One could legitimately complain that the production took an unusually severe view of the drama.

Any new headache that is unusually severe or lasts more than a couple of days should be checked by a doctor.

From the talk he heard after the prisoner had been hauled out, this was not a rare or unusually severe penalty.

In an unusually severe case, up to 40 worms emerged from a single victim.

He said it might help explain the unusually severe water conditions that preceded the collapse.

Then winter came early, and was an unusually severe one.

Government and industry officials attributed the increase to unusually severe weather, which they said accounted for more than half the delays.

The winter that followed the earthquake was unusually severe, causing many further deaths.

Unfortunately, the convoy left after an unusually severe winter had set in.

At the start of the year, the primary concern was drought because the dry season in 2010 had been unusually severe.