grievous
Example Sentences
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And it delivers a blunt message, warning that this executive order would inflict a grievous, possibly lethal moral harm on the nation.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
The most grievous incident: someone had thrown garbage in a toilet on the carrier’s lowest deck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
According to the tribunal, this was "a serious and grievous consequence particularly because this has happened through the misconduct of a priest."
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
If love is a complicated, beautiful and grievous thing, so is Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.”
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
‘These are evil tidings,’ said Celeborn, ‘the most evil that have been spoken here in long years full of grievous deeds.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
