How to Use worst-case in a Sentence

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• But steps can be taken to avert this worst-case scenario.
  — Agnès Callamard, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
• Here’s a look at the best- and worst-case scenarios for SMU and a win-loss prediction for the season.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• This worst-case scenario needs to be addressed but will not happen soon.
  — Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• This was also slightly less than its worst-case scenario that put it at a loss of as much as $1.15 per share.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
• And, in the event of a worst-case scenario, Sueann insisted on getting life preservers.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
• But Canales’s worst-case scenarios also have come true, at least for the time being.
  — Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The problem was his two-inning start put the Guardians on a collision course with their worst-case scenario.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
• Not everyone is buying into the idea of a worst-case scenario.
  — Rebekah Evans, theweek, 5 Aug. 2024
• Here are ways for people to prepare and respond in worst-case scenarios.
  — Hannah Sampson, Andrea Sachs and Sofia Andrade, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023
• In a worst-case scenario, economists fear these policies could set the stage for a recession.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
• The happy ending was a welcome change of pace for deputies who often deal with worst-case scenarios.
  — Jade Thomas, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2024
• Sanders himself later downplayed that risk as a worst-case scenario.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• In a worst-case scenario, a hacker could take control of a CAV with passengers onboard.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2024
• Some may question whether all the preparation was worth it, given that a worst-case scenario didn’t hit L.A., Crowley said.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• The fire spread over 50 kilometers that day, more than doubling worst-case scenarios.
  — David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• What, then, would be a worst-case scenario in your view—maybe a retrograde comet coming straight at us out of the sun’s glare, giving us only days to respond?
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
• In a worst-case scenario, the Macdonalds would shelter in the elevator.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
• Cut Off: As hundreds of homes outside the boundaries of Scottsdale, Ariz., can no longer get water from the city, their owners are living a worst-case scenario of drought.
  — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• Poles never has given that worst-case scenario much oxygen.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2024
• Between the threats of a school shooting and bullying, a parent’s mind is always swirling with worst-case scenarios.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
• But this estimate from the company is likely a worst-case scenario.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
• In a worst-case scenario, if the condition grew worse during the flight, ground controllers could isolate it by closing the manifold feeding the leak.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 June 2024
• The issue is that in the time between noticing a spot and seeing my doctor, my mind conjures up extreme worst-case scenarios.
  — Michelle Rostamian, Allure, 10 Sep. 2024
• An absolute worst-case scenario in the pros: Pro Bowl potential as a core special-teamer.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
• What are the chances of this worst-case scenario actually happening?
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• Tovala began putting in place a worst-case scenario to stretch its remaining capital for a couple of months.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
• But officials have said that would be a worst-case scenario, and noted that the developer has been open about the status of the project and need to request an extension.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
• However, that doesn’t mean that people should stop taking action to prevent a worst-case scenario.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• Occasional bursts of heavier snow are possible, which may lead to a light coating on grassy areas up to about a half-inch and up to about one inch in a worst-case scenario.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• The Tampa Bay area, which is vulnerable to storm surge, avoided a worst-case scenario as Milton shifted south and pulled water away from the shoreline.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024