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Recent Examples of grievous The 36-year-old American star — currently on tour in Europe — is accused of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to music producer Abraham Diaw just hours after performing to thousands at a venue in Cardiff, Wales. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025 Afterward, Brown pleaded not guilty to a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent, The New York Times reports. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025 The worst-case scenarios are dire: A cycle of Israeli and Iranian counterstrikes that draw in the U.S., Iran’s non-state allies, and regional states, cause grievous harm to civilians on all sides, and inject profound uncertainty into global markets. Ali Vaez, Time, 14 June 2025 Just last month, a London court granted him bail following charges of grievous bodily harm related to an alleged 2023 nightclub incident involving music producer Abraham Diaw. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for grievous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grievous
Adjective
  • Come spring, the Ranger III carries everything from outhouses and diesel fuel for the generators to construction supplies to repair whatever damage Mother Nature did to facilities over the harsh winter.
    Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • The United States and Europe must finally sever all economic ties with Russia (e.g., nuclear partnerships) and impose harsher sanctions on Russia and secondary sanctions so that China and others face consequences for their support of the war.
    Laura Thornton, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Their venom, similar to a bee’s or wasp’s, results in a painful, itchy pustule or blister on the skin.
    Gareth McGrath, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Once Schaefer’s emotional moment was done, the rest of the conversations ranged from mildly awkward to borderline painful.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • And the Santa Barbara temblor revealed just how dangerous brick buildings built in that era could be.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • After landing, the most dangerous times, statistically speaking, are takeoff, approach, and initial climb.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • There's a tragic kind of symmetry in the way Carmen Berzatto, a guy who grew up in household devoid of nurturing, later devotes his life to caring for strangers.
    EW.com, EW.com, 26 June 2025
  • The tragic consequences ultimately haunted Einstein for the rest of his life.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Pritzker’s speech, which occurred as national Democrats were largely leaderless in countering and criticizing Trump’s early chaotic presidential moves, aimed to fill the vacuum and garnered significant attention by offering a searing response to the president for a national audience.
    Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • And first baseman Colby Thorndyke comes in with a searing swing.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Politics remains a cruel business and the governor has been on the frontline of it for nearly 20 years, winning and losing.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • They were joined by actors playing the contestants, who lurched along wearing expressions of exaggerated horror, as though the cruel stakes of the game had just been revealed to them.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • By taking on hazardous or monotonous jobs, AEON allows human workers to focus on higher-value activities, helping companies remain competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
  • Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • And in the process of owning your role in the unfortunate circumstances, remember, never blame your superior or the board in a public forum.
    Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • While Malle is clearly qualified to oversee editorial content, the timing is unfortunate for her chances.
    Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025

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“Grievous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grievous. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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