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

“The first time I would see that is that if I had difficulty flying a helicopter — taking off and flying. It’s a severe test of your brain.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

He added: “This will be the most severe test of that system.”

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2021

The storm’s rains are expected to pose a severe test of New Orleans’ improved post-Katrina flood defenses .

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2019

All these circumstances conjoined helped to produce a complication of morbid conditions which would put medical art to a severe test.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock