But the doctor did not come, and my poor mother was getting worse by the hour.

It was a clear night, not bad by Washington standards.

This was thought to be bad by some people and critics.

Third, the weather ahead was getting worse by the minute.

Dangerous because the economic situation gets worse by the day.

Reports coming from the region were growing worse by the hour.

It was coming right to him, and getting worse by the second.

We had something in common, he and I: we'd both been forced into being bad by our circumstances.

In those few days, the news got worse by the hour.

The average family of four will be £1,250 worse off a year by 2015.