Sentence examples for serious compound from inspiring English sources

Alcott, 31, suffered a serious compound fracture in 2010, and then, after a successful comeback late last year, sustained a further break in August.

Alcott, who also suffered a serious compound fracture in 2010, was due to compete in the Cortina World Cup in Italy - the final Olympic qualification event - on Saturday morning, but heavy snowfall caused the downhill race to be postponed for 24 hours.

But there is a serious slowdown, compounded by what many experts say is political dawdling and disagreement about how to fix it.

And serious illness, compounded by his wife's death and other adversities, left him weak, disillusioned, and destitute near the end of his life (3 ).

The Centre for Mental Health estimated the total costs of mental health to British health services and society at £105 billion in 2009/2010, 4 a figure expected to double over the next 20 years. 2 These are serious challenges compounded by a paucity of information on which to commission appropriate services.

The regulator said there had been "serious editorial misjudgments" compounded by a "serious failure of its compliance process".

The sense that Rihanna might have developed a case of the "Serious Artists" is compounded by the artwork, which comes complete with an excruciating little poem, written in braille so that the visually impaired can be mortified by it as well.

If that's the case, you're overpaying for a modified index fund by over 100 basis points annually, which turns into serious money when compounded.

In mixtures of the five compounds, serious overlapping of voltammetric peaks was observed, and with conventional analytical methodology pre-separation steps would be required.

That revelation alone distinguishes Obama from one wartime president after another — in his ability to acknowledge a serious failure, avoid compounding it and learn from the experience.

Some of the most serious violence targeted the compound housing the German and British Embassies in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, causing minor damage to the British property but major fire damage to the German one.