harsh
Example Sentences
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For workers who thought they would easily launch into a well-paying science career, the downturn has been especially harsh.
In many ways the sport and the harsh conditions in which it thrived embodied the traditional values and traits — resilience, community, politeness, resourcefulness — that have come to define Canada’s unique “northern character.”
From Los Angeles Times
The annual event sees tech geeks test gear, including drones, atomic clocks antennas and chips, against jamming in the harsh Arctic climate.
She has tightened drug enforcement along the border, expelled imprisoned cartel bosses wanted by the U.S. and imposed 50% tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles and other goods, defusing U.S. threats of harsher tariffs.
One of the leaders, Catarino, spoke with multiple day laborers in Bakersfield who couldn’t afford food, let alone warm jackets during the harsh winter.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
