How To Use Severe In A Sentence

For except it be treacle and mithridatum, and of late diascordium, and a few more, they tie themselves to no receipts severely and religiously. The Advancement of Learning
The woman sitting next to me had counseled children facing severe emotional and physical abuse for 20 years.
The bad weather severely handicapped their performance in the race.
`I'll persevere with anything that might rid me of this pestilence. THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
Severe paruresis in school aged children can also lead to complete school refusal by the child, as well as more pervasive anxiety that can spread into other areas of life, such as social anxiety or even panic attacks. WebWire | Recent Headlines

I even dragged my acrophobic mother up mountains in the Auvergne, only to leave her quivering halfway up while I persevered alone to the top.
They inflicted severe psychological damage on their opponents.
Even if the knock is not severe enough to cause the skull to fracture, the brain bangs against the skull and can be damaged.
Sudden ruptures of the artery can lead to fatal blood loss or severe brain damage.
Matters went on pretty well with us until my master was seized with a severe fit of illness, in consequence of which his literary scheme was completely defeated, and his condition in life materially injured; of course, the glad tones of encouragement which I had been accustomed to hear were changed into expressions of condolence, and sometimes assurances of unabated friendship; but then it must be remembered that I, the handsomest blue coat, was _still in good condition_, and it will perhaps appear, that if I were not my master's The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827
Betty, aged 43, was severely depressed when I first met her.
The first followed a head on collision with a bus, where she had to be cut out of the car and fortunately her only injury was severe whiplash.
By the end of the winter the supply of grain was severely depleted.
More severe inflammation of the mucosa is readily evident as erythema, intramucosal hemorrhage, exudate, or ulceration.
Since 1990, Bradley said two children besides Jessica have been admitted to the hospital with severe streptococcal toxic shock.
Timolol maleate can cause bronchospasms and is contraindicated in patients with bronchial asthma or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
But new national guidelines say the lack of a filtration system and automatic chemical treatment can lead to the development of the cryptosporidium bug, which can cause severe gastro-intestinal infections.
The country is experiencing a severe economic depression.
The bodies or severed heads of 67 "patients" lie in cryogenic storage at the site.
She needed speech therapy after she suffered severe head injuries in a car accident.
`The knife severed the spinal cord just where it enters the medulla. WITHOUT REMORSE
If a child has severe symptoms in response to infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a physician may consider a diagnosis of X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP). X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
Dr Booth is categorical about how severe the problem of childhood obesity has become.
Could it be -- and the sudden thought stung him to the quick -- that she was deliberately and consciously degrading herself to what she knew was a lower plane of thought and life, that the bond of their older companionship might still remain unsevered? Phantom Wires A Novel
Some scrambling is involved but nothing too severe.
Severe shock can bring on an attack of acne.
She needed speech therapy after she suffered severe head injuries in a car accident.
Our country has not yet passed the test of a severely-dichotomized nation. Dr. Leo Rangell: Cool
Some of these isolated populations are subject to predation, others to starvation, flooding, severe winters or summer drought.
severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug
Worshipping in unregistered churches was strictly illegal, and those caught often faced severe punishment. A Church for China
The key to the successful management of patients with severely elevated BP is to differentiate hypertensive crises from hypertensive urgencies.
Each new exhibition of the irrevocableness of the break between Jesus and the leaders was a severe test of their loyalty. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth
The discharge of sewage water into the river severely contaminates the river with coliform bacteria.
After World War I its activities were severely limited by lack of funds and its inability to recruit good personnel.
The primary outcome was the occurrence of severe clinical events, defined as death or hospital admission irrespective of the cause.
While the St Oswald's unit caters for severe dyslexics, less severe cases are catered for in mainstream education at schools across the city.
It is essential that hypoid gears should be lubricated with Omega 690 gear oil suitable for severe loading.
It could see patients being banned from treatment for up to a year in severe cases.
In the seventeenth century, the country was ruled by a monarch with a severe speech impediment and a fragile ego.
At this stage the rate of descent and particularly the angular rotation appeared to me to be very high and I was sure that ground impact in this configuration would have severe consequences.
However, in some tropical and subtropical areas, some species are responsible for severe enteritis in calves.
The TB vaccine is good at protecting against the severe form of disease found in young children (called "miliary" TB), but not as good at protecting against the lung infection commonly found in adolescents and adults. Tuberculosis Vaccine
Additional blood tests may be indicated in patients with more severe injuries.
a severely impaired heart
If you have a particular need - such as untamable carb cravings or severe lethargy - your priorities may be different.
Eight hours after admission he suddenly deteriorated, with severe respiratory distress and increasing left chest signs.
The knife severed an artery and he bled to death.
Severe acne is usually treated with common antibiotics, but many strains are becoming resistant to these. Boing Boing: July 25, 2004 - July 31, 2004 Archives
He was severely concussed and drifting in and out of consciousness.
Taken jointly, they prevent the progression of the disease, reduce inflammation, and relieve mild to severe pain.
Olivia suffers from two rare conditions which severely restrict almost everything she does.
Interstitial cystitis is a severely debilitating disease of the urinary bladder.
But high command has yet again told them to leave the Bolly in the ice bucket, not least because it would look terrible to be seen quaffing champers when the chancellor will soon unveil the severest squeeze on public spending in decades. The Tories are still struggling to come to terms with the new order
Salmon populations have been severely depleted recently.
During both fires, which occurred simultaneously at 11pm on Friday, firemen faced a severe shortage of water, leaking hoses and dry hydrants.
I tell this story to illustrate how severe burnout can get.
If works are not published under Creative Commons, their dissemination is severely limited. Creative Commons for Catholics
In severe problem patients a tracheotomy or surgical opening (temporary or permanent) above the Adams apple is needed.
The man, who was dealt a severe blow on the farming front last weekend when he lost his entire herd of healthy livestock to foot and mouth, bids to bounce back at Aintree tomorrow.
I think that's a bad remedy for a very, very severe problem.
Methods : To analyze 36 cases of severe chest injure accepted in hospital.
Sustained rain and ferocious winds caused severe weather conditions across Cumbria overnight on Friday, some of the worst the region has seen for decades.
Anyone breaking the law will be severely punished.
The problem is severest for women, who in Colombia are held in contempt or deemed disreputable for working at all.
Cases of moderate to severe depression are rising also because depression often co-occurs with other problems - alcohol and drug abuse; personality, eating and anxiety disorders.
The punishment is so severe that it is a deterrent for the criminal to commit the crime.
Lack of precipitation resulted in a severe decrease in availability of mixed grass forage, resulting in animal BW loss.
Jersey political shtick stand-up at the Democratic National Convention; the arena that bore his name has gone through several different corporate sponsors since, and is currently a severely brand-infected assaultively unrelenting advertising-delivery module - in which basketball is still played, sometimes - sponsored by Izod. Can't Stop The Bleeding
The reason for hospital admission was severe colicky pain in the right upper abdomen for two months.
Though Cook was a seasoned campaigner known for beating the odds, he could not overcome a severe loss in public confidence at the end of a quarrelsome and often hostile primary campaign.
It isn't a disease but may be a symptom of severe constipation or emotional difficulties related to stool holding.
Shulman CE, Dorman EK, Cutts F, Kawuondo K, Bulmer JN, et al. (1999) Intermittent sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to prevent severe anaemia secondary to malaria in pregnancy: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
A significant look was exchanged between the devotees, but no words; the friar departed, and the nun, still silent, conducted her through many solitary passages, where not even a distant foot-fall echoed, and whose walls were roughly painted with subjects indicatory of the severe superstitions of the place, tending to inspire melancholy awe. The Italian
This index distinguishes five different levels of organic brain syndrome ranging from severe to subclinical.
Rick Rubin's severe, thrashing beat to proper effect; Hov courteously brought his instant-quotation A-game for his label founder's return to rap. NPR Topics: News
The punitive actions include economic sanctions, which are certain to deal a severe blow to the North, which desperately needs global aid.
Lamy warns trade finance situation deteriorating www. wto.org 12.11.08 Director-General Pascal Lamy reported to WTO ambassadors on 12 November 2008 that his meeting with experts earlier in the day confirmed that the market for trade finance has severely deteriorated. WN.com - Financial News
His injuries are severe but he's expected to pull through.
Dan's been complaining of severe headaches.
The interaction between wheel and rail results in the severe damage of the wheel tread, which is a problem that has not been resolved yet.
Salmon farmers are warning of the severe crisis facing the industry.
Severe flaking results from sebaceous glands, which are the glands near the roots of our hair.
All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with.
Acerbic performance practices and pinched, puny instrumentation made these works seem severe.
He found the blood vessels in her arm had hemorrhaged, and blood had collected around her median nerve, causing severe and permanent injury to her arm.
The minister has warned that dumpers and landowners face severe sanctions under the Waste Management Act 1996.
The victim suffered severe cuts to the upper lip, lower lip, the chin and into his neck.
The youngster, who suffers from dyslexia and severe learning difficulties, no longer attends school or college.
She was plain-featured, and had rather a severe expression on her face; her dress was as rich as any morning dress could be; her voice deep and unmodulated, -- what in a lower rank of life would have been called gruff; but that was not a word to apply to Lady Cuxhaven, the eldest daughter of the earl and countess. Wives and Daughters
Severe vomiting, diarrhoea, rectal tenesmus: unable to keep standing, she urinates under herself; the pupils are dilated, the eyes haggard; complete mind-blindness, near-total failure of reflexes, deep unconsciousness, breathing dyspneic, heart-beat faint and very fast, pulse barely perceptible; dead in thirty-six hours. Charles Richet - Nobel Lecture
She got washed over a shallow reef and severely corked her thigh.
It could be a hypocoristic or baby-talk form of hysterical, or it might be from the imitative word hiss; or perhaps it is a variant of another dialect term, jesse, meaning a ` severe scolding, 'which is probably from a Biblical allusion. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 1
In cases of recent wounds unattended by inflammation, it may be applied freely; but when inflammation has come on, too severe an application of the caustic induces vesication of the surrounding skin, and the edges of the eschar may in this manner also be loosened and removed. An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers
Anybody that pretends to do that in the United States will be very, very severely punished.
Not even big humps can unsettle the Hydractive suspension which also stops the car rolling severely in tight bends.
I finned madly for the surface, and was told off very severely for making an ascent like a pricked balloon.
The victim suffered severe brain damage.
The company is suffering a severe crisis of confidence.
If I could propose a line, it would be that hostile workplace sexual harassment exists where the environment is so severe as to be functionally equivalent to discrimination in hiring or promotion. The Volokh Conspiracy » Just What Speech Does “Hostile Environment Harassment” Law Restrict?
-- This form of quittor has its origin more often than not in contusions, punctures, or wounds of the region severe enough to cause death of a small portion of the tissues. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
They listened, with eager attention, to the complaints of their captive children, who had suffered the most cruel indignities from the lustful or angry passions of their masters, and the same cruelties, the same indignities, were severely retaliated on the sons and daughters of the The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Cancer chemotherapy can cause severe nausea, vomiting, and abdominal discomfort, which can limit therapy.
Sunday we crawled out of bed severely hung over and to the airport ready for our trip home.
For severe cases, the prescription nasal spray ipratropium (Atrovent) may help, though it can cause bothersome side effects including headache; nasal dryness, irritation or bleeding; and sore throat. Q&A: What's causing my post-dinner runny nose?
Ironically a period of severe economic depression may be advantageous, in one sense at least.
Owning to the severe winter, the zoo staff is being extra cautious with animals.
Severe lipaemia in an undiagnosed diabetic will usually resolve with the institution of insulin therapy and effective diabetic control.
There was a severe 40's suit that had the letters of the airline done in huge cutwork, it was the entire lapel on one side. Airship Hostesses - A Dress A Day
“Murmurs, discontent, insurrections, rebellion, would inevitably ensue,” with a likely result that “our present glorious Union itself would be dissevered or dissolved.” A Country of Vast Designs
The duodenal mucosa showed severe villous atrophy but no subepithelial collagen deposition.
Five years ago while walking near his London home he was attacked by muggers wielding machetes and suffered severe cuts to his hands.
Severe says: ralph is the Octomom of Think Progress. Think Progress » SC Lt. Gov. compares people getting gov’t help to ‘stray animals’ who ‘breed’ because they don’t know better.
And Allah vouchsafed him children by her, and they both lived the gladdest and happiest of lives, till there came to them the Destroyer of delights and the Severer of societies and the The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The newly formed friendship is severely tested and I won't give the ending away, but it is indeed an astonishing twist of fate for all three men.
The sword wheeled and fell, and lo! the shield of the Saracen was severed in two. The Brethren
Severe drought has afflicted the countryside.
Smoking can severely damage your health.
Other reports have cited severe and uncontrollable pain or bleeding, major injury with shock, impending birth, and uncontrollable mental disturbance.
The first problem McCall encountered on his return was a severely depleted player roll.
Dressed in severe black taffeta and white veil, Widow Gumple flounced by them. A SHRINE OF MURDERS
Severe winds have been battering the north coast.
It is a potent time-release medication for relief of moderate to severe pain, known as hillbilly heroin because of black-market popularity in some rural areas.
This would be particularly severe for low income economies that are striving to pullout of their current economic quagmires.
This establishment was severely damaged by flooding at the end of the second century and rebuilt in much the same form, only to be slighted during the barbarian incursions of AD 276.
Too early death, or severe infirmity, or excessive distance could eliminate any possibility of a significant relationship.
And by glossing over this fact the credibility of the survey gets severely dented.
An early and telltale sign of the disease is a severe runny nose and often a custardlike discharge that eventually encrusts the afflicted animal's muzzle.
Erin, the mousiest of the bridesmaids, elbowed Gladys when she noticed, only to find herself subtly rebuked with a withering glare from Cheryl, whose short brown hair and severe temperament remained unchanged for the happy occasion. Crossed
Although changes in liver function tests are very rare, three cases of severe acute hepatitis secondary to piroxicam have been reported.
Here is the verbatim definition of schizophrenia from the Random House online dictionary - the medical definition: "a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations. Conservative: Dems looking 'schizophrenic' on reform
We may observe here the singular paradox, which we believe that the philosophy of the mind and the experience of the scholar equally establish, that what are usually called the heaviest or severest subjects of thought are the least exhausting to the thinker. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867
When ‘climate change’ is referred to in the press, it normally means greenhouse warming, which, it is predicted, will cause flooding, severe windstorms, and killer heat waves.
Employees posted to areas with a harsh climate generally receive greater amounts of leave than those in less severe climates.
The shortage of the chemotherapy drug, called cytarabine, is so severe that major cancer and academic medical centers are rationing the drug while other hospitals have run out and are scrambling to get more. Leukemia Drug Shortage May Get Relief
Severe cases result in cavities and the need to pull all the front teeth until the permanent ones grow in.
During one particularly intense session of meditation, the patient had a vivid recollection of being three years old, and suffering a severe double hernial rupture, caused by a weakening of the muscles in the pelvic region. Meditation as Medicine
He's suffering from severe mental disorder.
Thus, private property interests in land subject to the public trust are severely limited.
Many marriages today are experiencing severe strain but that does not mean that the only solution is to eventually put an end to it by resorting to divorce.
Growing cities, overuse of fertilizers, and factories that heedlessly dump wastewater have degraded China's water supplies to the extent that half the nation's rivers and lakes are severely polluted.
Environmentalists fear that, if completed, the hydro-electric dam will severely disrupt the Danube ecosystem.
The bad weather severely handicapped their performance in the race.
Chef Tony Says: Be frugal! Use the yucky orange-colored oil when cooking for children or those with a severe head cold.
She suffered severe headaches and her face was tender.
Poor air quality causes severe health problems, as was noted by the previous questioner.
I escaped with severely bruised legs.
Coché summons the group to care for Rachael, particularly coleader Juliette, who as a psychiatrist has been schooled in the use of psychotropic medications, and Marie, whose own depression has been severe. THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB
Severe punishments are meted out to violators.
Exemption from taxes will do little or nothing, the lower orders [end of page #249] are nearly all exempt, but that general dearness, that is the consequence of a general weight of taxes, is severely felt by them, and from that they cannot be exempted. An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged
She became severely depressed after her mother's death.
Infant mortality is frequently assumed to be an especially sensitive indicator of severe poverty.
Severe drought has afflicted the region.
Many other types of assistive technology are available for use with children who have more severe disabilities, such as special touch pads and other devices that allow them to become actively engaged with the environment.
Alfred persevered, first inventing the blasting cap and then discovering that a silicaceous earth, kieselguhr, would stabilize nitroglycerin, thus making dynamite. Nobel, Alfred Bernhard
Historically, surgical and radiation oophorectomies have been used to treat severe PMS, but these modalities have no role in the current management of PMDD.
Obviously what she did was wrong, but I don't think it warranted quite such severe punishment.
They were severely lambasted for being so inept and so incompetent.
The executive member said people in society felt as though there was no severe punishment for capital offences.
Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.
In all animals, retinal light damage was the most severe when intense light exposure began during the dark period.
I slipped on the severed shank of a buffalo and fell hard into a ditch.
Roads and bridges, public utilities such as sewerage, buildings and machinery, schools, hospitals and power supplies have all been severely damaged in the disaster area. Australian Assistance for Fiji Flooding Disaster
The axis and the scales that have been severed from their apophyses (b) can be easily pushed out of the annulus (a), which is composed wholly of apophyses so firmly adherent that they will successfully resist a strong effort to break them apart. The Genus Pinus
Methods: To study 76 eases of acute intraoperative encephalocele in severe craniocerebral trauma in order to find out the relationship between the treatment and prognosis.
The disadvantages are that the batteries are inconvenient to change and severe battery leakage can be disastrous to the circuit board.
In this country, unless the weather is severe, the birds frequent open country associating with redwings, blackbirds and yellowhammers.
In the morning, my mistress sent to the overseer to give me a severe whipping, for she said the homony was not beat quite enough, though very good. Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time
Creativity withers when these ties are forgotten, neglected or severed.
Boltwood rubbed a little on the forehead of a four year-old who immune system was severely depressed.
If the diverticulitis is not severe, treatment will be with painkillers, antibiotics, laxatives and dietary advice.
The patient suffered severe side effects from the drug.
At the third month of pregnancy a hard extrauterine tumor was found, which was gradually increasing in size and extending to the left side of the hypogastrium, the associate symptoms of pregnancy, sense of pressure, pain, tormina, and dysuria, being unusually severe. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Cases of plant poisoning severe enough to warrant hospital admission are rare.
Further restraint in near-term land sales could potentially cause severe undersupply in two to three years' time.
I only receive a severe disability allowance and finding two lots of money for dentists care will be difficulty.
They were severely and suddenly attacked last night after partaking of a hearty supper.
It was not discovered by the severe indagation and watchfulness of ministers of state from foreign intelligence, -- the usual way of discovering such plots. The Sermons of John Owen
The drugs had a severe effect on her short-term memory.
Symptoms of the severe stage include oliguria (decreased urine output), hypoxemia (low partial pressure of oxygen in the blood), low platelet count, trouble breathing, areas of mottled skin or a sudden change in mental state or condition. EHow - Health How To's
Banks and other opponents warn that the commissioner might have to severely ration some medical services to stay within the budget.
Ragged fire from the slug guns ended in a choking cloud of plaster dust and an ear-splitting roar as most of the west wall fell, severed from its foundations by the azoth Silk had received from Doctor Crane and given to Maytera Mint. Exodus From The Long Sun
The most severe cases are medical emergencies and require the most skilled care of a physician in hospital to avoid death.
Their flimsy tent gave/offered little protection against the severe storm.
Have been severely incapacitated by latest pregnancy symptoms so apologies for absence.
a severe blow
We anticipate a severe nursing shortage in the next few years and presently do not have enough lab or x-ray techs to fill vacant positions.
An autopsy on Terri Schiavo, the severely brain damaged woman whose death sparked an intense debate over a person's right-to-die, showed that her brain was severely "atrophied" and weighed less than half of what it should have, and that no treatment could have reversed the damage... "Terri" was blind and wasn't abused.
One preternaturally long bony hand, a length of severed rope dangling from the wrist, clutched with clawed fingers at a sword gash in chain mail stained with dried blood. Conan The Invincible
Part of the problem is that they are often on tasks that are also severely impaired after destruction of primary visual cortex.
Objective Standard large trauma craniectomy was improved to elevate the curative effect of the severe traumatic brain injured patients.
Ballyhaunis expectations were severely tested in the early stages of the half when a knee injury led to the retiral of midfielder, Michael Webb, and his removal by ambulance to hospital.
In the early 1980s, there was another severe drought cycle but the adverse impact was less.
For the patient presenting with hyperthermia, traditional treatment may include external cooling to decrease temperature or pancuronium to decrease muscle hyperactivity. 4,6 Dantrolene sodium has been used to directly relax skeletal muscle rigidity by inhibiting the release of calcium ions from the sarcoplasm reticulum6 In severe hypertension, CNS stimulation should be avoided. Monamine Oxidase Inhibitors
He wears impeccably tailored suits in the traditional, severe Soviet style.
Gastrointestinal anthrax is characterized by severe abdominal pain followed by fever and signs of septicemia.
At present he is thin, has severe jaundice and his body is distended as his own liver has become swollen and hard.
From an examination it appeared that a neglected lacerated cervix during the birth of the last child had given rise to endometritis, and for a year the patient had suffered from severe menorrhagia, for which she was subsequently treated. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
In 1955 he also isolated the virus which causes cytomegalic inclusion disease in infants and, after working for five years on these diseases, he was able to show that the human foetus, while it is in the uterus, is particularly susceptible to attack by these viruses and that, if the foetus survives attack by them, the infant is often born with severe damage to its brain which causes mental retardation and cerebral palsy. Thomas H. Weller - Biography
She received a severe blow on the head.

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