aggravate

Example Sentences

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Dimly, Jonah realized that she may have been trying to aggravate him, to jolt him out of his gloom.

From Literature

An amendment to the Crimes and Policing Bill will mean a crime is aggravated if a victim is targeted because of those characteristics, and will carry a higher penalty.

From BBC

But by choking off agricultural production, transport and markets, Rwanda’s M23 allies are aggravating Congo’s hunger crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal

Police initially sought charges of aggravated murder but later downgraded them to negligent homicide.

From Barron's

It’s all fittingly itchy for literature’s most aggravating couple and a story that chafes against the convention that love wins — or even that love is good.

From Los Angeles Times