harsh feeling

Example Sentences

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But the experience of how cold and insensitive the building operators, lawyers, and super intendant were, left a harsh feeling in all of us at such a difficult time.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2016

As delivered, the fork was a bit harsh feeling under braking, but a couple clicks out on the compression adjusters cured that sensation in a jiffy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Young colonels and ancient captains abounded without any harsh feeling as to the matter on either side.

From North America — Volume 2 by Trollope, Anthony

But, independently of his extraordinary personal advantages, all his dispositions were so gentle and affectionate, that it was not I in human nature to entertain harsh feeling toward him.

From Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

The farthest I can go in that direction is to call them by names of limited reverence—names merely descriptive, never unkind, never offensive, never tainted by harsh feeling.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark