How To Use Worst In A Sentence

I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.
Some might say, at worst, armed insurrection. Times, Sunday Times
I do not of course mean, Heaven forbid! that people should try to converse seriously; that results in the worst kind of dreariness, in feeling, as Stevenson said, that one has the brain of a sheep and the eyes of a boiled codfish. From a College Window
This is criminal negligence at best or treason at worst. The Sun
We take a hard line with soft drinks - and cola is the worst offender.

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The worst may not happen, but we must prepare for it
You have both let your wife down in the worst way imaginable. The Sun
Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout.
If the worst happens, I'll start an underground blogging movement with secret servers in people's attics.
Her condition is not improving as we hoped. You must prepare yourselves for the worst.
I believe that in a free market without a competition law your worst nightmares would come true, that everything would be monopolised or cartelised.
Just the other day, I heard the worst blasphemy come from that woman's mouth.
At worst the disinfectant is prematurely exhausted, an effect known as organic overload, allowing large numbers of micro-organisms to survive.
A child superstar, who married the world's worst behaved man.
HOUSES decked out in bright lights are the worst seasonal faux pas, according to a survey. The Sun
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who chairs an investigative subcommittee that will hold a hearing on the report today, said the Obama administration should "get on with it and actually debar the worst of the tax cheats from the contractor workforce. GAO report: Tax cheats received billions in stimulus funds
I am clearly an unorganized slattern of the worst sort.. Updatery
I've followed this story from the time Blaise and her boyfriend went galavanting around Marseilles, when you and your husband were desperately trying to find them both and fearing the worst. Une plaie - French Word-A-Day
When a predator pounces, simply escaping in the opposite direction is often the worst option.
However, at the other end of the scale the worst site was at Ballybeg which had been a problem for a long time.
Peer ranking requires each group member to rank the performance of all other members from best to worst. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
Paper will start to peel from the wall, and in the worst cases plaster will start to crumble.
It is the worst return since 2002 and follows a dramatic slide in global crude oil prices. The Sun
Worsted in this war of love Shiva punished the mischievous god of love Madana for aiding that maiden by causing springtime to appear on the scene before its wonted time.
Island on the L.S. is one of the worst quick or moveing sand bars Which I have Seen, notwithstanding all our precaustons to Clear the Sands and pass between them (which was the way we were compd. to pass, from the immence Current & falling banks on the S. S.) the Boat Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
It was the worst recession since the war.
They have suffered embarrassment and worst from dopes, dubbos and incompetents.
219 people were killed in the country's worst-ever plane crash.
it was the worst he had ever done on a test
That last complaint is tragicomic given that Memphis schools typically rank among the nation's five worst with fewer than half of black males graduating from high school. Tennessee's Chamber Maids
Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
It is a popular belief that the worst horrors befall whoever invites the curse of a hijra.
I read once that a prude is a good woman in the worst sense of the word. How good is good?
The Antropophagites (so called for that thei liue by mannes fleshe) of all menne, are the worste condicioned, without lawe, or officer, appareilled like the Scithiens: but in language like vnto no bodye but them selues. The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
An unexpected call for a no-confidence vote against Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung over his handling of a debt crisis at one of Vietnam's biggest state-owned firms shows that the political fallout from the country's worst-ever financial scandal might just be starting, analysts say. Vietnamese Premier Faces Fallout on Vinashin
I then angled the bandsaw table over so I could run resawing passes parallel to the worst of the cracking, and fired it through for a number of passes. Stu's Shed
He was his own worst enemy and his rash violation of Grant's departmental regulations caused his removal from command of his corps shortly before the fall of Vicksburg.
At worst that could mean ejection from the postgraduate social work course he'd sweated blood to get on to. FORESTS OF THE NIGHT
Too frequently the stories seem to settle for, at worst, an indulgence in superficial whimsy, at best, a cultivation of the bizarre in situation and event that, at least as I read them, can't bear the weight they're asked to bear when left to provide the primary source of dramatic interest. Genre Fiction
The worst case of fratricide in the Vietnam war occurred during an artillery exchange when the wrong powder charge caused long rounds to hit another U.S. artillery position.
Cats - especially those breeding in the wild - along with stoats and ferrets, moreporks, blackbirds and kingfishers are the worst enemies of the lizards.
Post-Civil-War America therefore seemed to exhibit the worst kind of small-minded, lacklustre parochialism, but it had coupled it with a loutish popularism.
We are all sick with mucky colds again and Amelia is in the middle of the worst of it.
The more secretive you get with your parents, the worst things will become.
Little did the Kings know they needed every goal against the second-worst team in hockey.
The worst hit areas are now engaged in the biggest post-catastrophe reconstruction programme since the Second World War.
The worst dereliction is tolerance of rave parties where illegal drugs are sold and used, and minors are sexually exploited. Sound Politics: Seattle needs more police; and needs to use better sense in deploying the ones it already has
You can become your own worst enemy with that stubborn refusal to accept the inevitable. The Sun
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
I met Tony and Janina Wasilewski on the worst day of their lives -- June 6th 2007. Ruth Leitman: Tony & Janina, Chasing the American Dream... Again
In the 14th and 15th centuries textile manufacture became the dominant industry, especially of cloths called worsteds after a local village.
‘The newspaper industry prices itself in a way that is at best archaic and at worst antediluvian,’ he says.
It is knowing this about human nature that we set up safeguards to prevent us from being our worst.
It was the worst chapter of my life. Christianity Today
Contaminant fluxes associated with the process of frazil ice formation in the Kara sea are much smaller than worst-case estimates.
I'm afraid George Cole came off worst from our partnership in Minder.
Sustained rain and ferocious winds caused severe weather conditions across Cumbria overnight on Friday, some of the worst the region has seen for decades.
`Probably the wettest five days since records began; everything else these days seems to be the worst it has ever been since records began. THE CALLIGRAPHER
Like all good conspiracy theories, the polio vaccine theory's originators are its worst enemies.
The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of North America.
As a character study, I've often thought this president was the worst of two worlds: a sense of elite Eastern entitlement without the intellectual rigor and Texas bravado minus the bigheartedness. Jamie Stiehm: When Oliver Stone Makes a Movie, Bring It On
At best, he's a vain, insecure man; at worst, he's a paranoid megalomaniac narcissist.
The worst troubled flared around the shanty town 's makeshift mosque. The Sun
It was certainly an auspicious start, and most merchants are hopeful that the worst is behind them, and that there will be better days ahead.
The worst thing about Britain is that so many people are disenfranchised by price and snobbery. Times, Sunday Times
While some consider giant salvinia to be an attractive aquatic plant, this free-floating fern is also an obnoxious invader that's sometimes referred to as ‘the world's worst water weed.’
In the vacuum, each side began to suspect the worst and reordered their foreign policies accordingly.
With the tinted lenses blocking out the worst of the bright sunlight, her headache receded to its previous dull ache.
Britain's worst oil-related disaster was the 1988 explosion and fire on the North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha off the Scottish coast, which killed 167 riggers.
So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. The Haters of Roissy 3 : Bad Obsession
So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. Archive 2009-08-01
The worst possible explanation is that some new, previously unknown viral disease has found its way into the burrows and is now taking a grip. Times, Sunday Times
The reader's conception of the text in this case is the worst possible communicative situation.
It was a portent of climatic things to come, which culminated in the worst floods in living memory in cities such as Prague and Dresden.
Worst of them is the failure to show us the beanstalk growing. Times, Sunday Times
Almost a year has passed since one of the worst landslides recorded in Scotland wreaked devastation at Glen Ogle, near Stirling.
The honest depiction seemed to emphasize his worst features: his big nose, the dark circles under his eyes, his slightly receding hairline.
Black was just above the middle of that table, with maroon the worst colour. Times, Sunday Times
Moreover, the City in particular is suffering the worst contraction for a generation.
The worst thing we could do now is let our heads go down and go moping about the place. The Sun
Port, red wine and stout beer are the worst culprits. The Sun
He had set his mind on a "jag" of the worst description -- to drink and forget. Colorado Jim
so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best
At best Nella would be an invalid; at worst she would die.
Sydney's shittest/sexiest/worst band give Adelaide a nice little rim-tickle. Polaroids of Androids - Latest
The best and the worst of the 19th-century romantic poets also had daft political ideas. Times, Sunday Times
The worst-case scenario is that he is not serious about the relationship. Times, Sunday Times
How can we avoid education in the new literacies becoming an example of “corruptio optimi pessima” the corruption of the best is the worst of all? Archive 2008-03-01
It's a day where people celebrate by drinking the worst-tasting beer they can find, wearing ratty blue singlet tops with Australian flags as a cape, eating burnt "snags" from the "barbie" and listening to the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown on the radio from the plush confines of a deck chair placed in a kiddie's wading pool. A List For Australia Day
He was every kid's worst nightmare for an uncle so feel sorry for Elissa - he was her uncle.
So we got out the playbook and quarterbacked our companies into the worst automotive recession in a decade.
To feel that way towards toffs today makes you at best an anachronism, at worst a freak, as I was reminded recently when I appeared at a literary festival.
None of this bothers me; some of the worst dressers in the world have produced some of the best music.
And the biggest shock was that it was scored by a man who had been the worst player on the pitch up until that point. The Sun
The American replied in a similar playful ferocity — the two warriors made a little tournament for us there on the plains before Jaffa, in the which diachylon, being a little worsted, challenged his adversary to a race, and fled away on his grey, the Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
Even the worst footballers' perms of the 1970s could hardly compete.
Not having the right support puts stress on the bones and joints, which could lead to joint problems and painful stress fractures in worst case scenarios. The Sun
You can also overcome one of the worst problems in contemporary life, that of cold coffee.
His recipes are crammed with the worst forms of unfermented industrial soy, like soy protein powders and meat substitutes.
The worst blow of all for the federalists is under this constitution the Union has no power to tax.
Xaviers could fit himself to the dignity and formal habiliments of state; Yet in the fringed deerskin of frontier garb, he was fleeter on the warpath than the Indians who fled before him; and he could outride and outshoot -- and, it is said, outswear -- the best and the worst of the men who followed him. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground
The worst culprits are the big name stars demonstrating their actorly conceits. Times, Sunday Times
The area was the closest to the epicentre of the earthquake, bore the full brunt of the subsequent tsunami and was clearly one of the worst affected areas.
Obama is a stuffed-shirt, retrousse-nosed, po 'boy, the worst kind of elitist! On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Stubborn had survived one of the worst attacks of the war, despite the loss of her aft hydroplanes and rudder, and had carried out the deepest-ever dive at the time, to an estimated 165m!
At best it was enormously misleading, and at worst it was untruthful.
The clouds have no notion of being caricatured, and the trees keep cautiously away from the brink of such streams -- save, perchance, now and then, here and there, a weak well-meaning willow -- a thing of shreds and patches -- its leafless wands covered with bits of old worsted stockings, crowns of hats, a bauchle Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
The results also highlight a growing chasm between the borough's best and worst performing schools.
Instead this episode will confirm the worst fears of globalists: that multinationals are becoming too powerful for governments to control.
But the matric ball is one of the worst. The Star (South Africa)
We present them the example of France as an unanswerable proof that one great nation can maintain bimetallism, and that by maintaining it she escaped the worst evils that have affected the monometallic countries, and assured for herself an extraordinary progress and prosperity. If Not Silver, What?
The worst drought across the Midwest in 17 years is now threatening commercial shipping.
The worst part of the set-up is the poor instruction manual.
Worst hit was Helmsley where the River Rye burst its banks.
Small bubbles were the worst in terms of aroma release. Times, Sunday Times
Last week's "town hall" hosted by Tom "snooze" Brokaw being the worst. Christopher Ingram: McCain Brings Out NFL Two Minute Offense
It may even be the least-worst option for some management teams lacking in imagination or talent. Times, Sunday Times
If the worst thing in the world is to die, then what kind of difficulty we can not overcome?
Railways, as a rule, are among the many things which they do _not_ order better in France, and the French Northern line is one of the worst managed in the world, barring none, not even the Italian _vie ferrate_. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales
That name will live in infamy for as long as the US continues to exist; the most unintelligible moron to ever foul the Oval Office, as well as the worst president in US history. Think Progress » DC Media Scoff At President Obama’s Substantive And Detailed Answer To Health Care Question
Asset management companies set up by governments in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand have mopped up the worst bad loans, unburdening banks by pulling the plug on deadbeat borrowers.
Beaten by the worst team in the league? They'll never live it down!
Relatives of victims of Bradford's worst industrial disaster came together to unveil a memorial stone 120 years on.
The worst of them all, though Jewish, were ready to do anything to please the "Boche" masters, just to save their own hides. Turkey and the EU
When Eddy showed up at Sir Christopher's Cassandra had immediately sized her up as no good foreign trash and taken to making her education the worst possible.
It gave Brian McMaster, the company's managing director, the worst night he has ever had.
The lightness of the first film had hardened into a frantic, unpleasant quality - it's easily the worst of the series.
My old claim that it feels like I'm intruding on the lives of people - by asking them what the best and worst things about mobiles phones are, in this case - still holds true.
At her worst, she serves up a sludge of disparate data that do not cumulate to any discernible or persuasive argument.
Don't worry?the worst that can happen is that you'll get a fine.
Some of the worst blackspots occur on train routes or main arterial roads around the country.
He said: ‘Without any doubt they will be the Post Office's worst results ever.’
A worsted twill weave that is wrinkle resistant.
Overall the market is difficult but there's a lot of interest in our lightweight worsted suitings and jacketings for spring 2006.
Many have spoken out to say the worst trolling comes not from misogynist men, but from fellow feminists. The Sun
We should be in when you arrive, but if the worst comes to the worst, the neighbours have a spare key and will let you into the house.
This facility is producing fabrics with luxurious finishes in a range of worsted and synthetic fabrics for the moderate to better markets.
You tend to think negatively and torture yourself endlessly by imagining the worst and procrastinating about major decisions and changes today.
With many people admitting they only skim-read terms and conditions, discovering exclusions often comes at the worst possible moment. The Sun
Evergreens suffer worst of all from wind-chill because their leaves exhale watery vapour whatever the temperature, even if minimally. Times, Sunday Times
Winner of Best Politics Blog and Best News & Current Affairs Blog order of business in the Dail is the worst political failure I have seen: Irish Blogs
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that. Pearl Bailey
Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years.
This year, ancient Italian men are wearing generously cut worsted suits, either with waistcoat or cardigan, in natural earth colours with muted checks.
They are brilliant at their best, overindulgent and far too twiddly at their worst.
The worst of the looting was over, and there was enough calm in the shattered streets for her to feel the popular elation, despite the fear and violence that lay below the surface.
We sponged down the walls to get the worst of the dirt off.
One is the diplomatic sensitivity about upsetting Japan after the worst earthquake and tsunami in its history. Times, Sunday Times
When the worse gets to the worst, a number of people end up indulging in various societal vices to earn a living.
Naturally, their parents thought the photograph was the worst likeness they had seen. Times, Sunday Times
Don Julián, wounded and enfevered, now at last believes the worst. The Theory of the Theatre
You watch too much fox news (the lapdog of the ultra right conservatives, who interestingly and hypocritically is on the same network that show some of the worst of the worst television has to offer.) @Mike – patriot act, was the 2002 GOP-led congress. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - A new day….
The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody. Kurt Vonnegut
Writer Chica said ... stomach bugs are the worst! ick. hope you are well soon. did you do anything special to get down to your prepreg weight? Out sick
The boys are now 20 and 24, and while they have made some poor choices (a DUI is the worst thing) they are good young men. Ask Amy
Worst thing is, the habitat module took a direct hit from a gauss grenade. New Race
This barge is a floating hotel, or "flotel," set up by BP and several subcontractors to accommodate more than 500 workers hired to clean up the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Home
The worst stock market slump in 30 years has hammered global financial stocks, raising fears about the capital strength of banks and insurers.
That's probably the worst sin. Who wants to be involved with a boring organisation?
At worst, a dip in a calm pool with some gently nibbling fish can't be bad for the soul. The Sun
Malton, Norton and Old Malton - some of the towns worst hit by flooding - will receive £6.3m for a programme involving building embankments and walls along the River Derwent.
Air France in L.A. has a firm and continued hold on worst firearm service, although in recent years British Air has pluckily attempted to give Air Chance a run for their money. Flying with Guns
See, the worst part isn't even that our good ideas get blueprinted and reproduced.
The third, and worst, degree of turpitude is reached when a masterpiece is planished and patted into such a shape, vilely beautiﬁed in such a fashion as to conform to the notions and prejudices of a given public. Check out ...
It was an outrageous action, the worst violation of the basic principle of diplomatic immunity in modern history.
Every one would think you the worst blasphemers, or the very foolishest old women, with your new belief! Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
A senior Army officer said that the ammunition crisis was "shambolic" and came at the worst possible time for the Army. Boing Boing: July 17, 2005 - July 23, 2005 Archives
It is regularly derided as one of the worst songs in musical history, but it still gives me a lump in my throat and an ache in my heart.
Already prepared for the worst on yields by the company's forecasts, the upside potential for investors is evident too.
While he blamed the press for his bad publicity, he was his own worst enemy. Times, Sunday Times
For most, the worst symptom is a cold sore, but in some individuals, the virus causes inflammation of the brain that can lead to mental retardation, epilepsy, or death.
At worst, plain bare-faced lying and scaremongering. Think Progress » Let The Cameras Roll
Scientists have described the Aral sea as the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth.
Sometimes I just get random thoughts in my head, and these can happen at the worst possible times.
The worst misfortunes are these that never hzppen.
I was a manipulator and scoundrel of the worst kind, who would do anything and everything necessary to satisfy my own insatiable appetite for ‘wine, women, and song’.
Though mine safety has much improved, miners' families still fear the worst.
Her comments are so threadbare and banal, that her role smacks of the worst kind of tokenism.
G20 leaders face lingering economic trouble as conference is set to open economy still wobbly from the worst recession in seven decades, restraining greedy bankers and plotting a future course for sustainable growth - the leaders of the world's major derivatives in the second quarter, as the level of risk eased in the global Wall Street, sex-and-shopping chick lit is so over. WN.com - Articles related to India inks nuclear pact with Argentina
These complexes, complete with hotels and up-scale shopping, are "uneconomical" now, Cahill said, arguing they are too expensive to build and would not attract enough visitors as unemployment climbs and the state faces its worst financial crisis in decades. Breaking News - The Post Chronicle
I wouldn't wish such a fate on my worst enemy.
The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry.
Exposing prints to direct sunshine, but also artificial light from bulbs is one of the worst and most frequent mistakes.
Then he responded by, apparently, unfiring them and saying he's offended but he'll unfire them, which makes him look at best like an equivocator and at worst like he doesn't have any scruples. Edwards On The Bloggers: "Personally Offended," But Believes In "Giving Everyone A Fair Shake"
Lawton is hitting just .246, and was moved to left field after making six errors and having the worst fielding percentage (.969) of any right fielder in the American League this season. USATODAY.com - Cox deserves the credit in Atlanta
The best and the worst of the 19th-century romantic poets also had daft political ideas. Times, Sunday Times
Well, this is the first time in the emergency that the World Food Programme has done airlifts of food into some of the worst affected areas.
She began to wonder about her husband on route from Newark, New Jersey, for San Francisco, and then a call confirmed her worst fears.
If you time your departure carefully, you should be able to miss the worst of the traffic.
July 28th, 2009 12: 11 pm ET for all of you who label southerns as racist better check your history the area that had the most problems in busing was your boston from that liberal state of mass. also a lot of dems like byrd and gores daddy where part of the kkk and without republician help lbj great society and civil rights bills would not have pased. all you who pass judgement on southerns just do not have a clue you are self seving elitest who are just plain ignorant of the facts i have lived in the midwest south and northeast those from the northeast are the worst as far as being self serving and judgemental Voinovich: The GOP's 'being taken over by Southerners'
Plenty of money draws out the worst in people.
Worst still is that there nearly seems to be a resignation to the idea of partitioning Libya, and in fact there are those who have begun to promote it. Raghida Dergham: Beyond the "Arab Spring" and Obama's Options
Losing a shipmate is the worst thing that can happen to you as a captain. Hurriyet Dailynews
One of the worst examples was in Ethiopia, where Haile Selassie's failure to deal with a drought led to his fall and the rise of the communist dictatorship of Haile Miriam Mengistu. Opportunities offered by climate change | Rachel Godfrey Wood
The independent float of an activity is calculated assuming the worst circumstances.
There is an irony to Gates' mission in Afghanistan: it was he who led the effort in the 1980's to support the anti-Soviet Mujahedeen, some of whom have since morphed into America's worst enemies.
A main route into the city has been named the worst litter black spot by thousands of residents.
He's not the worst candidate in the field but he has a bit of dodgy salesman about him.
The contraceptive pill is the worst offender, but it is not the only drug to deplete the body's vitamin levels.
Dental health issues are at their worst in inner cities. Times, Sunday Times

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