SEVERE in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for SEVERE, such as:
1. The victim suffered severe brain damage.
2. The patient suffered severe brain trauma.
3. Potts suffered severe brain damage in the crash.
4. Mike gave him such a severe look he didn't dare argue.
5. Any weapon could stand up to severe weather conditions.
2. The patient suffered severe brain trauma.
3. Potts suffered severe brain damage in the crash.
4. Mike gave him such a severe look he didn't dare argue.
5. Any weapon could stand up to severe weather conditions.
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Meanings and Examples of SEVERE
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severe
a. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
a. severely simple
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Here he passed his evenings during seasons of severe cold: he called it his winter salon.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
2 This physiognomy was strangely composed; it began by seeming humble, and ended by seeming severe.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
3 This graceful semblance of luxury was a kind of child's play, which was full of charm in that gentle and severe household, which raised poverty into dignity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
4 She passes; she endures you; she ignores you; she is the severe and dishonored figure.
5 It was one of those moments when he was exercising without control, but subject to all the scruples of a severe conscience, his redoubtable discretionary power.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
6 Javert went on, with a severe air and his eyes still cast down.
7 Mr. Mayor, you were severe with me the other day, and unjustly.
8 I have often been severe in the course of my life towards others.
9 Now, if I were not severe towards myself, all the justice that I have done would become injustice.
10 Independently of the severe and religious aim which he had assigned to his actions, all that he had made up to that day had been nothing but a hole in which to bury his name.
11 A few minutes later he found himself alone in a sort of wainscoted cabinet of severe aspect, lighted by two wax candles, placed upon a table with a green cloth.
12 He ended by making his reserves on the affair of Little Gervais and demanding a severe sentence.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
13 Prisoner," said the district-attorney, in a severe voice; "pay attention.
14 A severe facade rose above this door; a wall, perpendicular to the facade, almost touched the door, and flanked it with an abrupt right angle.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
15 The marauders in the train of an army were more or less in number, according as the chief was more or less severe.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The Roman Empire came under severe pressure from the barbarians across the Rhine.
2 She needed speech therapy after she suffered severe head injuries in a car accident.
3 Mike gave him such a severe look he didn't dare argue.
4 She may appear severe toward her children but she is a fond mother at heart.
5 The victim suffered severe brain damage.
6 Any weapon could stand up to severe weather conditions.
7 The wrong chemical balance can cause severe distortion of the photographic image.
8 He suffered severe brain damage after a motorbike accident.
9 Potts suffered severe brain damage in the crash.
10 The patient suffered severe brain trauma.
11 The building industry is experiencing a severe downturn in its workload.
12 Fire has caused severe damage to the contents of the building.
13 His actions provoked severe criticism from civil rights groups.
14 One of the victims was in a critical condition after suffering severe burns.
15 The drugs had a severe effect on her short-term memory.