Sentence examples for exacerbated things from inspiring English sources

The recession exacerbated things.

Worries about his kidney ailment have exacerbated things; northern power-brokers seem more concerned to retain power in the event of the president's demise than to get Nigeria back on its feet.Before he was unexpectedly chosen to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr Yar'Adua, a former chemistry teacher, was a little-known governor of the remote northern state of Katsina.

This stupid snub has exacerbated things.

Perhaps Harvard's preeminence exacerbated things -- by placing this drama on a larger stage, engaging world-renowned scholars in the discussion, and expecting exemplary moral behavior from the world's leader in higher learning.

And, just to exacerbate things, it is actually the film's third title.

He self-medicates obvious psychological disturbances with drugs and alcohol, exacerbating things.

"I'm not trying to exacerbate things or complicate issues," he said in an interview Tuesday night.

Over the weekend, Facebook responded to the criticism in a manner which has appeared to exacerbate things, rather than quieten them down.

I certainly do not want to have to give it up if I don't have to, but I also don't want to do anything that is likely to exacerbate things.

We need to be careful not to exacerbate things and that's the problem.

Yes, there is @ for specifying another tweet or Twitterer (would that they had called the site something else, this accursed bird-based jargon drives me mad), but that just exacerbates things.