severe test

Example Sentences

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Of course, a more severe test of the global economy’s durability will occur if the conflict persists and the strait stays closed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Murrieta Valley quarterback Bear Bachmeier will present a severe test.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

The Hai river basin, where five rivers converge in northern China, is going through a "flood evolution process" and flood-control engineering systems are experiencing the "most severe test" since inundations in 1996, state media reported.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2023

The dynamics pose a severe test for the sophisticated organization that the late Sen. Harry Reid spent years building to give Democrats an edge in the swing state.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2022

This is a severe test, but I think you may muster up dramatis person� for all the characters.

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander