Sentence examples for was severe with from inspiring English sources

Pain was severe, with peak severity after 30 km of running and forcing him to stop training.

No snow lay deep or crisp or even, but the frost was severe with the ice crystals scattered like an explosion in the Swarovski factory.

The German backlash was severe, with the media denouncing Greek spongers and feckless southern Europeans while attacking Merkel for betraying the principles supposed to underpin the euro.

Later in his career, NBC employed him as a critic and teacher of its sports announcers, and Glickman was severe with sloppy former athletes who had been hired to talk.

Saboteurs among the Arabs (and Iranians) could and should be made to desist from backing radical, anti-agreement Palestinian groups: at Aqaba, Mr Abbas was severe with his "partners in the war against occupation" who funded terrorism.

Vittorino's educational philosophy was inspired by a profound religious faith and moral integrity, which contrasted with the general relaxation of standards within the church itself; but, if he was severe with himself, he was very open and tolerant with his pupils.

"Every patriot is severe with strangers," Rousseau wrote.

The climate is severe, with long, cold winters.

You have to be severe with art, because you don't want to be a slave to it.

Feghali said fuel and electricity shortages are severe, with the capital getting just one hour of electricity a day.

Her injuries were severe, with tests revealing she had suffered "irreversible damage to her brain", a family spokeswoman said.