Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: severest
IPA transcription: [səv'ɪɹəst]
Usage examples
  • But cheeking the police undoubtedly carries the severest penalty; and so it ought.
  • The forces were at this time very nearly matched, and the severest battle of the campaign ensued, lasting four hours.
  • The better class of people in the State, those heretofore unknown in politics, the schoolmasters, the ministers, immediately prepared for the contest, which became one of the severest the State has ever known.
  • But before he left London, Giffard, the steward, took an opportunity to wait upon him, and let him know, that his Lord had acquainted him with the consent he had given for his daughter to be admitted at Elmwood Castle, and upon what restrictions: that he had farther uttered the severest threats, should these restrictions ever be infringed.