To make matters worse I was going down the path that I had traversed that day so long ago, when I first went to buy some fruit and flowers for my mother, and this brought back her illness, and the terrible trouble that had followed.
I shivered and felt depressed and cold as we went towards the door, and, to make matters worse, the dogs rattled their chains and howled in chorus as if, having made friends, they were very sorry for me.
To make matters worse, the hut was crowded with Yakutes of loathsome exterior and habits, and a couple of cows and some calves also occupied the foul den, which, of course, swarmed with vermin.
To make matters worse, drift-wood was so scarce at this time that a small fire was only attainable every second day.
To make matters worse, the white settlers encouraged them in their horrible practices, probably in the hope, that they would soon eat each other up.
To make matters worse, it happened that Valignani, who exercised an extraordinary influence on Daifusama, was not at hand to disabuse him of his error.
To make matters worse, the Bishop of Paraguay notified the Fathers that if they did not obey, they would be ipso facto suspended.
He was for vengeance, first on the old man, then on the placid pig who had betrayed me; but I begged so hard that he wouldn't make matters worse by interfering that at last he yielded.
To make matters worse, she presently discovered that she was the only woman in the Chamber; and she conceived the notion that she had no right to be there at that hour.
To make matters worse, the snow in many places had drifted to such a depth that the men were frequently floundering in it up to their waists.
To make matters worse, next day he strained his back in making efforts to start the sledge.
To make matters worse, they had no chance of changing their clothes during the winter; but it was a work of necessity, as the walrus-blubber was needed for fuel.
His right ankle was badly sprained, while, to make matters worse, he had struck his back against the edge of the raised cabin-top.
With his broken collar-bone and other injuries he was practically helpless, while to make matters worse, as far as he was concerned, his captors had put him under lock and key.
To make matters worse, her petrol-tank caught fire, her downward course being marked by a trail of bright yellow fumes.
The captain made a full inspection of his cabin to find that every weapon had been carefully removed; and, to make matters worse, not an article likely to be used as a means of defence had been left behind.
Meanwhile the submarine had vanished, but very soon another shock was felt, this time on the port side of the Formidable, so it seemed as if the craft had gone round to make matters even.
They were on us before we knew where we were, and to make matters worse, they rushed upon us from the direction of the village where we supposed the French to be.
It was perishingly cold, with snow and sleet, and, to make matters worse, a good many of the ship’s company were only slightly clad.
To make matters worse, the ballot-box was not easily reached because of the crowd which was made up largely of the candidates and their friends.
Nature had not intended Weiner to cater to sensitive stomachs, at least not on the day of which I speak, and to make matters worse, Weiner was then his own waiter.
To make matters worse, just the day before in an old camp I had found some tattered fragments of a New York illustrated newspaper with a whole lot of pictures about Thanksgiving Day in the Army of the Potomac.
To make matters worse, the day was very hot, so, when evening came and the column halted, I was mighty near "all in.
To make matters worse, we were put on half rations soon after we came to Murfreesboro, and full rations were not issued again until the Confederates retreated from Nashville after the battle of December 15-16.
To make matters worse, since we have had a lot of rain, the gallery changes into a canal, with water a foot or more deep.
To make matters worse, we are constantly under an artillery fire which claims a large number of victims every evening, for we have no trenches or shelter; up to the present we have been in the second line.
To make matters worse, while the guide was a level-headed man, the porter who brought up the rear of our roped party had fuddled himself with drink before starting.
To make matters worse it was soon bruited about that the Jesuits, whose very name was sufficient to instil terror, were preparing for an invasion of England.
Though as an unscrupulous diplomatist Ormond had few equals, he was utterly worthless as a soldier, and to make matters worse he was still distrusted by the great mass of the Irish people.
And here, to make matters clear, I may as well explain at once that the inhabitants of Zu-Vendis are sun-worshippers, and that for some reason or another the hippopotamus is sacred among them.
Come with me, Childerkin, and we will see whether something cannot be done to make matters wear a better appearance.
This, however, only served to make matters worse, because he took no pains to keep out of their way, and was rather glad when any opportunity for meeting either of them chanced to occur.
Then, tomake matters worse, there arose a cloud of fog before them, which was so thick they could see nothing, and had a disagreeable smell of smoke about it.
To make matters worse, in came Gowing, who gave Cummings a violent slap on the back, and said: "Hulloh!
To make matters worse, there had been an attempt to disguise it, by placing it in a glass dish with jam round it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "make matters" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
