You've done a grievous thing in bargaining with such a she-devil.

She is saying there were grievous things done to people and, in effect, she is apologizing to the country.

"Because it is a grievous thing for me to meet again those two men who caused the failure of our enterprise."

"A grievous thing when a great man grows old."

We've got many a grave and grievous thing to discuss, not the least of which is who you truly are.

"He will think that this is a grievous thing in your eyes."

Yet it is a very grievous thing to slay old friends.

That danger dissolved, the next necessity became the grievous thing.

Not, however, before her regular demand for her allowance became a grievous thing.

And it was a burden- death was a grievous thing to hand out, when he'd been trained to save lives.