harshness

Example Sentences

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He well understood the city’s brightness, harshness, improvisation and fractured essence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Genesis brand engineers spend some coin to attenuate engine and mechanical noise, vibration and harshness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

To assess excessive punishment claims, Colorado courts begin by comparing “the gravity or seriousness of the offense to the harshness of the penalty.”

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

This is a place where players have to roll up their sleeves and get on with it despite the golfing environment's stark harshness.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

In truth, she could only stand up to the harshness of people and their words, a native tenacity that I can only hope someday to uncover in myself.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee