How To Use Compounded In A Sentence

The most serious incident was compounded by the failure of a battery powered backup generator in the air traffic control tower.
His songs had gone from sublime to bizarre, compounded by his friendship with oddball lyricist Van Dyke Parks.
This was further compounded by the fact that Victorian children moved up to twenty corves per day, whilst being sick, malnourished and demoralised in many cases.
All propositions are simple or compounded of simples.
He had compounded a number of venial failings with the mortal sin of adultery.

The refusal of judges to give any interviews, under cover of antiquated ‘rules’ which a long forgotten lord chancellor had invented, compounded the sense that they were all, or almost all, malevolent recluses.
It said the impact could be compounded if other areas of economic weakness emerge. Times, Sunday Times
Anaxagoras compounded this heresy by alleging that the stars were insensate bodies as well, stones carried in orbit by the rapid movement of the heavens and that occasionally a stone might detach itself to become a falling star.
The convoy itself encountered numerous difficulties; mechanical and logistical problems were compounded by stormy clashes of personality.
As an outcome of meditative experience, whatever appearances may arise can be transformed through meditative insight into a realization of the nature of all things as insubstantial, uncompounded, and only existing interdependently.
The grooves are shown in the figure of the cranium, Sheet 18; the joint nerve thus compounded of V. and VII. is called the ophthalmic (oph.). Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
The damage is compounded by the loss of attention from frazzled parents trying to rebuild their lives.
The Leader of the House has now compounded his error.
When this is compounded over time, the effect is a lasting imprint in the mind of the child - so much so that the child carries the experience with them into their adult life with disastrous results.
The nighttime pilot must deal with all the visual challenges common in daylight, compounded with a whole new set of challenges resulting from darkness.
Contract law principles may require such interest to be compounded so as to award the plaintiff the benefit of the bargain.
When aerobiotic training is compounded with training as substantially as warm-up and cooldown stretches, it A. is such more combative than another sports. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
But this time the results have only compounded and exacerbated the problems of the Republican Party.
This only compounded matters and meant that even more zits began to creep all over her face.
This time the guilt was compounded by the fact that he planned to stay with Judith, with the communiqué as his excuse. THE SCAR
It will be seen that the first-mentioned of these ancient ichthyolites bears a name compounded, though, in the reverse order, of exactly the same words.
It is known also that the Japan camphor, termed factitious, will evaporate till it wholly disappears, and at all stages of its diminution retain its full proportion of strength; which does not seem the property of an adulterated or compounded body. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
Compounded topical anesthetic creams are often used to lessen pain in procedures such as laser hair removal, tattoos, and skin treatments.
Niccholao Cornacchini was once a Citizen of ours, and a man of great wealth; who, among other his rich possessions in Camerata, builded there a very goodly house, which being perfected ready for painting: he compounded with Bruno and Buffalmaco who bicause their worke required more helpe then their owne, they drew Nello and The Decameron
The problem is compounded by the medical system here.
The incense employed in the service of the tabernacle walls compounded of the perfumes stacte, onycha, galbanum and pure frankincense. Smith's Bible Dictionary
Compounded annually, that growth rate is dramatic.
The problems this has given rise to are compounded when one examines our import record.
The problem was compounded by the difficulty of finding positions at sea. Times, Sunday Times
Even simple uncompounded thoughts can't get into your head!
He said the problems were compounded by large salt deposits washed up from the sea which would leave a trail on the windows of homes and businesses in the wake of the storm.
Severe drought has compounded food shortages in the region.
This problem is compounded because the early ring stages of the parasite are less sensitive to conventional antimalarial drugs, including quinine, so sequestration can occur after treatment is started.
And then he compounded that mistake by eating it with excessive daintiness.
This makes grassland management very difficult on farms where grazing is already in short supply and problems are compounded in wet conditions.
This problem is compounded by the fact that humans and other primates lack the enzyme urate oxidase, which is responsible for the breakdown of uric acid. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
It is a legend compounded of nostalgia, wishful thinking and apple pie. Times, Sunday Times
In the same manner (says Blackstone,) by the Irish brehon law, in case of murder, the brehon or judge, compounded between the murderer and the friends of the deceased, who prosecuted him, by causing the malefactor to give unto them, or to the child or wife of him that was slain, a recompense, which they called _eriach_. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832
He is in a fitful mood which is compounded by an outburst at the table by a maid, who has obviously become one of his many conquests.
He compounded this problem when he made clear that he wanted the deal done quickly. The Sun
The problem would be compounded with anisotropic crystals with restricted orientations to the diamond culets.
Uncertainty and scientific dispute is compounded by the fact that radioactive contamination is different from many other types of pollution.
This feeling was compounded when Conway skewed an unmissable free about ten metres west of the posts from the fourteen yard line minutes later.
The problem is compounded if the church meets in rented facilities. Christianity Today
This time, when his glance slid over her, his scrutiny was compounded of interest and a totally male appreciation.
However, our dilemma is compounded by a peculiar trait of our society; far too many people despise whistle-blowers, as much or more than persons who commit crimes.
It was a spectacle whose distastefulness was compounded by the victory parade at the end of the shoot-out, when the young striker was carried around the pitch in triumph on the shoulders of the team's reserves. World Cup 2010: Rise of German romantics counters sense of injustice
It said the impact could be compounded if other areas of economic weakness emerge. Times, Sunday Times
Compounded or compacted terms like "darksome" and "lionlimb" are expressive in a way that seems the opposite of Thomas '"unable to rejoice" and "others could not": the power of explosive compression, forcing meanings together, rather than the unfolding power of directness. Slate Magazine
Because they being the workmanship of the understanding, pursuing only its own ends, and the conveniency of expressing in short those ideas it would make known to another, it does with great liberty unite often into one abstract idea things that, in their nature, have no coherence; and so under one term bundle together a great variety of compounded and decompounded ideas. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
The brewer said lackluster demand at bars and clubs was compounded by the dollar's drop against the euro.
The difficulty is compounded by the fact that we can't see well in the dark either. Times, Sunday Times
Environmental degradation associated with agricultural and pastoral practices has compounded the rural crisis.
These problems were compounded by his use of liquid silicone injections that in some cases disfigured his patients. Times, Sunday Times
Britain has suffered from ambition blight, compounded by a planning blight. Times, Sunday Times
Barn is compounded from the Old English words beren ` barley '+ ern ` house.' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2
The problem was compounded when some owners emigrated or absconded, some sold their buildings to slumlords, and others abandoned their properties, allowing squatters to move in.
The incense [3171] also, in like manner, [was compounded] of stacte, onycha, galbanum, mint, and frankincense, all which do in no respect, either as to their mixture or weight, harmonize with their argument. ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
All of this was compounded by the need to work in raw sewage. Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War
The embarrassment of having a foreign head of state is compounded by our treatment as second-class subjects.
The modest gearing of the trust has also compounded losses. Times, Sunday Times
Most tyres are made of rubber compounded with other chemicals and materials.
Dispossession was further compounded by discriminatory legislation designed to control the native population.
Over the last few months, he has compounded his sins by falling out with the All Black captain Richie McCaw, a secular saint here; only last month, he found himself on the wrong end of some friendly fire from the former Wallaby scrum-half and World Cup-winning captain Nick Farr-Jones, who described him as a "boofhead" for going out of his way to wind up the great flanker. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
Weiner compounded his predicament by calling a cable TV producer a jackass, reeling off a string of ill-advised, double-entendre wiener jokes and essentially reducing what he calls a "prank" to NY Daily News
I have before stated that he wrote a Latin Grammar for the use of his school, and instead of the word ablative, in general use, he compounded three or four Latin words [4] as explanatory of this case. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838
But he too must perish, for life is a continuous process, and humanity an old man, refusing to be decompounded and rebuilt to the linear utopianism of the dreamer and theorist, come out of the silence with his ideal to be foisted on unregenerate society. Leonid Andreyev: 1871-1919
Nonetheless, the localisms introduced lingering friction in the international discourse, which has been compounded by the US not adopting ‘neo-liberal’ either, because of its own peculiar left-wing connotations of ‘liberal’.
It then compounded its sins in the eyes of the public by allegedly overcharging the Government for electronic tagging of criminals. Times, Sunday Times
Many are orphans and the trauma of conflict is being compounded by the misery of exile. Times, Sunday Times
This may be because not only is the Royal Bank of Scotland rate currently pitched below that of its rivals HSBC and Barclays, but for some bizarre reason the interest is not compounded.
It is met with in Bnature only compounded with other bodies, in nitrous Tammoniac, or in common fal ammoniac, which is Ifotr. ecimcs found in the neighbourhood of volcanoes, lor coal fnincs which have burnt for a long time. The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ...
No, I think Mr. Meyerson gets it right; incompetency is a description but not an explanation, and it is only compounded when people who should know better excuse it for partisan gain. January 2006
Official overstatements of the amount the nation has been setting aside for retirement have compounded the problem.
The resentment caused is compounded by branding those concerned about this as bigots. Times, Sunday Times
This problem is only compounded when a crisis necessitates an unscheduled meeting. Christianity Today
Inexperience is magnified as a handicap when it is compounded with two further weaknesses: impetuosity and ideology untempered by common sense. The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley
BWhen Theodora disappears like this, Tamika fears she will be gone forever, a fear compounded by her roustabout life.
Tak wiped it away with the shirtsleeve he'd been wiping his nose on all evening, which only compounded the filth. Tak Tuckerby
On the contrary, if there were any of these compounded Bodies, in which the Nature of one Element did not prevail over the rest, but they were all equally mix'd, and a match one for the other; then one of them would not abate the Force of the other, any more than its own Force is abated by it, but they would work upon one another with equal Power, and the Operation of any one of them would not be more conspicuous than that of the rest; and this Body would be far from being like to any one of the Elements, but would be as if it had nothing _contrary_ to its The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan
Helmut's problems were compounded by an unsatisfactory relationship with his landlady.
Your feete of three times by prescription of the Latine Grammariens are of eight sundry proportions, for some notable difference appearing in euery sillable of three falling in a word of that size: but because aboue the antepenultima there was (among the Latines) none accent audible in any long word, therefore to deuise any foote of longer measure then of three times was to them but superfluous: because all aboue the number of three are but compounded of their inferiours. The Arte of English Poesie
He confirmed I was menopausal and gave me tubes of compounded triple estrogen gel and compounded 10 percent micronized progesterone gel, with orders to apply them regularly. Staness Jonekos: 10 Hormone Therapy Facts Every Woman Should Know
These difficulties are unfortunately compounded by a haphazard organization.
The frequent power cuts have also compounded the problems for them and when it is coupled with the steep hike in prices, people feel that they have been caught between devil and deep sea.
The cruel reality you face of a life without the man you love is further compounded by a world that keeps on turning. Times, Sunday Times
The problem is compounded by my developing cyberchondria, which is a particularly 21st century-type of an affliction, referring as it does to the inflation of worries about your state of health based on material you have dredged up online. WalesOnline - Home
The range of chronic illnesses covered includes cardiac conditions, hemophilia compounded by HIV / AIDS, diabetes in children, cystic fibrosis, and spina bifida.
The recent eastward expansion of the European Union has only compounded the social crisis.
Nevertheless, the intense rivalry between France, England, and the empire, compounded by heightened religious tensions and the nervousness of Rome, lent the Scottish king unwonted diplomatic weight.
When reading comprehension is assessed through writing, these difficulties are compounded.
The murders of two householders attacked in their homes in London recently has compounded the climate of fear.
The problems are compounded by the likelihood of reduced services while the account is being changed. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice
The difficulties are compounded by there being only one hole thereafter at which to try to recover from any damage incurred. Times, Sunday Times
As the sloppiness compounded both benches grew increasingly exercised by the unordered mess in front of them, Jefferies and Bill Brown in particular creating thermals with their physical histrionics.
Thin air on the 7,300-foot-high plateau, ringed by mountains, was compounded by rapid urbanization as the metropolitan area septupled, from 3 Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
But that's only the beginning, Last week, Clinton compounded the issue in a second CNN interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, in which he refers to conducting embryonic stem cell research using only "embryos" that will never become "fertilized" - six times. JIMMY AKIN.ORG
Auntie's piety was not of the niggerish kind, even Zoe, "The Octoroon," or any other woman or man in whose veins courses the blood of Ham four times diluted, knows that I mean it was not that glory-hallelujah variety of cunning or delusion, compounded of laziness and catalepsy, which is popular among the shouting, shirt-tearing sects of plantation darkies, who "git relijin" and fits twelve times a year. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866
The indignation is compounded by evidence of gross corruption.
When it occurs, choriocarcinoma is thus a double tragedy: an abnormal pregnancy compounded by a lethal malignancy, birth tipped into death. The Emperor of All Maladies
The renouncers' attitude was compounded of dark bitterness and bright hope.
This compounded product is used for chemical peels, actinic keratoses, and venereal warts.
Interest on these bonds is accumulated monthly and compounded every six months.
And for the more thirsty souls there were curiously compounded "cups:" hock and seltzer; claret and soda-water, fortified with curaçoa and flavoured artistically with burrage or sliced pine-apple. The Lovels of Arden
He further concluded that interest could continue to be compounded even after a bank had demanded repayment or called up the loan.
This retreat from risk severely compounded the natural reduction in credit due to bank loan losses.
The problems are compounded by the likelihood of reduced services while the account is being changed. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice
At the sight of them a rude, equally animal resentment rises in me, compounded of shame, fear, and ignoble joy not to be one of them.
This was compounded by a growing competition for scarce food resources.
Mortality, incarceration and unemployment -- compounded by the statistically rare but symbolically damning greater tendency for Black men than women to marry Whites - leave not enough "marriageable" Black men, especially in urban areas where segregation further limits cross-racial social interaction. Philip N. Cohen: What Ails Black Women, Part 3: Discrimination And Repercussions
The problem is compounded by the ban on general practitioners giving private prescription to their NHS patients.
It was compounded of loose soil to be sure, but also of a great deal more, including soot and ashes and street litter, and the fecal matter of the legion horses on whom all transport in London depended.
The cruel reality you face of a life without the man you love is further compounded by a world that keeps on turning. Times, Sunday Times
It is a tangle of historic forces, compounded by present-day fear and pride and vexed by world ideological powers.
That there were some flashes of attacking poise from the Welsh to remind you of such lineage no doubt only compounded the rage of Gatland. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
The software giant went on to warn that the danger from shoddy backup procedures will be compounded by what it predicts will be sharp increases in the number of laptops being damaged or stolen.
Windows is compounded from the Icelandic words vindr ` wind '+ auga ` eye,' a window being the eye of a house. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2
But they then conceded a silly penalty and compounded their error when, after some backchat, the referee moved them ten metres backwards.
The mystery is compounded further by the fact Leigh football director Steve Grainey, who handles transfer deals, is on holiday in Spain this week and unavailable for comment.
He said the prescriptions - extreme fiscal austerity, soaring interest rates, penal levels of taxation and pain all round - compounded the social and economic misery already being felt.
The spoliation of the Church compounded such problems.
This is further compounded by varying ideas of what constitutes proper and improper dress.
My ambivalence over speaking at the funeral was compounded when dad asked if I would do a scripture reading.
That illusion, like the touching belief that one party is always better than the other, is compounded of near-equal parts naiveté and cynicism.
Her trial was a tragedy compounded by farce. Times, Sunday Times
Glasgow compounded their numerous defensive lapses with a host of handling errors and needless turnovers.
The problems were compounded by severe food shortages.
_antepenultima_ there was (among the Latines) none accent audible in any long word, therfore to deuise any foote of longer measure then of three times was to them but superfluous: because all aboue the number of three are but compounded of their inferiours. The Arte of English Poesie
It then compounded its sins in the eyes of the public by allegedly overcharging the Government for electronic tagging of criminals. Times, Sunday Times
The hardship that every Navy couple endures when faced with deployment was compounded by a medical diagnosis made just days before the ship sailed.
Her 2004 diagnosis for congestive heart failure, compounded with spinal fractures and the effects of scoliosis, left her nearly bedridden. Elizabeth Taylor Hospitalized
The problem of comparing baited and non-baited traps as sampling methods for coprophagous and necrophagous insects is further compounded by the effect of trap fluid and sampling interval.
The problems are compounded in Florida, one of twenty-two ‘right to work’ states, where union dues are not compulsory in unionized workplaces.
As if this delay was not enough it was further compounded by procrastination in implementing the action recommended.
This frustration is compounded with the overall slowness of the game.
Only an available dilution ratio is compounded in this method, which is of reliability, accuracy and adaptability and adapt to analysis and monitoring of BOD in each hospital sewage.
She has compounded this supposed offence by her outspoken criticisms. Times, Sunday Times
His misery was further compounded by the needless and headless sending off of the influential defender.
I drank the acidic, carbonated beverage and it compounded small gas bubbles in my throat that made me burp inside my mouth.
In recent years a number of politicians have behaved disgracefully and then compounded their offences by trying to evade responsibility. Times, Sunday Times
Though Shaun eventually gets wise to the crisis, his pressing problem on the macrocosmic level is compounded by more prosaic hassles and neuroses.
A succession of handsome but bashful doe-eyed waiters brought over from Italy compounded our love for this place.
By domesticae, he means those simple uncompounded purgatives which everybody can administer to themselves; such as senna-tea, stewed prunes and senria, chewing a little rhubarb, or dissolving an ounce and a half of manna in fair water, with the juice of a lemon to make it palatable. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
It is a tangle of historic forces, compounded by present-day fear and pride and vexed by world ideological powers.
Lost orders compounded an already worrisome situation for the group.
The separation of contemporary Egypt from its past was compounded by the fact that Coptic was written in Greek letters with a few demotic signs.
Interest was to be compounded in accordance with the bank's current practice from time to time.
Compounded by their own unconscious survival strategy, their room for manoeuvre appears to shrink until it vanishes.
We compounded the mixture of the medicinal herbs according to the season and the patient's condition.
It seems a certain permanent average; as the atmosphere is a permanent composition, while so many gases are combined only to be decompounded. XII. Essays. Manners. 1844
Such repetition is compounded with frequent reminders to readers of where they have been and where they are going.
Strangely compounded of religious enthusiasm and political ambition, of the redeless spirit of the knight-errant and the cool calculation of the commercial bandit, these half-military and half-migratory movements of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries mark the beginning of that return of the West upon the East which is so persistent a factor in all modern history. Beginnings of the American People
The effect of the industrial action was compounded by a wildcat strike held by railway train guards the same morning.
This is compounded by the anger of the relatives of patients whose care is sub-standard. Times, Sunday Times
The cruel reality you face of a life without the man you love is further compounded by a world that keeps on turning. Times, Sunday Times
All the et ceteras that eventually became compounded into a reasoning, logical, informed citizen. The ship who sang
Ah," she said, on a tone judiciously compounded of feminine artlessness and of forthright British candour, and with a play of the eyebrows that attributed her momentary suscitation to the workings of memory, "of course -- Blanchemain. My Friend Prospero
Her trial was a tragedy compounded by farce. Times, Sunday Times
The republican fear within the moviegoer is compounded by the images he or she sees on the screen, making these flesh-eaters that much more horrifying, terror-inducing and relevant. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
Because glazes compounded with lead are difficult to control for lead release, leadless frits are recommended for small producers. 7. Frits and fritmaking
In the 1970s, the search for lucre through the illegal drug business compounded and further adulterated societal ties.
This rapidly compounded their debt, which has ballooned to £384,000.
His speed-speak makes for a high-energy performance, but when compounded with a slight sibilance, it compels the audience to pay close attention to catch what he's saying.
The chaotic circumstances of burial often compounded a family's grief.
The strain of the loss of income and the cost of having to set up housekeeping again was compounded by the fact that the portrait business was slow.
The thrill of the chase only compounded her problems.
The horrifying scene was compounded of darkness, silhouettes of mountains, and beyond the mountains, a red glow which rose to the sky, from remote fires.
Initial planning errors were compounded by carelessness in carrying the plan out.
He had already suffered a shock and 35 per cent burns but the nail compounded his woes when it pierced his left buttock.
Cared for by nursemaids and educated largely at home, they were isolated from their peers - a fact sometimes compounded by their parents' political zeal.
This has compounded fears that non-doms may move elsewhere rather than pay the charge. Times, Sunday Times
The nation's intrinsic weakness was further compounded by socio-political factors.
In this instance quality was lacking and inexperience compounded it. Times, Sunday Times
The general level of ignorance on what is good or bad behaviour is compounded by the idealisation of childhood.
There have been other stumbles, and that's been part of a problem she has had on the whole issue of Israel, which has compounded itself in this latest mess.
All of this is compounded if you're my height or taller.
The brewer said lackluster demand at bars and clubs was compounded by the dollar's drop against the euro.
The difficulties of outsourcing have been compounded by the increasing resistance of trade unions.
The valued molluscs are fed hand-harvested kelp and some compounded seaweed diet, and are graded at regular intervals over the farming period of 36 to 40 months.
Darn it, I am still proud, so strangely is man compounded. Chapter 27
Our difficulties were compounded by shortage of petrol supply.
Initial planning errors were compounded by carelessness in carrying the plan out.
We can see wave movements not just compounded of different qualities but compounded of different, even noncontiguous, spaces.
Second, this arbitrariness is compounded by the fact that each judge narrows the field for the next round, meaning that Lois Lowry could easily be choosing between two books that say nothing at all to her. I didn't see this coming.
The same may be done in all our complex ideas whatsoever; which, however compounded and decompounded, may at last be resolved into simple ideas, which are all the materials of knowledge or thought we have, or can have. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Disruption is inevitably compounded by having to rearrange the team to change positions and adjust tactics, rather than make a straight swap.
Martin, after a few instructions, sorted the great heaps of soiled clothes, while Joe started the masher and made up fresh supplies of soft-soap, compounded of biting chemicals that compelled him to swathe his mouth and nostrils and eyes in bath - towels till he resembled a mummy. Chapter 16
The sense of survivor's relief was compounded with a certain pride. We, the unsurprisable, were surprised at how well we were handling ourselves.
The difficulties are compounded by there being only one hole thereafter at which to try to recover from any damage incurred. Times, Sunday Times
His customary difficulty in fighting his way across a room was compounded on this occasion by his wife, who intervened to persuade him to stay.
When we say ‘compounded,’ that includes the dimensions of space and time.
It is not easy to write a biography about a person who is known to be reticent and the problem gets compounded when the attempt is not authorised.
If Von Mises objected to simple CPI indexes as trying to measure something that is impossible to measure, the problem is compounded with nontransparent statistic alchemy such as hedonics or substitution coefficients. More on the Inflation Debate - The Austrian Economists
Kerry compounded the problem by venturing no information about his public career in the Senate for the past two decades.
The AER shows what the notional interest rate would be if the interest was compounded and paid once a year.
She has compounded this supposed offence by her outspoken criticisms. Times, Sunday Times
In recent years a number of politicians have behaved disgracefully and then compounded their offences by trying to evade responsibility. Times, Sunday Times
The intrusion into personal privacy is compounded by the failure to limit access to the data held and its further use for purposes other than confirming a person's identity, he said.
What happens when corrupt databases are merged, is the corruption compounded, multiplied, squared or merely added to each other? Reform Body Attacks 'Database State'
The process of registration is slow and laborious and this has been compounded by the low number of people who have been assigned to carry out the task.

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