Sentence examples for they were severe from inspiring English sources

But the explosion left Mr. Saleh with burns on his back as well, said a person familiar with his injuries, speaking on the condition of anonymity, and although not life-threatening they were severe enough to require strong sedation for the pain and several months of convalescence.

In the Catholic South the costumes were bright, puffy, and cheerful, while in the Protestant North they were severe and sober.

The government said his wounds were light, but his failure to appear on television led to speculation that they were severe.

Whatever her limitations as a writer -- and according to her editors, they were severe -- Susann was an avid, unshockable observer of her own and everyone else's life, and she put it all in her novels.

We further coded TL injuries as whether they were severe, which was defined as resulting in participation restriction time of over 3 weeks (Darrow et al. 2009).

Interestingly, burns were not perceived to be urgent by EMS personnel according to the assigned triage category, yet they were severe enough to warrant referral to a burn centre.

"Economic crises are a major problem when they are severe," Archbishop Welby said on Monday.

Tropical cyclone is used in the southwest India Ocean; in the southwestern Pacific and southeastern India Ocean they are severe tropical cyclones.

"I think you have to gauge the consequences of this act, and they are severe," Tranghese said.

Speaking just days before key GDP data is expected to show the economy remains stalled, Welby told a Westminster discussion on the financial crisis organised by the Bible Society: "Economic crises are a major problem when they are severe.

"It's too bad that the party has waited so long, and the other candidates waited so long, to point out these shortcomings, because they are severe," Mr. Lehman said.