How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. From LearnThat.org. [Marcus Aurelius (121-180).]
A grievous loss. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And that, Steve-o, is what we call a grievous moral error. From Wordnik.com. [HUMORLESSBITCH] Reference
But that which makes the judgment the more grievous is that their hearts seem to be hardened under it. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
So there ` s another issue: why are doctors succumbing to the dollar and causing this kind of grievous harm to a person just because they can pay?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2009] Reference
Why this marriage should have been "grievous" to the father, Arthur Breese, I do not know, unless all army officers were classed among the ungodly by the very pious of those days. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I.] Reference
Comparing anyone to Clinton is a grievous insult nowadays. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Expectation] Reference
But he already wears the grievous pain of a man who feels left out. From Wordnik.com. [Endangered Family] Reference
The grievous burden he meant, of course, was the year of our birth. From Wordnik.com. [Moving Day] Reference
In the days before helmets, this was certain to cause grievous injury. From Wordnik.com. [Roger I. Abrams: Beanball Anniversary] Reference
Now the hopes of Mets, Cardinals and other NL fans have taken a grievous blow. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons of the Zidane Head Butt] Reference
But it should go even further to make amends for grievous failings on this issue. From Wordnik.com. [TACKLING THE PROS: PLAY HARDBALL] Reference
But I know her; she hesitated — retracted her wing as if afraid or grievous. From Wordnik.com. [After the Badlands] Reference
Christianity, when Christians themselves entertain such grievous errors about it. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Chris Nice San Marcos, TexasWhat a grievous commentary on the fall of American morals. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A New Look at Gender Identity] Reference
If, as seems most likely, he is now retired, then racing has suffered a grievous loss. From Wordnik.com. [Talking Horses] Reference
Poisoned air or polluted water within China's borders can do grievous harm beyond them. From Wordnik.com. [Why I'm Going To Beijing] Reference
My point is that no religious tradition is innocent of grievous, even calamitous moral harm. From Wordnik.com. [John Thatamanil: To the Quran-Burning Church: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness] Reference
On Oct. 14 this year, Tatars marked that grievous day with a rally of thousands in Kazan their capital. From Wordnik.com. [Wanting Out Of Russia] Reference
I wanted them, and everyone else, to have a chance to see that there are consequences to grievous acts. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Did It] Reference
I felt that I had found in her one real friend, to sympathize with me in my grievous trials, and with whom. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
The city seemed defiant, rebelliously getting to its feet after the grievous wound inflicted on it last August. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Roof Blues] Reference
Singer, Nadja Benaissa, was put on trial in Germany last week for grievous bodily harm and attempted bodily harm. From Wordnik.com. [Chelsea-Lyn Rudder: The Responsibilities of Being Young, Beautiful and HIV Positive: HIV Allegations Place Pop Star on Trial] Reference
For all of the hand-wringing, the loss of Rostenkowski wouldn't by itself deal a grievous blow to the Clinton program. From Wordnik.com. [Rostenkowski Reeling] Reference
Major financial institutions have suffered grievous wounds, and numerous lesser bodies have drifted to the surface belly-up. From Wordnik.com. [Why Markets Are So Shaky] Reference
It is my hope that the PGA and the USGA do not commit a grievous oversight in making the wrong decision concerning Casey Martin. From Wordnik.com. [A Question Of Fair Play] Reference
There's still time for Rumsfeld to learn from his own and his predecessor's grievous mistakes, and help the president learn, too. From Wordnik.com. [Robert's Rules For Rummy] Reference
I will concede a whole lot of grievous faults on the part of the news-gathering and opinion-peddling professional clan to which I belong. From Wordnik.com. [The Press Didn't Do It] Reference
Yet clearly, the body of laws and multilateral institutions that has come to be known as the "international community" has suffered a grievous blow. From Wordnik.com. [Is This The New World Order?] Reference
In the quiet before the inevitable storm a few weeks back, NEWSWEEK asked Madonna about the possibility of failure or, more grievous, inconsequence. From Wordnik.com. [THE SELLING OF SEX] Reference
As governor of Mississippi (the state, he's quick to note, that received Hurricane Katrina's most "grievous blow"), he has enough to worry about at home. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Comfort] Reference
Its particulars may not constitute the sum of Anglo-Indian relations, but this is surely one of the bleakest ongoing chapters in that grievous history of bad faith. From Wordnik.com. [Range Wars] Reference
Vincent regards the ouster as a grievous blow to the development of the international game and urges a power play by American officials to somehow reverse the decision. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Raising Hall of Fame Standards] Reference
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