But al for nought; he nolde his cause pleyne, 1230 But seyde, he felte a grevous maladye A-boute his herte, and fayn he wolde dye.
And if he abyde to his laste day, scarsly may he shryven him or remembre him of hise sinnes, or repenten him, for the grevous maladie of his deeth.
The Earl was commended for this action by the King, who further desired him with ‘good dexteritie’ to ‘laye unto the charges of all the monkes there their grevous offences, .
A True Narration of the strange and grevous Vexation by the Devil of seven persons in Lancashire .
From the Florida they bringe a woodde and roote of a tree that groweth in those partes, of greate vertues and excellencies, healinge therewith grevous and variable deseases.
And of this sentence folweth it, that thanne ben shrewes constreined at the laste with most grevous torment, whan men wene that they ne be nat punisshed.
They ne wolde for 70 nothing have me in town; for than were tort and +force nought worth an hawe about, and plesen no men, but thilk grevous and torcious ben in might and in doing.
A true Narration of that strange and grevous Vexation by the Devil of seven Persons in Lancashire and William Somers of Nottingham.
Iacob loved but one sonne more than a nother/ ad how grevous murther folowed in their hartes?
Firste note with stronge faith the power of god in creatinge all of nought Then marke the grevous fall of Adam and of vs all in him/ thorow the light regard[~i]ge of the commaundement of god.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grevous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
