Ganyiel's isolation is worsened by constant flooding.
If America is an essential "tough place," this is worsened by the easy availability of guns.
The situation is worsened by the apparent inability of government to tax these tech giants.
The problem is worsened, she said, when the attic in the house is poorly insulated.
And often that intertribal rivalry is worsened or overshadowed by the violent trade in drugs.
The situation is worsened, N.F.L. coaches say, by limits on the number of contact sessions college teams can conduct.
The situation is worsened if government taxes the young in order to make good past promises made to older generations.
The condition, most common in middle age, is worsened by excess weight, alcohol, sedatives, smoking and sleeping on the back.
I recognize that I sometimes have an impulse control disorder, which is worsened by the use of alcohol.
These are predictable things, but the suffering they cause is worsened because they happen in a wildly unpredictable sequence.
This frightening spiral is happening and is worsened by rising United States emissions of global-warming pollution.
