WORST in a Sentence

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For WORST, below is one of 266 sentences:
And Scarlett was not surprised to see them, these kinsmen who had taken the worst that fate could send and hammered it into the best.

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 Meanings and Examples of WORST
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worst
 v.  most corrupt, bad, evil, or ill
Classic Sentence: (198 in 14 pages)
1  Tell me, said Scarlett enthusiastically, hoping for the worst.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  And, worst of all, she had burned two blisters on her fingers helping Pittypat and Cookie make layer cakes for raffling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  But he remained annoyingly unloverlike and, worst of all, seemed to see through all her maneuverings to bring him to his knees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  Scrapes about women, several shootings, gun running to the revolutionists in Central America and, worst of all, professional gambling were included in his career, as Atlanta heard it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  He seemed to take pleasure not only in affronting the sincere and red-hot loyalties of Atlanta but in presenting himself in the worst possible light.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  Chloroform was so scarce now it was used only for the worst amputations and opium was a precious thing, used only to ease the dying out of life, not the living out of pain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  There was fear in every heart but, now that they knew the truth, now that the worst had happened, now that the war was in their front yard, a change came over the town.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  It was as though, the worst having happened, they had nothing more to fear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  "You're a fool nigger, and the worst day's work Pa ever did was to buy you," said Scarlett slowly, too tired for anger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  She thought without surprise, looking down from her height, that her shoulders were strong enough to bear anything now, having borne the worst that could ever happen to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
11  And Scarlett was not surprised to see them, these kinsmen who had taken the worst that fate could send and hammered it into the best.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  But it was better to know the worst than to wonder.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
13  Child, it's a very bad thing for a woman to face the worst that can happen to her, because after she's faced the worst she can't ever really fear anything again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  Ah, well, that's been fifty years ago, as I said, and since that time I've never been afraid of anything or anybody because I'd known the worst that could happen to me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
15  He could not bring himself to tell them the worst.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
Example Sentence: (68 in 5 pages)
16  Provide for the worst, the best will save itself.
17  The worst men often give the best advice.
18  Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
19  It was the worst storm to hit London this century.
20  The worst thing a girl can do: Give the guy who just broke her heart another chance.
21  The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility.
22  The worst sufferers of the condition tend to live in highly polluted areas.
23  At worst, nuclear war could be unleashed.
24  The business is still in crisis but it has survived the worst of the recession.
25  The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet.
26  Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.
27  The year following the elimination of the distribution centers was, by employee consensus, the worst the company had ever endured.
28  It was the worst day in my entire life.
29  I rate cars as one of the worst polluters of the environment.
30  It's the worst food I've ever had.