How to Use grievous in a Sentence

grievous

adjective

• He took a foolish financial risk and suffered a grievous loss.
• As such, one mistake is the most grievous of the three.
  — Eric Bolin, ajc, 13 Nov. 2017
• The death of Soleimani is Iran’s most grievous setback in decades, and Iran seeks vengeance.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 9 Jan. 2020
• But Williams still felt Howard made the most grievous error.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2022
• The first time might be chalked up to a rookie mistake — a grievous one, no doubt.
  — Jay Cost, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2021
• But the thread can also cause grievous damage to birds.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
• The film, which revolves around the drowning of a young child and its grievous aftermath, proved tricky to cast.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Aug. 2024
• Putin has called the breakup of the Soviet Union a grievous tragedy in the history of his country.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
• Many of the bones bore the marks of grievous wounds dealt just before death, which is no surprise on a battlefield, of course.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 21 May 2018
• The bread and butter of Peter Pan’s humor is broad and full of grievous injuries.
  — Vulture, 19 Apr. 2023
• Their injuries were grievous, and there were deaths every week.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2022
• This is why the reports that people are being compelled to part with their pets are so grievous.
  — Holly Thomas, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
• No ending with Best Picture (more on that grievous misfire in a bit).
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021
• Love confesses to Joe a grievous crime of her own and doesn’t repent when Joe looks at her with shock and horror.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2019
• The winter holidays in 1918 were marked by grievous loss.
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2020
• To be sure, the F.B.I. has made several grievous errors in recent years.
  — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2022
• The financial wounds caused by the pandemic have been grievous.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• His announcement is a grievous blow to a bill that was already facing a tough road to passage.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
• The incident represents a grievous health-care failure in a year full of them.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2020
• But the fresh approach has its drawbacks, and there’s one grievous example.
  — Marshall Kilduff, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2017
• More to the point, vintners are mindful that many of their neighbors sustained more grievous losses.
  — Mike Dunne, sacbee, 23 Oct. 2017
• The harm inflicted was grievous and is still being felt today.
  — Mo Ibrahim, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
• The scandal was a grievous blow to Deutsche Bank’s reputation.
  — Luke Harding, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2017
• Now, a British citizen of Libyan descent, Salman Abedi, has inflicted the most grievous pain on the place that raised him.
  — Rory Smith and Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 25 May 2017
• Now the city is grappling with the grievous near-death injury to a player on our beloved Buffalo Bills football team.
  — Sharon Bailey, CNN, 8 Jan. 2023
• But the most disturbing sights aren't always the most grievous ailments—as a recent case in Ohio demonstrates.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 7 July 2023
• These grievous actions are an affront to our values and a threat to our interests.
  — NBC News, 7 Sep. 2017
• The sculpture — usually the object of our cool perusal — co-opts us into the grievous picture drawn by this suite of works.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018
• Men and women can struggle for centuries with the consequences of grievous wrongs.
  — David French, National Review, 11 July 2019
• Other images showed the closeup views of the gunshot wounds to his wrist as well as grievous injuries to his chest and underneath one of his arms.
  — CBS News, 8 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024