If convulsions are sufficiently severe medical professionals may not be able to provide medical treatment.

His paralysis developed into quadriplegia and was sufficiently severe that, for example, he was unable to turn himself over in bed.

In the workplace, harassment has to be sufficiently severe or pervasive as to change the conditions of work.

The suffering experienced by the victim must be sufficiently severe.

No animals died, however, suggesting that the stress was not sufficiently severe to decrease survival during the study period.

He likely received a concussion, which was sufficiently severe to render him unconscious for over an hour.

The issue would be to find one sufficiently severe.

It can be sufficiently severe to produce abnormal posturing of the affected limbs, particularly the thumbs.

The resulting damage can be sufficiently severe to require the replacement of the entire cell or tower structure.

Gold had had a car accident with sufficiently severe health consequences to prevent him from being able to continue as editor.