Example Sentences

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Green activists say such projects will aggravate land, water and air pollution in the Western Balkan country.

From Reuters • Dec. 10, 2021

They will aggravate me for sure… I remember one time I asked him, “There’s this guy I kinda like a lot.”

From Fox News • Apr. 13, 2020

There are larger inventions, conveniences of plot or characterization like a five-figure theft of cash and the discovery of a long-term affair, that will aggravate people who have read or listened to the original story.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018

The Steelers don't want to take the chance that one of the NFL's most valuable defensive players will aggravate the injury and won't be able to play.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2010

If it should be unsuccessful, you will aggravate existing evils; if successful, your enemy will have no treasure left to give our merchants; the first losses will be confounded with much greater, and be forgotten.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various