HARSH in a Sentence

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152 example sentences for HARSH, such as:

1. The lamp gave out a harsh light.
2. Those harsh words sting me bitterly.
3. The minister received some harsh criticism.
4. To be brief, we can't accept such harsh terms.
5. It may seem harsh to criticize him after his death.

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 Meanings and Examples of HARSH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
harsh
 a.  rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
Classic Sentence: (131 in 9 pages)
1  It annoyed her because it seemed foolish and also because some of the harsh criticism directed at him fell on her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  She entered the room and sat down on the bed that was glaring with harsh sunshine.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
3  There were harsh lines of fatigue and urgency in his face but his tattered gray hat was off with a sweep.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
4  Her mind was tiredly trying to take in the harsh truth that he was leaving her here to face the Yankees alone.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  The sun blinded her, the hard boards of the wagon under her were harsh against her body, and a heavy weight lay across her legs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  Any unexpected noise or sharp word set him to trembling, for in his mind noises and harsh words were inextricably mixed with Yankees and he was more afraid of Yankees than of Prissy's hants.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  In that night and the day which followed, he had been slapped by his mother for the first time and had heard her voice raised at him in harsh words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
8  It was because she was so frightened and unsure of herself she was harsh lest others learn her inadequacies and refuse her authority.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  She could only stare over the banisters at him and watch his face change from harsh tenseness to a half-contemptuous, half-ingratiating smile.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  Suddenly Scarlett shivered and saw, as if coming back from a long journey, that it was winter and the fields were bare and harsh with stubble and she was very cold.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
11  She saw too that the old aloof face of Ashley, the one she knew so well, had come back and it was wintry too, and harsh with hurt and remorse.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
12  Between the brandy which was smoothing out the harsh contours of remorse and Rhett's mocking but comforting words, the pale specter of Frank was receding into shadows.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
13  In the light his face with bloodshot eyes and harsh lines was as unreadable as stone.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
14  Rhett's dark face fell into its old harsh lines and his lip twisted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
15  Remembering the last harsh words Rhett had hurled at her about Wade and Ella, she tried to fill in some of her empty hours with them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
Example Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  To be brief, we can't accept such harsh terms.
2  The people have to accept the harsh exigency of war.
3  I believe people should live in houses that allow them to retreat from the harsh realities of life.
4  His voice was harsh as he enunciated each word carefully.
5  One harsh word would send her into the depths of despair.
6  Let us examine the evolution of animal husbandry in the light of these three great, if harsh, truths.
7  Expulsion from school is a harsh form of punishment.
8  They know it when their older loved ones die sooner because of having led harsh lives in domestic service or manual labor.
9  Millions of others died in incredibly harsh conditions in hundreds of labor camps.
10  We had to face up to the harsh realities of life sooner or later.
11  The lamp gave out a harsh light.
12  It may seem harsh to criticize him after his death.
13  The minister received some harsh criticism.
14  This was a harsh blow for the families of missing people who'd waited for decades for news of them.
15  Those harsh words sting me bitterly.