Sentence example with the word 'aggravate'

aggravate

accelerate, beset, consolidate, endamage, grate, incense, make trouble, pique, rouse, stir up, worsen

Definition v. make worse

Last update: October 10, 2015


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Vitamin E in large doses may aggravate iron deficiency anemia.   [verb]

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The problem is aggravated by a lack of understanding.   [verb]

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Some drugs may not cause dystonia but may aggravate the pre-existing disorder.   [verb]

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There was one circumstance which, it must be admitted, aggravated his exasperation.   [verb]

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Some of his remarks aggravate me.   [verb]

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"A stratagem--a mere trick," said Burley, "an insult over our disappointment, intended to aggravate and embitter our spirits."   [verb]

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Maclure, that disappointed ambition, wrecked hopes, and the downfall of the party which he had served with such desperate fidelity, were likely to aggravate enthusiasm into temporary insanity.   [verb]

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The marriage was no liberation from the Puritan dreariness of American life; indeed, it was rather aggravated by the loss of self-ownership.   [verb]

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Wilful shutting of eyes and ignoring of the evil as a social factor of modern life, can but aggravate matters.   [verb]

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If you speak ill of him you only aggravate the wound and you would not be so cruel.   [verb]

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Wopsle's Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, that I should have liked to pull it until he howled.   [verb]

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