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Word: grievously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doubt too small a matter, is the annoyance, if not danger, caused by the swinging doors in Sever Hall. We can never tell when we enter whether at that moment some one will not be coming out and so slam the door in our face. This is especially grievous, as the two steps in front of the door give an impetus to the push which the goer-out gives to the door, preparatory to jumping down these steps, and often cause the goer-in to experience the spicy relish of being knocked over backwards. It seems as if a change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/5/1886 | See Source »

...will throw the hammer several feet beyond the best on record. He is doing some pretty fair work in his practice at putting the 16-pound shot, and it would not be surprising if his competitors in this event at the games were to be treated to a grievous surprise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale's Candidates for the Inter-Collegiate Contest. | 4/1/1886 | See Source »

...Yale News announces that it was grievous work chrouicling last Saturday's game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/20/1885 | See Source »

...chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterwards, it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them that are exercised thereby." - [Hebrews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 11/9/1882 | See Source »

...With grievous burdens; and for their distress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AUTUMN WALK BY THE SEA. | 10/28/1881 | See Source »

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