acerbate

Example Sentences

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Fires ravaging huge swaths of countryside only acerbate the climate crisis, he said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022

There seemed to be a danger that Kennedy's straight talk might even further acerbate Franco-American relations.

From Time Magazine Archive

The poor girl had not spirit sufficient to upbraid her friend; nor did it suit her now to acerbate an enemy. 

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony

Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.

From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony