How to Use exacerbate in a Sentence

exacerbate

verb

• His angry comments have exacerbated tensions in the negotiation process.
• The proposed factory shutdown would only exacerbate our unemployment problems.
• This exacerbated the split, on and off the bench, between left and right.
  — John A. Farrell, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017
• The key to choosing a night cream for oily skin is to find a rich cream that won’t exacerbate your skin type issues.
  — Daley Quinn, Health, 17 Feb. 2023
• The kind of disease exacerbated by climate change is not new to the reefs.
  — Evan Halper, latimes.com, 9 July 2018
• In fact, research claims that wearing the wrong shoe can exacerbate pain in other areas of the body such as the knees, hips, and even the back.
  — Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day, 6 May 2022
• This trio is free from sulfates (which can exacerbate rosacea) and parabens (which can dry out your hair).
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 12 May 2023
• Now, it’s just exacerbated by the fact that people don’t know what to say.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
• Springing forward an hour mimics a move from the east to west edge of a time zone and exacerbates the deficits of those already there.
  — TIME, 9 Mar. 2024
• The gap in knowledge that would tend to come about during the summer will be exacerbated.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2020
• And in spring, that problem is exacerbated by a lack of numbers.
  — Michael Lev, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2020
• That push and tug, in turn, will exacerbate the gap between the winners and losers going forward.
  — Fortune, 1 Mar. 2021
• This oversight has just been exacerbated by the Google app.
  — Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2018
• Our 911 system has one of the worst response times in the state, exacerbated by a hiring backlog.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
• The team asked about certain liver and kidney issues that the drug might exacerbate.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 9 June 2020
• The recent hot and dry weather has increased the stress on your trees and can exacerbate chlorosis symptoms.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2017
• For many long-haulers, the hope that vaccines won’t exacerbate their illness might have been enough to sway them into getting their shots.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
• That may exacerbate flooding in an area that received more than 14 inches of rain last month.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2020
• That historic plunge on Monday was exacerbated by a quirk in how the oil markets work.
  — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020
• O’Gorman said in response to board concerns that driveways and roads would exacerbate runoff.
  — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 11 June 2019
• This, of course, is only exacerbated by the weather and students being cooped up in the building all day.
  — cleveland, 9 Mar. 2020
• Being in too big a rush to get ‘back to normal’ can exacerbate postpartum health risks.
  — Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, 10 May 2022
• That's a slap in the face to educators and will exacerbate our teacher shortage.
  — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 9 Mar. 2023
• New York City is sinking at the same time that sea levels around the world are rising, which could exacerbate flooding concerns for the region.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• As the fighting drags on, concerns are growing that the war could exacerbate a global hunger crisis.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2022
• Never put water on a grease fire, which can exacerbate flames.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022
• There are certain foods and drinks that can exacerbate bloating, and some that may help relieve symptoms.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
• The onset of disease, famine, and chaos will only exacerbate the human devastation in the months to come.
  — Ziad Asali, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
• The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the more extreme viewpoints tend to be the ones that receive the most coverage in traditional and social media.
  — Paolo Gaudiano, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• This fear was exacerbated when folks learned the show’s cast was instructed not to play the games and to discover their characters independently.
  — Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024