| Lady Laura had triumphed, but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory. |
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| Alex knew how passionate and agitated the crowd was, so rather than acerbate them further, he tempered his remarks. |
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| In our opinion, inefficient housing institutions will tend to acerbate the difficult implementation challenges in the years ahead. |
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| I am bound to say that, after reading it, I regretted its format, as likely somewhat to acerbate the ill feeling existing, because it conveys the impression of being purely an ex parte statement. |
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| If dietary intervention is found to be unsuccessful, and the patient does not have hypercalcemia, thiazides are liable to acerbate hypercalcemia because they decrease renal calcium excretion. |
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| It was a life, the whole tendency of which was to acerbate the natural defects of his character, and to raise them to such a point that we find traces of them breaking out in every part of his life. |
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| Cash flow pressure during 2013 could acerbate their needs to access capital markets during a period in which investor sentiment toward the sector has waned. |
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| During tough economic times, it's also crucial that the treasury function doesn't acerbate the company's cash flow situation by actually taking on more risk. |
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