Sentence examples for severe meaning from inspiring English sources

"We're talking about something that is severe, meaning it's disabling and distressing and is not transient".

The UK's terrorism threat level remained at severe, meaning an attack was considered to be highly likely.

The threat level to the UK from international terrorism remains at severe – meaning an attack is "highly likely".

In August 2014, the UK terrorist level was raised to its second highest level of "severe", meaning a terrorist attack is highly likely.

The national terror threat level is now standing at "severe", meaning an attack is "highly likely", according to experts at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

In August Theresa May, the Home Secretary, announced the national threat level had increased from "substantial" to "severe", meaning a terrorist attack is "highly likely".

One criterion for admission to the addiction ward is a severe substance abuse, meaning that the alcohol or drug addiction is the main reason for the president's health problems.

Of those, 12 percent reported "severe" disability, meaning they needed help with three such activities or more.

Sixty-one were at "severe risk," meaning that they had only one or two companies at their frontiers.

The test revealed that he had severe osteoporosis, meaning that his bones had become so porous that they were 10 times as likely to break as those of other men of his age.

Severe warnings, meaning a threat to life from flooding, have been issued for the six worst-affected areas in South Cumbria, among 73 warnings across north-west England and south-west Scotland.