Sentence examples for grievous for from inspiring English sources

The failure of "Collateral Beauty" is all the more grievous for the waste of its superb actors.

Its loss would be grievous for those who still think that public moviegoing, in movie theatres — and, for that matter, viewing movies in projections of 35-mm.

The reversal of economic fortune in Memphis is particularly grievous for a black professional class that has taken root here, a group that includes Mr. Wharton, a lawyer who became mayor in 2009.

The damage could have been even more grievous for Newcastle if the referee, Andre Marriner, had punished Debuchy's risky challenge on Touré inside the penalty area six minutes later.

Other arrests included 17 for common assault or actual bodily harm; 13 for sexual offences; 10 for theft from the person, eight for going equipped for theft; six for grievous bodily harm; three for drink or drug driving; two for criminal damage; one for robbery and 32 others that the Met did not specify.

Despite consistent evidence from the past four decades that key economic sectors unmoored from regulation (investment banking, commercial banking, energy, housing, among others) resulted in short-term gains for the few, grievous harm for the many, and severe damage to the public good, free-market fundamentalists keep stoking the fires of laissez-faire anti-regulation policies.

Thats a grievous offense for any company, but its especially lethal for an outfit like Persistence, a relatively obscure company with just over $10 million in revenues during the last twelve months and no earnings to speak of (in fact, its expected to lose 48 cents per share this year).

"Everyone in the CNR is running away from responsibility for what appears to have been a grievous disregard for human lives".

He found searches for the term "air" had been gradually declining, suggesting "grievous consequences for the fate of humanity".

Moreover, the awkward truth was that while the death of the Israeli soldiers was a grievous embarrassment for the military -- as well as a tragedy for the soldiers' friends and families -- it was not the diplomatic disaster that was initially feared.

Poverty and poor health are grievous problems for many communities.