Wondering how to use Grievously in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Grievously meaning
In a grievous manner, severely.
Using Grievously
- The main meaning on this page is: In a grievous manner, severely.
- In the example corpus, grievously often appears in combinations such as: grievously injured, was grievously, grievously wounded.
Context around Grievously
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grievously
- In this selection, "grievously" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fell, hidden, injured, wounded and hurt stand out and add context to how "grievously" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and was grievously chilled and and changed a grievously misleading headline. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grievously" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grievously
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In both incidents, the imams were grievously injured. (8 words)
A man was grievously injured early on Saturday in a traffic accident at Mġarr. (14 words)
The Miami Herald changed a grievously misleading headline after severe backlash on social media. (14 words)
McIntyre, p. 513. When attending a dinner at Holland House, Fox's niece Caroline was sat next to Reynolds and "burst out into glorification of the Revolution and was grievously chilled and checked by her neighbour's cautious and unsympathetic tone". (41 words)
He accused the arresting officer of having excluded where he was picked from in the warn and caution statement recorded because he was not part of the group that grievously harmed, wounded, and kidnapped the complainant. (36 words)
Thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed, hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes and the economies of the three countries - already among the poorest in the world - have been grievously damaged. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A man was grievously injured early on Saturday in a traffic accident at Mġarr.
Five people were injured, four of them grievously, in four accidents on Monday, the police said.
His wife, Susan, found him grievously wounded by a barrage of razor blades, pipes and nails.
Seven people were killed and one person was grievously hurt in a horrific accident road accident near Dangduru Dam site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar.
The Miami Herald changed a grievously misleading headline after severe backlash on social media.
In both incidents, the imams were grievously injured.
Smoothies do not save lives: Sorry, a smoothie full of vitamins your grievously injured 12-year-old.
Beyond the 600-plus Americans whose deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq by such munitions can be attributed to Soleimani are the many more who have been grievously wounded and disfigured.
But, from the corner of our eye, we detected a Guyanese rushing to the rescue of the grievously wounded oil giant.
Thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed, hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes and the economies of the three countries - already among the poorest in the world - have been grievously damaged.
Fact is: nobody is prepared to take the risk taken by Ike Ekweremadu and co and incur the wrath of the repressive state as they did and grievously suffered for it.
He accused the arresting officer of having excluded where he was picked from in the warn and caution statement recorded because he was not part of the group that grievously harmed, wounded, and kidnapped the complainant.
Internal investigations at the Georgetown Public Hospital into the deaths of three children who fell grievously ill after chemotherapy treatment back in January have been completed, a source close to the investigation told this newspaper.
Ultimately, “What God Is Honored Here?” breaks vital ground on a heretofore hidden, grievously neglected subject.
A 12-year-old boy from Qrendi was grievously injured on Tuesday afternoon, when he was hit by a mini-bus he had just got off from.
A 49-year-old woman who lives in Qawra was grievously injured today in a traffic accident which involved a bus.
Dhenkanal: A wild elephant wreaked havoc in Latadeipur village under Sadangi forest range in Dhenkanal district after three villagers were grievously injured in an attack by the jumbo today.
Luckily for him, he's still alive and talking to himself about how he voluntarily chose to be grievously injured.
Energy Energy efficiency Space Shuttle 104 during launch phase main Rocket launch vehicles take-off with a great deal of flames, noise and drama, and it might seem obvious that they are grievously inefficient.
McIntyre, p. 513. When attending a dinner at Holland House, Fox's niece Caroline was sat next to Reynolds and "burst out into glorification of the Revolution and was grievously chilled and checked by her neighbour's cautious and unsympathetic tone".
Common combinations with grievously
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: