More than eighty thousand barrels of crude oil from the spill severely damaged over sixty kilometers of coastline.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Sometimes,critics may pan a movie or play so severely that no one will go to see it.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

The South,however, felt the pressure more severely, because it was weaker in troop strength and industrial strength.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

In a storm, the ship could be driven on to land and severely damaged or sunk.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

"Otherwise," said the Justice, looking severely over his glasses, "you are in contempt of Court."

VOA: special.2009.11.14

Public health officials reported in January that seventeen percent of American children are severely overweight.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

is about a family struggling to survive with a severely sick child.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

These include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes or being severely overweight.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

What if the fetus is found severely affected by a faulty gene?

VOA: special.2010.03.23

The disease can severely disfigure victims and cause death.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

John Roebling's son, Washington,was severely disabled by the bends.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

People often severely judged those who were sexually appealing.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Navy Corpsman John Bradley had been severely wounded.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

And it had severely damaged American military power.

VOA: special.2011.06.02

Her mother's death severely affected Zora's life.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

Their daughter Cathy Ann was severely burned.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Legs were broken and one person was severely injured during stampede as panicked shoppers and office workers surged out of buildings.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The incident severely strained the bond between Turkey and Israel, which until recently had enjoyed relatively warm relations.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

The government has cracked down very severely since the violence there some months ago against religious leaders and others of the Muslim faith."

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

And this,it says, is severely threatening progress that has been made for children in some developing countries.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

But MEND has been severely weakened since dozens of its field commanders and thousands of gunmen accepted President Yar'Adua's amnesty offer and disarmed.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

"So,severely exploited migrant workers. If they were paid their back wages, the wages they are due, it could come to something like $2.5 billion.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Johnson says children are always among the most severely affected, and disasters put them at increased risk of abuse and grave violations of their rights.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04