Sentence examples for sounded severe from inspiring English sources

"It sounded severe".

This sounds severe, but there's no other decent way to compare apples to apples.

And to sound severe, such curbs must be stronger than the laws in place, which in turn were proposed by politicians who wished to appear tough themselves.

The subtitle to Anatol Lieven's Pakistan: a hard country (Allen Lane, £30) sounds severe, but in many eyes is far too mild.

That might sound severe, but I've been dealing for on and off 10 years, and in that time I've realised that most of my clients are one of a few pretty standard character types, and that all of those character types are people who are objectively not fun to be around.

It sounds severe, but you're never going to change yourself, or feel better if you have basically the same thing you started with.

Regarding "law and order", Trump sounded as severe as Nixon.

But even genius composers produce some uninspired music, like this symphony's dutiful Andante and Menuet, which sounded rather severe.

In light of Ms. Hahn's passionate rendition, the orchestra sounded rather austere, like severe parents desperately trying to rein in a free-spirited daughter.

"I know it sounds pretty severe," Mr. Bouckaert said.

Always take into account that clients have limited characters to use in their questions, which often make them sound more severe than they actually are.