harshness

But the harshness of the police response has drawn comparisons with autocratic states, most notably Russia and Belarus, and the government's critics say they are operating from a Russian playbook.

After Saturday’s shooting, “the harshness of his rhetoric and what he is going to do to protect them has to leverage up — it can’t become more moderate.”

Far from rosy, the emotionally layered mother-daughter dynamic is laced with both believable harshness and unconditional devotion, creating a portrayal that makes the depiction of childhood in most American family-oriented films feel simplistic.

“Fat Ham” doesn’t flinch from the harshness between intolerant parents and their queer children.

The flavor’s persistence has infuriated anti-smoking advocates, who point to research that menthol’s numbing effect masks the harshness of smoking, making it easier to start and harder to quit.