Sentence examples for use of severe from inspiring English sources

Note that lexicographer's use of severe, which shows an overlap in the meaning of the two terms: a sharp, acute illness can have a serious, grievous, extreme course.

"The tapes graphically chronicle Park Place's use of severe economic pressure -- 'squeezing' the tribe by delaying its payroll at Akwesasne -- to force the Mohawks to drop Catskill and sign up with Park Place," Mr. Puccio said.

It was acknowledged that enforcement would be difficult, and even the use of severe penalties by the IOC might not guarantee elimination of infractions.

Compensation of kidney function by the contralateral healthy kidney reduces morbidity and mortality while facilitating the use of severe injury models.

Its high speed necessitates the use of severe approximations such as (i) restriction of the search space to the surroundings of the binding site, (ii) no or inadequate explicit hydration of the ligand-target interface, (iii) partial or complete neglect of target flexibility [2 5] during ligand binding, (iv) and non-deterministic search algorithms [1, 6] based on random number generation.

The original strategy of the regime was to nip the movement in the bud in its early stages through the use of severe force.

It is Payne's most visually elegant film, and he and Papamichael find poetry in the most unappetising locations, partly thanks to the use of imposingly severe monochrome.

These include the use of alcohol, severe and debilitating diseases, and physical disabilities [ 25].

Effective removal of inhibitory compounds would allow the use of more severe pretreatment conditions, which can improve sugar yields and lead to more efficient fermentation.

Clozaril is rarely used because of severe side effects, including not only weight gain, but also severely low white blood cell counts.

a The term "financial catastrophe" is often used instead of "severe financial hardship".