeful either, which felt much worse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was feeling worse, feeling more and more dizzy. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She might get out of being toadified somehow, even if Thorn and Seven didn’t defeat the Nightbeast, but Seven thought that maybe her life at home would be even worse than that. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Having been given a little ray of hope, the loss of it was worse than not having had it at all. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You are not much the worse. Go into the room, and lie on your sofa, and rest awhile; then have much breakfast, and come here to me.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t cared much on International Mother Language Day, but now the mistakes made her feel even worse. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

And worse, the teeth had braces, bands of corroded scummy metal with pieces of fish and driftwood and floating garbage stuck between them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was exactly how I felt that fall—criminal, and worse, one who'd gotten away with it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thoughts that could get him run out of town or worse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Black people found themselves yet again powerless and relegated to convict leasing camps that were, in many ways, worse than slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well that couldn’t have gone much worse,” the old man muttered as he rubbed at the shoulder of the arm the constable had twisted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For better or worse Dove was now his own private property. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t visit, she would make it hurt worse for longer than if he gave in. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“In case things get worse. The church must have someplace for girls to go, an orphanage or something.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

If he’s finally dead now and laid to rest in some African voodoo cemetery, or worse yet eaten up by the wild animals, well, amen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stared, the cut seemed to get bigger, blacker, worse than it was. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For better and worse, my daily fate was thenceforth sealed, and I was freed of the awful unpredictability of Sergeant Holmes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the truck arrived with the boxes of family books, and things got worse. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angry the worse for not daring to show it to the robots that, one by one, were entering the room and then leaving. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

With the wind I went more slowly and had to stop more often because of the water spilling over the sides, but the leak did not grow worse. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought there was no way my life could get worse. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Besides, nothing could be worse than what had already happened to me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘I hope there are not many more hobbits that have become like this. It would be a worse trouble than all the damage the Men have done.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the ache in our bellies was worse. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing I hate worse than Stygian iron.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s worse because the toilet bowl is dark red with blood. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was in far worse shape than before. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

And then, as if to make things worse, she heard a sound that filled her with alarm. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s worse than any drug giggles I ever got. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I knew that if I pushed him, Mr. D would show me worse things. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He walked away, leaving Harry feeling worse by far than he had at any point in Snape’s office. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, she insisted that Kermit swallow a concoction she whipped up for his throat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know better than to do this experiment without an adult present. You could damage the microwave, or worse.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Already the prairie had been baked dry, but in August it would get worse. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's worse than when we were at home. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Even worse when my grandmother shook the box of cornstarch into the spray bottle, spilling clumps of white powder on the floor. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It is all much worse than it was last time. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t promise me that, Percy. You know very well it will only get worse.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Mom’s kind of being worse than usual.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tally looked out at the weeds, feeling worse with every word David said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The dizziness was getting worse, so I put my hands on Ronnie’s shoulders to steady myself and to slow him down. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She isn’t likely to see many humans out here, only coyotes and gopher snakes and worse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The thought of abandoning Gulliver was far worse than the realization that he’d have to jump. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But it’s worse than that—I’m alive in hell. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very opposite: it got worse, and unlike Richard Parker, my eyes started to ooze pus. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t shower, just got on the bus smelling funky and feeling worse. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gruwell once said that “Timing is everything!” and her death couldn’t have come at a worse possible time: during my senior year, a week before Christmas, and a few months before graduation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Recovery without the aid of healing nanites was a slow, miserable process that seemed to get worse before it got better. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She’d found reasons to hope and always ended up feeling worse when the disappointment crashed down on her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Max comes down when he can, though he stays far away, and he tells me this is worse than Schillinger and Henek. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Together the two books ran to nearly a thousand pages and were, remarkably, worse than even his most pessimistic friends had feared. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, the mother often wonders out loud in front of us whether we are worth our keep. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make things worse, the island where Derek Mays was poaching was deep in Everglades National Park, which is totally protected. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what’s worse, telling a secret or a lie. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She glared at them fearfully at first, because they had no dæmons, and in her world they would have been regarded as ghasts, or worse. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was separated from his unit and, what was worse for an infantryman, from his rifle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Students would be nice and offer us literature, he said, but as we paused to take it they would ink our dress, grab our books, or worse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The galley rocked gently and the movement underfoot made his waddle worse than ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The shifting of the island grew worse as the fire crept closer. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This was even worse than the nerves I felt when I sang. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And then, as if his brain were mocking him, trying to make it worse, he had a thought. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His leg was in worse pain, showing signs of infection, and the malaria was in full force. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Well, it wasn’t getting worse, anyway, and that was something. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Or worse yet, that I’m too young to be taken seriously? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In any case, after that day, the atmosphere got even worse. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air around us was filled with much worse things. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I know you’re already upset and I hate to make it worse.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I say to Finch, “Don’t make it worse.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The worse they suffered, the more they prayed that it would continue raining. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I have this problem sometimes where I sound bitchier than I mean to, and it’s a thousand times worse when it comes to Abby. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

This was even worse than in English class. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I knew that things were about to get worse. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nothing to be sorry for. It's just a concussion and a broken arm. But it could've been worse." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

‘This is a bad bad dream! It is worse than a bad dream! It is a nightmare!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was in much worse shape than the old man. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It also seems like the worse the trouble is that you get into, the more steps it takes to get there. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a worse than bad taste in his mouth— as if all night he’d been sucking on his feet, he thought—and he had no toothbrush. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make things worse, I was wearing blue jeans. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was human nature, and when that happened, she would be even worse off than before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But letters from school—the kind that are written on real paper and sent in a real envelope, with a stamp and everything—those are even worse. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

If this enemy approached let him approach, seeing that nothing could be worse than it now was with them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

No one would ever call him lucky, but it could have been worse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It will be much worse if you lie to me. You can trust me on that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The pain in his chest was worse, as if someone were slowly twisting a dagger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I thought he’d fallen asleep, but a moment later he said, ‘You got called a lot worse things than neek at my school. It was all boys, no girls, and really rough stuff.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funny, their happiness makes me feel worse, that I’m doing something wrong. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just when Fred had thought things couldn’t get worse, they had. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But he still had no idea if they could get her down the wreckage to the next floor without hurting her worse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun, assuming that whatever was ailing the city was likely worse downtown, chose not to get too close to the epicenter. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The debate over assumption, which followed on the heels of the vote on funding, only intensified the sense of betrayal and made matters worse. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Get out of here before things get worse. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And what was even worse was to see Henry, and to realize that he was feeling the same thing, and if anything, more acutely than myself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

All these consequences of organic phosphate poisoning, if survived, may be a prelude to worse. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The image in the mirror was Jack, but ten times worse—dark blue and seemingly made out of cracked ice. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Did she see worse things than I did? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her father is dying all over again, and her grief is worse than the first time. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he must have realized that summer that I was different than him—and that his coldheartedness was only making me worse. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And even worse, his wife’s tea, while his wife is standing right there. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had explained that the anemia would not get any worse, but it meant that he would not be able to do much now until he had gone through the whole illness and recovered. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I never really considered it, but there are people worse off than me, right? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And he also mentioned feeling like he was treated even worse once he returned home. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Billy was in the barn, as he had promised, and the pony was worse. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

What might Malthuss ideas mean—for better or for worse—to society? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stan put the paper away reluctantly, and Harry leaned against the window of the Knight Bus, feeling worse than ever. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We in South Africa had never been called slaves, though, all along, day in and day out, we had been treated worse than slaves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is somehow better, but I am growing worse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to fill the silence because he’s uncomfortable, but all he’s done is make it worse. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That was worse than peanut butter sandwiches for dinner and sharing a bed with her covers-stealing sister. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I never imagined my first kiss to be this way, but I guess it could be worse. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

No doubt I looked a fright and smelled worse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lucky you had the sense to pull the stingers out or you'd be a lot worse." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And sad for Theo to receive, “but it’s worse for the poor woman.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“If I ever see either of you again, I will call down worse than fire and lightning,” I said menacingly as I edged toward the mouth of the alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There couldn’t be a worse morning to have to say goodbye to Arthur. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“And what’s worse is the whole time, I couldn’t stop thinking about...” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In a way, the black muck of the oil was no worse than the blackness above. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s wet—and the smell is worse than before. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As if all the worry about my weight didn’t make me feel worse than I already did. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, right. My dad would think that was even worse, spending all that time on sissy stuff.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jo read it thankfully, but the heavy weight did not seem lifted off her heart, and her face was so full of misery that Laurie asked quickly, “What is it? Is Beth worse?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all Leo knew, a century had passed in the real world, and the war with Gaea was over for better or worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"There are worse things than being a mouse," I said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

And even worse, my parents cant replace it right now. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Times were changing—for better and for worse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We compete, for instance, over which of us is in worse shape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We could do worse than this as a campsite, Mr. Scoresby.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The icy dampness in my armpits reminds me of the time in health class we learned that sweat from stress smells worse than the kind your body produces when you exercise. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some say they lost little ones, too, and there’s nothing worse in the world, you could live as long as Methuselem’s wife but you never get over it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe her nothing was worse since she knew her mother, and had even been slapped in the face by her for some sass she could not remember. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might as well start going to the Confraternity again to keep The Posse away and, worse, the director, Father Gorey. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Since they could never have paid the bill—and worse, couldn’t have gone online—both were immensely relieved. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My group therapy group will really be depressed when they hear that your case has taken a turn for the worse. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Ithaca, the island where his home was, things had gone from bad to worse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be a crowd—a sad crowd; and what could be worse than dancing without space to turn in?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Adam broke in, “It makes me feel better, not worse.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore had not raised his voice, he did not even sound angry, but Harry would have preferred him to yell; this cold disappointment was worse than anything. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Occasionally one comes across parents who take the opposite line, who show no interest at all in their children, and these of course are far worse than the doting ones. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s convinced things are much worse than they are,” my mom had told me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"She can, and she will. She's just started manipulating you, Camille, and the more you fight back or resist what she wants, the worse it will get." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That just made me feel worse about not starting. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to imagine the purpose of such a thing, and he didn’t know which guess was worse—that they were being sealed in or that they were being protected from something out there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Things usually get worse before they get better, but today has to be the flip side. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Don't I know it, darling? Please don't make me feel any worse than I do." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The darkness made everything worse, but this place...no one could live like this. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It is recorded that they killed prisoners but they were no better nor worse than the English. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was a spider, she thought wildly, an enchanter or worse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about it made his head hurt worse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To make things worse, the air was hot and blistery, burning our cheeks as we drove on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“No? Then maybe you aren’t listening. The nicer the words sound, the worse it always is.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I doubts that. Sweet bread is pure. But a pie is the worse thing to give anybody ailing. I’m surprised Jimmy didn’t know better.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prospect made him uneasy, but the longer he waited, the worse this was going to be. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The fate of the survivors might be worse. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel even worse, because shouldn’t my friends know why I’m upset? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

As the killings continued and the situation got worse, Arkansas’s governor asked the War Department to send in infantry units. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Last year, when I thought things couldn’t get no worse, he came up with this here song. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

My hands are shaking and I worry I might spill some, or worse, trip on the walk across the living room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse, I couldn’t shake the memory of my bad dream. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t only because the thought of living factionless, in complete isolation, sounds like a fate worse than death. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The background in math of prospective elementary- school teachers is even worse; in many cases, nonexistent. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that I was bound to make things worse for myself if I pressed the issue. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began by goading his audience of Korean immigrants and their American-raised adult children, asserting that Kim Jong II was worse than Hitler. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

On my parents' end, they couldn't understand why I was making an already challenging situation worse. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And me shaking worse than ever, too weak to yell again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Each day had been worse than the day that had come before it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The best such a one could expect was exile, and many women thought that worse than death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took forever—I mean, it was worse than the time I’d had to untangle all my video game controller wires. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s bad news. It’s serious. We’ll have to change our plans, and quickly. But think how much worse it would be if you hadn’t overheard it. We wouldn’t have had a chance.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were saving their food in case things got worse, and others simply didn’t want to sell any more for unexplained reasons. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the cruel light of the morning, it looked squalid, neglected, overgrown, and there was something worse: the steps of the little mausoleum were stained with blood, a great deal of it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hunger worse than cold, the pinching of the stomach, pain in the stomach, from hunger. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So if you are worse, what makes you think things can be different for you?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The Thieves Quarter was worse than he remembered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, she couldn’t do anything worse to us than she’d already done. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But even that wouldn’t be any worse than this. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Crushed acorns? My belly hurts, but that will only make it worse. Leave me be, sister. I’m dreaming of roast chicken.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The town’s really divided over this, and it’s only made worse now that SmartMart hired Arletta Paisley as their national spokesperson.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Yet already he was near recovery, while the more light-hearted Bluebell seemed even less the worse for the dreadful catastrophe that he had survived. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deep down, he knew this was going to get worse. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Many eyes in the room were fastened upon Bigger now, cold grey and blue eyes, eyes whose tense hate was worse than a shout or a curse. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, I looked over at Abuela, and she was watching me with a sly smile. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, my parents had thought construction of their World Champions Centre would be farther along by the time our six-month lease with AIM was up in September. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Every man loves the shipwright's wife. He had bet-ter, lest he wants his ship to sink. If you need men to pull your oars, you could do worse than those three." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then, clambering back to higher ground, he made another, much worse, mistake. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I had never bandaged anything worse than a cut finger in my life, but I did remember a little of the first aid I had learned in school. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, Fflewddur declared their progress through the hills was too slow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

As far back as 1961, when Mr. Muhammad’s illness took that turn for the worse, I had heard chance negative remarks concerning me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because whatever the emergency was that might cause her to blow the whistle, there was no saying that whatever answered it wouldn’t be far worse. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the stairs stood the only person who could make Harry’s situation worse: Snape. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Being found hiding's worse than just being found. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And what makes it worse, she thinks of herself as meat.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The voice is right, and your face is no worse than it was, Sam. But I should a’ passed you in the street in that gear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Making it worse was the fact that neither of us had an easy source to draw from. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If you do not,” he continued threateningly, “it will be the worse for you. I am not used to being bilked.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m...not sad. There are worse places than Lambert.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a bad Saturday morning, on the verge of getting worse. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure what would be worse when they reached it: finding Sigurd and fighting him, or finding nothing at all. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"Father must have been mad to send you. You're worse than useless." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Which is actually worse than being an idiot." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Hush! Let me handle this, for it is worse than I thought. Margaret, tell me the whole story,” commanded Mrs. March, sitting down by Meg, yet keeping hold of Jo, lest she should fly off. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bus stop is so close, and drop-off is such a pain at your school. And just that extra fifteen minutes to drop you off means traffic gets so much worse.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Trying to wipe off the acid made the situation worse. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It’s worse than I thought it would be, and also better. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But I want to feel it. I want to feel . . . worse.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worried that if either action became routine, she could have a bad accident, spraining an ankle, breaking a bone, or worse. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I was about to find out my luck could get a whole lot worse. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘If you had been the first to lift the Orthanc-stone, and not he, how would it be now?' said Aragorn. ‘You might have done worse. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I know—-just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse. I’m sorry.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When the bull came, he was worse, and a lot more dangerous. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penny’s lot was even worse, since the cook had put about the notion that squeezing a dwarf girl’s breast might be just the thing to win their luck back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Joe and Violet wouldn’t think of it—paying money for a meal they had not missed and that required them to sit still at, or worse, separated by, a table. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is wrongful detention! No, worse—abduction! That’s it, abduction. Are you aware how many years in jail you’d get for it?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Things went from bad to worse at the beginning of the school year because my brother and sister were both in high school and I was stuck in that yawning chasm of nothingness, middle school. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the more I come to know these people, the worse it is. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was worried that he’d have to work over Christmas—or worse, that he’d be spending it with his girlfriend instead of with us. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She gestured at his torn pants, the dirt and straw embedded in his sandy blond hair, the mud—or worse—that hadn’t been washed away by the rain. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She tells me how her brother had it so much worse than she did because he had to be the parent. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“No one can feel worse than I do over the foolishness of their picketing the White House,” said Anna Howard Shaw, former president of NAWSA. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even worse than Peeves, if that was possible, was the caretaker, Argus Filch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I'm going to stammer worse than I've ever stammered in my life. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But by the time he reached the Balcony and the sun came up, he realized his vision was worse than ever. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never felt so sore in his life, and worse, there was still something throbbing painfully in his side like a knife. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The landlord was already money hungry, so it made the situation worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Only worse, because she’d broken the world she was abandoning them to. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The closer I got, the worse my stomach felt, like it was being clawed to shreds from the inside. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. Okay. It’s not like it’s going to make it worse.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry would have pointed out that trouble didn’t come much worse than having slugs pouring out of your mouth, but he couldn’t; Hagrid’s treacle toffee had cemented his jaws together. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The priest looked exhausted, far worse than he had just the week before. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“If you didn’t come here,” your father insists, “you would just have gotten worse. We know it’s hard, but we know you’re brave.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Based on the evidence that GD behavior was worse,” Christina points out. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They kept coming and coming, filling every space, small men with sunken cheeks, dirty faces, and black eyes that Hanako knew had seen worse things than she ever would, ever. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she pulled the front of the soiled diaper off and saw blood, she screamed at Papa, “Viejo, he is getting worse! Look, there’s blood in his stool!” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Submit in silence. If you fight back, it will go worse for you,” Afi said sadly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, the students with the teachers identified as cheaters scored far worse, by an average of more than a full grade level. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When I woke up this morning, I noticed the infection had gotten worse. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was as if a cloud covered the sun, but worse. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And with more loved ones getting sick and word spreading of an even worse strain of influenza heading west from Chicago, Indianapolis, and Des Moines, those wives and mothers were determined to protect their families. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Yet after only three blocks it became evident that Dana was in even worse shape than Roy had anticipated. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These Gentiles don’t like either one of us. If the Jew wasn’t smarter than the Gentile, he’d get treated worse than your people.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Naomi went to use the toilet, she could smell his aftershave and, worse, him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing is worse than the secret humiliation of being insulted by proxy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

To hurry here was to risk a broken ankle or worse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or worse: that it hadn’t been seen at all. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks worse than it is,” Mo whispered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead they complained that the roads were bad and getting worse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bringing Maisie would ruin everything even worse than it was already ruined. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Things were always bad with them, but lately worse than ever. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is worse, to him it appears that the greeting, entering from above, is emanating from his own flat body, a voice from within. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried again, and even worse, tried to be dirty, like going, “Come on baby, 1 want to feel you,” and all that kind of thing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, a hundred times worse, she had lost sight of the Red Keep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And we don’t know exactly what awaits us. Who’s to say if their lives will be any better or worse than ours?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The alternative was even worse—that it was proof Yakov was growing more and more powerful, laying down his roots. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then he keeps walking, which makes me feel ten million times worse for everything I did to the kid. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Flying was bad enough for a son of Poseidon, but flying straight up to Zeus’s palace, with thunder and lightning swirling around it, was even worse. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even he seemed to realize that trying to make this stop would only ever make it worse. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

You almost thought then you could hear the wind rustling the branches, and talking about it seemed to only make things worse. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure, now? I don’t want you getting on the wrong train and ending up in New York or someplace worse.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Remember, if you move it will be worse for you.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain has slowed to a drizzle, so I guess it could be worse. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And that would have been much worse than my little meltdown back at the hotel! Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’ve already been at the hospital a week, and while my fever is down and my sore throat is gone, this has only gotten worse. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“But the whole quest started with us finding Hera and waking that giant king Porphyrion. I have a feeling the war will end with us too. For better or worse.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What was worse, she never knew at what moment she would suddenly go to sleep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’d be worse than a bunch of angry eagles swooping down and attacking me with their talons, over and over again! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It might have gotten worse if I hadn’t made a slight gesture over the brazier with the wax doll. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Percy grimaced, which looked even worse on his newly uglified face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s worse to spend all day in my room, or struggle through my classes and be forced to speak to other human beings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Getting out of bed had made me feel, suddenly, much worse. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wish Mother would stop chiding me to stay calm, which makes it worse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Naturally, the situation was worse than Jason expected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No buts. It has to be done. We are risking sepsis here. If this gets any worse, the infection can get into your bloodstream.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then Wood pushed a fist slowly into Shadow’s back, just above the right kidney, and he twisted his fist, and the pain was worse for Shadow than the pain in his knee. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Not well. Garvey says his bouts of depression keep getting worse.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Riis had toured Chicago’s foulest districts and pronounced them worse than anything he had seen in New York. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I tuck the envelope in my bag, knowing we’re worse off than ever. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then there was Bernie Black, who had a view of Gramercy Park, but not a key to it, which he said was worse than looking at a brick wall. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The way they knew that Priscilla Willis, the beekeeper’s homely daughter, had a sting worse than any bee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a good thing because each day was worse than the day before. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The worse the death, the funnier we find the story. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You are. You’re worse than sneaky. You’re like a snake. A snake with an Italian uniform: with a cape around your neck.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Kids say much worse words than stupid, Mama. This is America. You should get used to it.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I used to feel worse about how much I was upsetting them, but I don’t anymore. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But I know we need to act before things get worse. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He decided to try to find a car to take them out of the ’Glades before worse things happened. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The consequences that followed would be even worse. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it’s worse than what the masters taught us, bad thoughts, bad words, bad deeds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than the thought it may all come tumbling down is the thought that we may go on like this forever. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you can’t let it get to you. The hearing is going to be even worse. This is only the tip of the iceberg.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had made her nervous, Joaquin realized, and that only made him feel worse. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“This was far too close. It’s even worse than I thought if the Sleeper spoke to Brahmasura.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If those classrooms held their gains while the classrooms with a suspected cheater lost ground, the cheating teachers could hardly argue that their students did worse only because the scores wouldn’t count. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to extract us from the nest without waking Songololo, but that would have been hard enough in a bed, even worse in an improvised hammock that tipped and rocked with every movement. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But even though it looked good from far away, the closer in you got, the worse it was. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A sea nettle hitting me in the face couldn’t have stung worse. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It could be worse,” a genial man named Paco consoles her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chews on her bottom lip and tries to smooth her hair, but again, she makes the problem worse. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than protective parents is protective older brothers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But it was soon clear that it was something worse than mopiness that ailed Captain Cook. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he wrote of the cost of the medevac, “it could be worse. Getting him on the plane is the only way to save his life, so I’m for it.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And the second day of it was worse; but after that he hardened to the labor, and got on well enough. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Please tell me no one got it worse than me.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The weather had taken a change for the worse; a south-westerly wind had sprung up, the sky was cloudy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First the sheep, and then the lobsters,” Osh said, “and off the water before the wind gets any worse. There’s just time for both.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Probably even worse than the dilapidated outskirts of Los Angeles. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Goodness knows what political and ideological horrors lurk in his mind. He’ll torture you or worse.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is worse when she closes her eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are two kinds of comparisons going on, as bad as and worse than. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if everyone thinks it’s worse for him.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They are worse than peasants, the Jews are,” Louis went on. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her husband may have stopped her from throwing me out of the house, but he hadn’t stopped her from becoming a worse nuisance than ever. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Could I make him see why I thought his blackmail was worse than my own? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s expression was sympathetic, but that just made Frank feel worse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even worse, both doors were plainly dinted by something inside trying to get out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I did not like her the worse for that; on the contrary, I felt better pleased than ever. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hoped she would not ask me to clean herel To make things worse, as Sister Claire explained to me, Father Aristide collected boys who lived on the street—those who beg, wash windows, steal. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax was aware of his hunger now, but his thirst was worse—he’d had nothing to drink since leaving his humans’ house. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He suspected that dying twelve times at the hands of scythes would be a lot worse than splatting. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She stormed off and left me feeling even worse than before. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The rickshaw’s looking worse than ever,” he said. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He deserved worse. There’s no need to look at me that way.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I feel abandoned and forgotten, dropped into misery worse than my own. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It hurt worse than when the hog slashed me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence that walled up between us made everything worse. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that all? Thank God it is no worse!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The look was far worse to resist than the frantic strain: only an idiot, however, would have succumbed now. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I expect her to lunge at me, or hit me, but she just turns on her heel and stalks out of the dormitory, and that is worse. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The next day, October 13, she felt worse, but instead of reporting to work, again she went into the city. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that Taisin was trying to comfort her, but it only made her feel worse. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I had no idea your father would be even worse.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a common demigod problem: the more dangerous our situation became, the worse and more frequent our dreams got. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Far worse, gang warfare was bad for business. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“They’ve stationed police outside the door. If we don’t cooperate, it will be much, much worse for all of us.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Seeing the grave was worse than hearing about it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And to make it worse—oh man, here it is—I liked being at the funeral! The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Whatever was going on with her at work, she didn’t want us to know about it, which made it seem worse. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I refrain from saying how I usually clear out of the house whenever she's treating anything worse than a cold. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s like their bodies are so worn out, once a sickness gets hold of them, it just gets worse and worse till they’re gone. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What’s worse than to be rejected by all your classmates and teachers.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will have made everything a million times worse for my family. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If the man was awkward, his wife is ten times worse. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She knew she had escaped another beating—or worse. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it had looked terrible in the daylight, the Very Friendly Animal Center looked even worse in the dark. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the hallway outside my door, Haymitch gives my shoulder a pat and says, “You could do a lot worse, you know.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully for the better, but maybe for the worse. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the town’s doctors, including the Shoun brothers, had been giving her injections of what was supposed to be insulin, but instead of improving, Mollie seemed to be getting worse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There was nothing Spurge could do that would be worse than arguing about the recent war and reminding everyone how many of their friends and family had been killed fighting the elves. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When he wrote & told me he was behind bars, I told him let that be a lesson—that I was glad that it happened that way when it could have been worse. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then if people pressure her, it just gets worse and worse, and she sometimes has these spastic seizures.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the people of the village complained about them and their horseplay, said that they were a noisy, inconsiderate group, worse than any bunch of adolescents that had ever lived in Boys' Lodge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They have to do with bad manners, or worse, breaches of faith and loyalty. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a mixture of turmeric and some other medicinal powders. It’ll help keep you from falling ill. The monsoon will get worse soon.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I got some shallow scrapes on my palms, and the knees of my jeans were stained green, but it could have been worse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ever since Beckendorf died she’d been getting worse, and every time I looked at her, it made me angry about his death all over again. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The atoms that disengaged from the dead coyote smelled worse than anything imaginable. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But in the hardest winters, when the scavenging was poor and the hunting was worse, Nin had taught Sefia to pick locks, pick pockets, and even steal huge hocks of meat without anyone noticing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The cat room is smaller than the dog room, but it has more occupants, and it smells worse. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was hard to read, but I got the feeling that the fruit-stand ladies were something much, much worse than Mrs. Dodds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t that volunteers from the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club maintain 80 percent of the park’s trails, including the whole of the AT through the park, the situation would be much worse. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My hearing was getting worse, but I hadn’t told anyone about it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was a thousand times worse than the fury had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We’re all about changing for the better and I am changing for the worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hooper wasn't like Crawford, the things he did were different, his threats were in many ways worse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it is worse: people in the houses turn the migrants in. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I went to Bolvangar to fetch him safe home, only I made it worse, and if I don’t say sorry, it’ll all be no good, just a huge waste of time. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be worse this winter, too. Have you got any cattle, Tim?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Things could be a lot worse. I did get away from them. I'm still alive. So is Bruno." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

And when at last he did sleep, he dreamt, and that was even worse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Even though business couldn’t be worse, there were times when a person had to be true to himself and consider his welfare first. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, that only makes me feel worse for letting them down. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But he might not have come, and that would have been worse. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was welcome; he deserved far worse. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The Mexican federales followed and just took the food and livestock that they wanted and things were worse than ever. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Descartes thought that these numbers were even worse than negative numbers; he came up with a scornful name for the square roots of negatives: imaginary numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

For better or for worse, being involved with cancer puts you on everybody’s radar screen. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors had to sew him up again, and I realized that Peewee was hurt worse than I thought he was. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, America was behaving strangely underfoot. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse, even more like a hand on my throat, was how Mr. Kendall had slashed the paintings I’d loved too much for Osh to sell. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing worse could happen to a woman than sterility. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t long after I submit my new work for the contest that I get a fever and it’s clear my Merrick’s Disease is getting worse. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Neville regularly went to pieces in Potions lessons; it was his worst subject, and his great fear of Professor Snape made things ten times worse. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even worse, he knew his mother would forbid blues-playing of any kind. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

To make it worse, Adam had forgotten how to make the cut. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What was worse was the virtual certainty that cessation of model building on our part would not be accompanied by a burst of corresponding activity in their lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t seem to blame him for Roza the way so many others did, and that just made it worse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, Sophie caught me in the backyard hosing off my feet at the outdoor tap. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

His wrenched shoulder-blade, untreated and unrested, went from bad to worse, till finally Hal shot him with the big Colt’s revolver. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm gave plenty of warning, but when it finally arrived, it was much worse than Tally had imagined weather could be. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the truck, on the way to the train station, she saw a few makeshift homes built out of what looked like scraps—even worse scraps than the barracks were made out of. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were not fit to cover the distance by nightfall: and before long they had worse to face than their own fatigue and low spirits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all my not crying, I sure feel a hell of a lot worse than I did at the end of All Dogs Go to Heaven. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Even worse, Vonetta had thrown a king-sized monkey wrench into my plans. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid she would stop coming, that he would disappoint her—or even worse, bore her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I felt sorry for the old, broken-down woman whose loneliness had turned her into a bruja—a fate worse than death, a fate I wouldn’t wish on anyone, least of all Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I don't know which is worse, having a bad hip or having Nurse Nag-a-lot be right. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, combined with my stinging pride, made me feel even worse. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When things go wrong, you’ll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

To make things even worse, we have a party line. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know what was worse: Beowulf's grip or what Beowulf said. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was making her feel small and absurdly petulant and, worse yet, she suspected he was right. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shame made the kitchen stink worse than greens. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that leaving him in Rome might be dangerous but it seemed every day that things got worse and eventually it became obvious that staying on was no solution. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I swear, adults act worse than sixth graders sometimes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Those Specters are worse than anything in your world or mine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My attitude about the level of performance in school was altered for the worse, and dramatically so. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even worse for me, we were also running out of track. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She’d been preparing for Redemption to be the monster’s target, as much as anyone could prepare for something like that, but hearing that it was Moss somehow made it worse. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Things could not have been much worse if we’d invited Blake Grunwald over so he could do a German dance, then get drunk, start a fistfight, and puke his guts out all over my bed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

After eight months, the blackouts seemed to be getting worse, as if her soul were attempting to live in two different time periods at once. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And the pain I feel is worse than any other kind of misery. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better to apologize later than to have to bury a friend. Or worse.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Honestly, talking to him is worse than not. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Afraid that the men in the family would run into Dinka tribesmen somewhere, that they would fight and get injured—or worse. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jayden doesn’t look it now, but he’s had it worse than a lot of kids living out here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The movie was terrible, worse than I’d expected, the kind of movie only a gentile would see. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Remembering is bad, but it feels even worse to say the words. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And your posture has gotten worse. I don’t know how such things are possible.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

What was worse is that they didn’t believe Ms. G was our teacher. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mother's hands reach to cover my ears as the other guards join in, calling us worse names than donkeys. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I lift the lid, and it’s worse than I expect. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And you have worse things to be frightened of, said the monster, but not as a question. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I know I just changed things, but I’m not sure if the change is for better or worse. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

What if I just made things even worse? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The images in the northern doorway were even worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about him, the worse became the queasy feeling that comes before fainting. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But this particular beast was worse than mean, he was scared. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“There were two of them. At first I was rather anxious—I thought they were from the State Department, or worse. You've heard of my problems with the Isrami government?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Mess with me or my friends again and next time it’ll be worse.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z