harsh
Example Sentences
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"We lost a lot of people and our possessions. We lived a difficult and harsh life, displaced from one city to another, under bombardment and in terror."
From Barron's
The figures raised concerns of a particularly harsh flu season this winter.
The Iranian government said it "recognises the protests" and would listen "with patience, even if it is confronted with harsh voices".
From BBC
Meanwhile, millions of borrowers are behind on their payments and risk facing some of the harshest consequences of the student-loan program if they don’t start paying their loans.
From MarketWatch
Investors had already been avoiding the Los Angeles housing market because of what they see as a harsher regulatory environment, said Greg Harris, a multifamily investment broker with Institutional Property Advisors in Los Angeles.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
