How to Use the worst in a Sentence

the worst

noun
  • In the worst case this is weeks.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But that wasn’t the worst of it.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Chase saves the worst news for last.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In the worst case, this is weeks.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That was the worst day of my life.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But that wasn’t the worst of it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • And the worst might be yet to come.
    — Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
  • That’s not the worst play in the world.
    — Brett Appley, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • But that wasn’t the worst that was said.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • When that deal is done, the worst may be over.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 June 2026
  • Even if the worst team goes 0-82.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Zanoni said the city’s plans should buy time to avert the worst.
    — Michael Phillis, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Zanoni said the city's plans should buy time to avert the worst.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • That waiting time is the worst.
    — Joannie Rochette, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • And a lot of times the worst has happened.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Clark would be the worst actor in the world.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That wasn’t the worst mistake of the day.
    — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This tick season could be the worst in a decade.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • What’s the worst that could happen?
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026
  • Pop music is that way to me, in the worst way.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026
  • Both the best and the worst of the old Bronx are gone.
    — Eileen Torres, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • What is the worst city in England?
    — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Utah is one of the worst teams in the Big 12.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The Nets came in as the worst team in the East.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • As is always the case with these things, that is by far the worst part.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • The tales of the worst days sound like scenes from a big-screen survival thriller.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • That was the worst thing that ever happened to me.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2026
  • Idaho’s roads may not be the worst in the country.
    — Rose Evans may 11, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
  • The aim is to make the city better on good days, and safer on the worst ones.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the worst part was that there was no margin for error.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026

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