Sentence examples for grievous to from inspiring English sources
'Tis most grievous, to so besmirch their arte with such savagery and discourtesy.
It is grievous to imagine a writer of Mr. Manchester's vitality having lost his exuberant command of fact and language.
Hesiod declared, "Gossip is mischievous, light and easy to raise, but grievous to bear and hard to get rid of".
Delany calls this "a circumstance very grievous to her," perhaps because professional singing was not an entirely respectable occupation at the time.
No fault in Tony Blair's record seemed more grievous to him than the failure to campaign, indeed to crusade, for an early British adoption of the euro.
Nonetheless, the simple fact that these most intimate conflicts are being played out in public likely renders them even more grievous to endure.
Yes, there are evil people and bad states in the world, and they want to do grievous harm to us and our allies.
As to which betrayal inflicts more grievous wounds to a relationship, generalities are easy to accept; but virtually impossible to prove.
"It introduces long-term detention without trial, is open to abuse and is a grievous blow to democracy," opposition lawmaker N. Surendran said.
On the other side, by Wednesday morning Hamas had killed 29 soldiers, a huge morale booster to its fighters and a grievous blow to Israel.
Following an incident that occurred during a training session on 26 April, he was charged with "careless and negligent handling of a Lewis Gun whilst instructing" that led to "grievous bodily injury" to Private John Martin Fife.
