His big sister had a way of making matters right.

Nothing I did now could make matters worse, for either of us.

To make matters even worse, the police are also after him.

She wouldn't listen to me and I might make matters worse instead of better.

A lie will make matters worse for you than anything you've actually done.

To make matters worse, during the 1980's the state began to cut funding for all schools.

Should you return, later, alive, it would have made matters very hard to explain.

Trying to explain to her why she shouldn't be hurt will make matters much worse.

One mistake and he could make matters even worse than before.

Evidently there was nothing I could say or do that would make matters right again.