SEVERE in a Sentence

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The marauders in the train of an army were more or less in number, according as the chief was more or less severe.

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 Meanings and Examples of SEVERE
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severe
 a.  serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
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
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
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.
4  She passes; she endures you; she ignores you; she is the severe and dishonored figure.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT
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...
6  Javert went on, with a severe air and his eyes still cast down.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
7  Mr. Mayor, you were severe with me the other day, and unjustly.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
8  I have often been severe in the course of my life towards others.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
9  Now, if I were not severe towards myself, all the justice that I have done would become injustice.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
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.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
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.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR
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...
13  Prisoner," said the district-attorney, in a severe voice; "pay attention.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS
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
15  The marauders in the train of an army were more or less in number, according as the chief was more or less severe.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The party suffered severe losses during the last election.
17  Students may suffer severe financial hardship as a result of the government's decision.
18  In a news release, the company said it had experienced severe financial problems.
19  Steve passed out on the floor and woke up blinded and in severe pain.
20  The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down.
21  There are severe penalties for failing to declare all your income to the tax authorities.
22  The judge meted out severe penalties.
23  My uncle became severe when I was late.
24  I have a severe pain in the leg.
25  As it was her first conviction for stealing, she was given a less severe sentence.
26  The manager earned himself a severe reprimand for criticizing the referee.
27  We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.
28  Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.
29  Obviously what she did was wrong, but I don't think it warranted quite such severe punishment.
30  The guidelines reflect a growing concern among ministers that the planned escalation of the programme could spark severe social tensions.