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

Gallimore has been disruptive in the middle for an Oklahoma defense that has played better than last year, but will face its most severe test yet.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2019

The very fact that the light in many school rooms is twice strained through glass partitions before it penetrates the inside rooms is in itself a severe test of sight.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various