But he didn't- perhaps because the Irishman looked so severe.

"It makes you look severe and beyond the reach of critics."

Use looked unmistakably severe, so that Paul had to ask what the matter was.

His injuries looked too severe for him to live.

A few of the veterans looked too severe for this joyful work.

This looked severe, and convinced them that the governor was in earnest.

The lady might look fragile but she also looked very alert and a little severe.

Miss Angorian turned round with a large book in her hands, looking more severe than ever.

The wound didn't look too severe, but something would have to be done about it soon, before he became weakened through blood loss.

As it was now, the dress looked almost formidably severe.