Sentences with severe
se·vere
S s - ...a business with severe cash flow problems.
- This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary.
- Severe applies to a person or thing that is strict and uncompromising and connotes a total absence of softness, laxity, frivolity, etc. [a severe critic, hairdo, etc.]; stern1 implies an unyielding firmness, esp. as manifested in a grim or forbidding aspect or manner [a stern guardian]; austere suggests harsh restraint, self-denial, stark simplicity [the austere diet of wartime], or an absence of warmth, passion, ornamentation, etc. [an austere bedroom]; ascetic implies extreme self-denial and self-discipline or even, sometimes, the deliberate self-infliction of pain and discomfort, as by religious fanatics [an ascetic hermit]
- ...wearing her felt hats and severe grey suits.
- A severe parent
- A severe illness
- severe weather
- A severe way of dressing
- A severe test
- A severe wound
- A severe philosophy
- A dress with severe lines
- severe pain
- A severe test
- The program will ensure that a minimum level of coverage to meet severe healthcare needs is available to every citizen.Without knowing how severe the property damage and bodily injury was, it is impossible to say how large the payout will be.Severe injuries, damage, or illnesses are very bad or very serious.
- severe criticism; severe laws.
- A severe face.
- A severe illness.
- A severe test of his powers.
- severe standards.