Sentence examples for hitherto worst from inspiring English sources

For example, as a result of the 1973 oil shock, the world economy endured the hitherto worst recession in postwar history (Kesicki 2010).

It was the worst violence in the hitherto notably peaceful Kurdish region for six years.

And yet (whisper it) Harvey Weinstein, hitherto the biggest beast of Oscar season, is currently suffering his worst strike rate in years.

The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Small Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the Race to Split the Atom by Brian Cathcart 288pp, Viking, £14.99 Out of the 40 or so centuries of human civilisation, the 20th, as we designate it, was without doubt one of the very worst, a period during which mankind disgraced itself on a hitherto undreamed-of scale and with maniacal ingenuity.

The worst of these was a 2002 Bush administration rule that effectively authorized the dumping of hitherto prohibited wastes — including coal-mining waste — in water bodies.

The recall of the Prius represents a worst-case scenario for Toyota now that safety doubts surrounding its cars have spread to its hitherto fiercely loyal customers in Japan.

Hitherto insipid, Arsenal awoke.

From the stylebook: heretofore, hitherto.

Diplomacy, hitherto fruitless, is intensifying.

Hitherto, the EU did not formally exist.

Most were hitherto dormant Socialist supporters.