Sentence examples for grievous affront from inspiring English sources

The land was scarred, the air was filled with the incessant shriek of drills boring a mile or more into the earth, and, in a singularly grievous affront to Ken and his neighbors, the clean mountain water locals pulled from their wells was now tainted by methane.

He explains that "the student-teacher dynamic has been re-envisioned along a line that's simultaneously consumerist and hyper-protective, giving each and every student the ability to claim Grievous Harm in nearly any circumstance, after any affront, and a teacher's formal ability to respond to these claims is limited at best".

It's a personal affront.

None involved grievous violence.

This a grievous blow.

Some of them grievous.

The news is grievous.

And the grievous sore?