This impact on the labor market may have actually been more severe in the long run.

He was severe in his criticism of the school and the two parents.

And they were perhaps even more severe in those days.

The symptoms usually are most severe in the first year or two.

The problem seems to be most severe in the software industry.

"The pressure began last spring and became most severe in the fall."

Was she being too severe in her judgment of @Um!

"I think the officials watching tonight will be a little more severe in the next game."

She was severe in a way that her husband never would be.

And the problem has become most severe in recent years.