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    Use "harshness" in a sentence

    harshness example sentences

    harshness


    1. She can smell the metallic harshness of blood on her fingers


    2. “It was early spring, and the crisp air of the mornings invited a sense of invigoration after the harshness of the last winter


    3. prisoner without the same harshness


    4. to the harshness of concrete mix,


    5. The sky blue of the flax plant looked delicate against the harshness of the hills


    6. Raven felt a stab of pain at the harshness in her eyes


    7. Ideally, Kennedy would soften the harshness of Communist control of all of Vietnam by evacuating all US allies


    8. I was a little shocked at the harshness of the sentence


    9. My sire peered upon his daughter adorably the way only a father could, all too aware of the harshness and cruelty of the world we lived in


    10. I feel a harshness snatch my tender hand

    11. I do not intend harshness


    12. He had not expected to feel the King of the Air’s anger and the harshness of his wing


    13. When he finally gazes round the small bed-area he sleeps in, he sees not only the dark stone walls, the tapestries his sister has made to soften the room’s harshness and the beaker of water beside him


    14. The solid earth forces its harshness into his skin and he gasps


    15. Chapter Twelve: The harshness of light


    16. Am I bound to relive that horror over and over every time that I think of that accursed place? The harshness of the new thought grated upon his mental equanimity


    17. “You!” his words took on an added note of harshness and volume as he hurled them at the


    18. He swept the mind-cane in a perfect arc in front of him and the resulting swift flames gave him a respite he could tumble through, back into the harshness of the rough flooring and the reality of the wintry air


    19. They complain about the harshness of the journey


    20. over every time that I think of that accursed place? The harshness of the new thought grated

    21. "When anger comes on you or harshness know that he is in you; and you will know this to be the case also when you are attacked by a longing after many transactions and the richest delicacies and drunken revels and divers luxuries and things improper and by a hankering after women and by overreaching and pride and blustering and by whatever is like to these


    22. The more she thought of it—nearly killing Brixby and his harshness to Edith—the hotter she got


    23. It is difficult today to understand the harshness of war, but it’s an enterprise specialized to kill people and one isn’t terribly concerned with details


    24. Substance abuse (particularly alcohol which is a wonderful anaesthetic for the harshness of life)


    25. It numbed my cuts and bruises, even seemed to cover the harshness of the world, giving me a glimpse of how I wished life could be


    26. But the harshness from its corridors remains under the skin


    27. No gentlemen, you see, my entire life was filled with the harshness of the streets and the trashcans that lined them


    28. “As I told you on the ride home from the carnival on that fateful day, I once promised your mother that I would keep you safe from the harshness of the world


    29. harshness in his eyes


    30. There, dreams became more real to Thee than all the harshness of Thy life, and offered what Earth—then—could not: a chance to see eternal realms

    31. His dividend was a twenty-minute replay in the gravelly harshness of Arnold Osbairne’s hectoring tones, of every overseas trip taken in the last ten years


    32. him with terrible harshness and cruelty in early childhood


    33. This is not a journey constructed with rationalism, not a step at the time in the sign of fatigue, prudence and harshness that pay the price for certainties and offers a shoulder to boredom and habits


    34. Travis felt embarrassed over his outburst, and he hoped the harshness of his


    35. “Oh she’s having a late lunch with Tara,” Bilo tried hard not to sound bitchy but somehow the harshness couldn't be hidden


    36. Before Turner could reply with his proverbial harshness, McCain hurried to jump in the conversation


    37. With but few exceptions women cursed the bush and its harshness


    38. certain unjustified harshness as she gazed forward at me with no


    39. then, wasn't it,” she replied with an antagonizing harshness in her


    40. Barron said loudly, with conviction and a harshness in his voice that

    41. This was a friendly group of folks, made up mostly of a few families, and all were related to some degree, and no harshness could be seen among any


    42. “How are you holding up?” Higgins asked in a tone that was unfamiliar in that it lacked the harshness, the gruffness that had become characteristic of the boss


    43. had a rude awakening to the harshness of the world at a very young age


    44. run out of gin and felt good knowing that he could drink its harshness even in


    45. Native Americans’ struggle to survive the harshness of winter on


    46. I have a sense that there was just as much harshness with some of the teachers in public schools as with some of the nuns


    47. Alice’s harshness startled me


    48. Anger and harshness may frighten, but they will not persuade the child that you are right; and if he sees you often out of temper, you will soon cease to have his respect


    49. ’ He recoiled from my words, causing me to regret the harshness


    50. say stuff, but then the harshness in you comes and ruins it






































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    Synonyms for "harshness"

    hardness harshness inclemency rigor rigorousness rigour rigourousness severeness severity stiffness cruelness cruelty abrasiveness scratchiness roughness asperity rudeness unevenness

    "harshness" definitions

    the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions


    the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses


    the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance


    excessive sternness