The phrase "in aggravation" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to express a situation or action that makes a problem or situation worse or more difficult. Example: The protesters threw rocks and bottles at the police officers, further adding to the aggravation of the already tense situation. Another example: The delay in the project was caused by unforeseen complications, which only added to the aggravation of the project manager.
In the last few hours before he died, Simon Ajok seemed to explode -- first in blood, then in aggravation.
Walking home after the game that night, one noticed there was no sense that unaccompanied children leaving the ground were in fear of getting caught up in aggravation.
Often reasserting Liane's notion by exclaiming "I'm not fat, I'm big-boned!" and will just as often either threaten to bring harm to anyone who mocks his weight or curse them out in aggravation.
Although the role of TLR4 in asthma development is controversial, growing evidence proves that high levels of LPS exert beneficial effect in asthma models due to the induction of a Th1 response while low dose of LPS biases the immune response toward a Th2 phenotype and results in aggravation of experimental asthma [17], [18].
Deficiency of FHL2 results in aggravation of murine liver fibrosis.
The involvement of NSAIDs in aggravation of bacterial infection is a matter of controversy [ 5, 6].
And now taxpayers will pay the price — not in cash but in aggravations such as delayed refunds, unanswered questions and epic waits on hold, if you can get through on the phone.
Although IL-1β is believed to be crucial in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA), the IL-1β blockade brings no therapeutic benefit in human OA and results in OA aggravation in several animal models.
MiR-33a is also involved in liver fibrosis aggravation in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice (Li et al., 2014).
The follow-up study showed a complete normalization in seven patients, no change in two, and aggravation in one patient.
These data indicate that the proteasome is critically involved in the aggravation of brain injury in PrP−/− mice.
