Some were anti-Qaddafi fighters suffering grievous wounds.
Some regiments, such as Edward Spangler's 130th Pennsylvania, stood and fired without maneuvering or taking cover, suffering grievous losses.
And I'm sure this hope resides in the heart of Alexander Maksik, who has illuminated for us, with force and art, an all too common species of suffering — grievous, ugly and, unfortunately, a perennial.
The dictionary defines severe as "unsparing in exaction, punishment or censure" or "inflicting discomfort or pain hard to endure; sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as severe pain, anguish, torture" "extremely violent or grievous, severe pain" "of pain, suffering, loss, or the like: grievous, extreme" and "of circumstances hard to sustain or endure".
In court, they read the lengthy criminal accusations aloud, and they said the defendants had intended to inflict "grievous mental suffering".
Had they not coincided with national bankruptcy, civil unrest, grievous public suffering and pleas from Greek archeologists for help in saving their country's classical heritage from ruin, current efforts to transform Leigh-Fermor's Peloponnese home into a permanent writers' retreat might have looked quite normal, proportionate and not even a curious way to celebrate a celebrated nomad.
With Pakistan's economy suffering a grievous blow, the administration could be forced to redirect parts of its $7.5 billion economic aid package for Pakistan to urgent needs like rebuilding bridges, rather than more ambitious goals like upgrading the rickety electricity grid.
A dump truck approaches, packed with rebels suffering more grievous wounds than the previous groups.
As glorious as that victory might have been, the carnage was grievous, with each side suffering over six thousand casualties.
If it didn't, then its decision that allows doctors to help "competent" adults suffering from "grievous and irremediable" medical conditions end their lives.
