Modifies a noun

• harm: Rosie was sent to prison for grievous bodily harm for a ten year sentence.

• wolf: Paul said grievous wolves will enter in not sparing the flock.

• sin: Like many of us, David was living in denial of his grievous sin against his top general Uriah.

• sickness: Thus afflicted by grievous sickness it occurs to him: Alas!

• wound: M. de V. in his blind anger then made a remark which inflicted on her heart a grievous wound.

• punishment: And a grievous punishment indeed will be inflicted on you by us.

Modifying Another Word

• so: There is nothing so grievous that it cannot at last become a trophy of victory, and be taken up into eternal joy.

• very: The subject of the letter received from him is very grievous, in respect of Lord [ Norris's ] danger.

• not: But His commandments beloved are not grievous, are they?

Used with adjective complement

• become: But when He hides His face, then trouble becomes more grievous.