1.   The team has lost the last two games and, to make matters worse, two of its best players are injured.

2.   To make matters worse, I had to keep my mouth shut whenever he was around.

3.   But the Clintons could not have handled this matter worse if they had put their collective high-level IQs together and set out to make the worst possible impression.

4.   To make matters worse, interest waned among fans, who balked at watching players they were unfamiliar with play a brand of soccer they considered boring.

5.   To make matters worse, investors were later asked to inject fresh capital into the banks.

6.   To make matters worse, attempts are being made to sweeten the pill that she is being forced to swallow.

7.   To make matters worse, some of the games were taped delayed, including a few from the championship series.

8.   To make matters worse, there is growing evidence that the overly sweetened American diet is contributing directly to such health problems as heart disease and diabetes.

9.   To make matters worse, benefits that have kept its taxes unusually low will run out next year.

10.   To make matters worse, there are genuine pieces that have no marks.