How to Use help matters in a Sentence

help matters

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  • Putting his name in the title doesn’t help matters either, suggesting a self-seriousness and pride of authorship that haven’t been earned.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Nor did a historic storm on the West Coast help matters.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Its hard to say, but the end of the Ukraine-Russia war would certainly help matters.
    — Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 May 2022
  • The singer clearly was overworked, and her weight, which at one point was 275 pounds, did not help matters.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • Losing Dak Prescott for five games to a right thumb fracture did not help matters.
    — Dallas News, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Going 15-of-25 from the line didn't help matters for Toronto.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
  • And of course, the injury to their superstar early in that game didn’t help matters.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The lack of explosive plays by the Dolphins — who haven’t had a 50-yard pass or 25-yard run in their first nine games — won’t help matters.
    — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The return of star linebacker KD Davis will also help matters.
    — Brett Vito, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Faybian Marks, injured and lost for the season late in 2021, being ready for camp would help matters.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022
  • The playoffs are starting to take focus now and a late-season loss is not going to help matters.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The Reds’ defense, which had some exceptional moments in the first two games of the series, didn’t help matters.
    — The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2022
  • But the program’s difficult Big 12 schedule won’t help matters and just might slow progress.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Getting through the remainder of the season unscathed would help matters as well.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Injuries to Seth Curry and Cody Martin didn’t help matters.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Of course, losing center Tyler Biadasz to a high-ankle sprain didn’t help matters.
    — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • But the Browns lost Denzel Ward to an aggravation of his shoulder injury in the first quarter, and that didn’t help matters.
    — cleveland, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The album’s arrival amid the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t help matters.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Styling and Skin Conditions The fact that greasy hair is often put up in a tight ponytail—and sometimes swept up in a bun for sleeping—doesn’t help matters.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
  • Starbucks’ strong presence in China also did not help matters due to the strict lockdown that caused business to slow down.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • Foot injuries to James Washington did not help matters.
    — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Draw your own conclusions, but retirement planning often takes help, and the source of that help matters.
    — Steve Parrish, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Once-grand department stores and mall retailers have struggled over the last decade, and the pandemic didn’t help matters.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Opener Soul Asylum didn’t help matters, with an hourlong set that felt more like background music than a rock show.
    — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2023
  • The loss of the longtime stalwarts like downtown’s Blue Whale, which closed during the pandemic, certainly don’t help matters.
    — Brynn Shiovitz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The lukewarm reception to the album’s advance title track didn’t help matters.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
  • To help matters, the actor went home to the Pacific Northwest, put her phone down, and visited family.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Of course, the fact there's some seriously twisted stuff going on behind the picket fences and perfect lawns doesn't help matters.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
  • One of the top available offensive tackles on the transfer market, such as Tulsa’s Dillon Wade, would help matters up front.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The Japanese government does not help matters by putting its thumb on the scales in favor of older and bigger companies.
    — Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2024

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