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Example sentences for: severe

How can you use “severe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A recent study showed that the current La Niña-a one-to-two-year pattern of severe winters in the northern states and aridity in the Southwest-may be part of a decades-long oscillation in the world's climate.
But the fabric has severe weaknesses, as I found out from testing a Wickers brand long sleeve T-shirt made of pure polypropylene ($17.
The transition from the 1880s to the 1920s was severe.
Our database also has more severe chronic illnesses (32%) compared with 5-29% in different participating ICUs in the APACHE II development database.
"Elliott Abrams is a severe, insightful critic of the assumptions that have brought the American Jewish community to its current predicament," says Mark Miller in the Weekly Standard . Liberals rebuke Abrams for his alarmism about intermarriage.