Examples of 'only made matters worse' in a sentence

Meaning of "only made matters worse"

only made matters worse - This phrase is used to indicate that someone's actions or interventions had a negative impact and worsened the situation instead of improving it

How to use "only made matters worse" in a sentence

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only made matters worse
They have only made matters worse.
And my fellow officers being there only made matters worse.
It only made matters worse.
In their fear they only made matters worse.
The hardnosed approach French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has taken has only made matters worse.
Except that only made matters worse.
The proposal to set up an additional secretariat only made matters worse.
Extreme weather events only made matters worse and put a further strain on already limited resources.
Ten years of austerity have only made matters worse.
So I wetted it ; but that only made matters worse than they were before.
Tendencies to criminalize migrants and migration had only made matters worse.
Fredericksburg only made matters worse.
The crew reportedly tried to calm the woman but that only made matters worse.
What? You have only made matters worse.
Individual economic factors within these countries only made matters worse.

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In a sense, we have only made matters worse.
A second round of “ de-Baathification ” in state institutions late last year only made matters worse.
To be honest, they only made matters worse.
Taha was shocked at their proposal and refused completely, but that only made matters worse.
Entering middle school only made matters worse.
My sister was severely abused by her husband which I am sure only made matters worse.
But calling the police only made matters worse.
The lack of clear directives from the then NDA government only made matters worse.
The city 's success only made matters worse.
He initially tackled the unrest as a law-and-order matter, an approach that only made matters worse.
I have tried everything and only made matters worse.
And the fact that they both had the same name only made matters worse.
Gandhi 's detention, however, only made matters worse.
And then I went to apologize to Cooper and only made matters worse.
This tension between the parents only made matters worse.
A wind increase and shift about noon only made matters worse.
The outbreak of war in Iraq has only made matters worse.
I tried getting out of it, but it only made matters worse.
A knight appeared, but somehow he only made matters worse.
Maybe he thought that this would cure my jealousy, but it only made matters worse.
The French retaliated swiftly and brutally, which only made matters worse.
Months later, an escalation of rivalry between Fatah and Hamas only made matters worse.
Well, to be perfectly honest, they only made matters worse.
But the army 's measures were so repressive, that it only made matters worse.
Well, then, maybe everything you did this week only made matters worse.
This led to feelings of guilt, which only made matters worse . ”.

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Examples of using Worse
There is nothing worse than dry chicken
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Examples of using Matters
Matters arising out of the resolutions of major
Work on outstanding matters related to final documents
It matters to me that my own sister is out to get me
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Examples of using Made
Training against him made everyone stronger
Made a very nice thing out of it too
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