Sentence examples for worst and second from inspiring English sources
The phrase "worst and second" is not correct in standard written English.
It is unclear without context, but it seems to attempt to compare something that is the worst and the second worst, which is not a conventional expression. Example: "In the competition, he finished in the worst and second place, which confused the judges."
To which the answer, first, is that he is clearly one of the very worst; and, second, why not?
China's use of anti-state charges and Iran's revolving door policy in imprisoning reporters, bloggers, editors and photographers earned the two countries the dubious distinction of being the world's worst and second worst jailers of journalists, respectively.
Evidence collected retrospectively for the worst and second worst depressive episode was used in this study.
The SCAN was used to record information on patients' worst and second worst episodes of depression including suicidal behavior.
Items of psychopathology in the SCAN interview were rated for presence and severity according to the worst and second worst episodes of depression identified by the subjects.
However, performance of teams aggregated from worst to best (that is, the worst performing team, followed by the worst and second worst performing teams and so on until all 12 teams are included) fares overall poorer than individual teams.
Only the Patriots, worst and second-best in those categories, have had more disparate levels of success on each side of the ball.
"Our two countries should set a model for the world," he said, mentioning carbon emissions and ivory sales, both categories in which China and the U.S. rank worst and second-worst.
After two back-to-back years in which the city battled its worst and fifth-worst floods, the city spent months preparing for flooding from the spring thaw.
Metro PCS Communications, down 30%, and Sprint Nextel, down 18%, were the worst and third-worst stocks on the S&P.
"The economy has contracted for three straight quarters, but the third quarter was the worst and fourth quarter data show the pace of decline is slowing," said Mr Tonouchi of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.
