grievous
Example Sentences
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“I had thought these were our deepest secrets, the things we kept entirely for each other,” she thinks, but by some grievous betrayal they have entered the public domain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The historic high-level talks in Islamabad, during a pause in weeks of grievous war, were always unlikely to end any other way.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
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
Aside from medical ailments, you may sense that long-ago unresolved issues — ruptured relationships, grievous losses, life-altering decisions — undermine your well-being in subtle but significant ways.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
But Sam was now sorrowful at heart, and it seemed to him that if the parting would be bitter, more grievous still would be the long road home alone.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing grievous
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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