Sentence examples for be a grievous from inspiring English sources

That would be a grievous mistake.

It would be a grievous understatement to call her a mere martyr.

Americans understood Vietnam to be a grievous defeat that required fresh thinking.

This time, says the Arts Council, every faller will be a grievous loss.

The paper did warn that "leaving the EU would be a grievous act of self-harm".

As was the case in the 1990s, negotiating with the Taliban now would be a grievous mistake.

This is a grievous, self-inflicted wound.

This was a grievous error.

I believe it is a grievous mistake".

But to Rushdie it has been a grievous personal matter.

But underdoing it would have been a grievous fault.