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grievous sentence examples

  • Grievous bodily harm for a ten year sentence.
  • There is nothing so grievous that it cannot at last become a trophy of victory, and be taken up into eternal joy.
  • But when he hides his face, then trouble becomes more grievous.
  • Grievous wolves will enter in not sparing the flock.
  • The subject of the letter received from him is very grievous, in respect of lord [ norris's ] danger.
  • Grievous sin against his top general uriah.
  • But his commandments beloved are not grievous, are they?
  • Grievous sickness it occurs to him: alas!
  • Grievous wound.
  • Grievous punishment indeed will be inflicted on you by us.

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