Sentence examples for is grievous from inspiring English sources
adjective
Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
Page A30 STATE OF THE BIRDS The news from a nationwide survey of bird populations in America is grievous.
Our loss in his death is grievous and deeply sad in what are already sad times but he leaves behind him a body of work of unparalleled integrity, beauty and depth that will be read for centuries to come.
The situation - 18 deaths already this year - is grievous and seems to be getting worse.
There was some looting and damage to a small number of galleries and storerooms, and that is grievous enough.
It is grievous to imagine a writer of Mr. Manchester's vitality having lost his exuberant command of fact and language.
But the fallout has been grievous.
Mr. Khalid survived but his abdominal wounds were grievous.
Indeed, the suffering in Gaza, from war and the economic blockade, has been grievous.
The consequences of Russia's own two wars with Chechnya, north of the Caucasus Mountains, have also been grievous.
The charges against Mr. Wigton were dropped, but the damage to him both personally and professionally was grievous.
