Sentence examples for are grievous from inspiring English sources

Mild faux pas are "grievous howlers".

Poverty and poor health are grievous problems for many communities.

Rather, we're dealing here with the primary meaning, describing suffering: synonyms of severe are "grievous" and "extreme".

The toll of some 3,000 lives and incalculable property damage are grievous enough; the assault on cultural targets adds further insult.

The film is a reminder of why absurdism flourishes under oppression: because, as we're reminded daily, autocrats even when their actions are grievous in their results—nonetheless render themselves ridiculous.

It has got in the way of proper attention to America's profound economic inequities, even though the latter are grievous and feed so obviously into its racial and gender inequities.

The news is grievous.

But the fallout has been grievous.

Mr. Khalid survived but his abdominal wounds were grievous.

Indeed, the suffering in Gaza, from war and the economic blockade, has been grievous.

The consequences of Russia's own two wars with Chechnya, north of the Caucasus Mountains, have also been grievous.