all the worse
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That made the shock at checkout all the worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
The slow winter months are cruel to the restaurant industry’s bottom line, made all the worse this go around with an indoor-dining ban.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
And the pressure is probably all the worse during quarantine.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2020
Oakland prosecutors allege Almena and his partner, tattoo artist/musician Max Harris, made the danger all the worse by closing off a standard back staircase the night of the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
I cooed to hold her steady, but she shifted, making my leg swing against her and hop all the worse, sending the idea I wanted her to get going and howdy.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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