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
His extraordinary vitality was put to a very severe test in the functions held in honour of the occasion, but he passed through them with the most wonderful fortitude and genial courtliness.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
