Harshness means The quality of being harsh. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like severity or cruelty.

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Harshness in a sentence

Harshness meaning

The quality of being harsh.

Synonyms of Harshness

roughness rigour rigor severeness severity malice malevolency malevolence cruelness cruelty unpleasantness raggedness scratchiness abrasiveness rigorousness

Example sentences (20)

Her harshness towards Paul probably stemmed as much from political distrust as from what she saw of his character.

It’s been 400 years of a people who endured the harshness of enslavement and those who fought for social justice.

There is a sense of majestic rawness and harshness to this adventure that is hard to describe and even harder to evoke.

It's fantastic for removing stains from white towels without the harshness of chlorine bleach", Jennifer said.

The boy protagonist Eli, played by Felix Cameron, is an absolute joy, and balances the harshness of the story.

As with other spirits aged in casks, tequila takes on the flavors of the wood, while the harshness of the alcohol mellows.

Acidic tobacco additives such as levulinic acid are used as "smoothing" agents to reduce smoke harshness.

Its smell has been generally described as a vastly richer and smoother version of isopropanol without its stinging harshness.

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As Sheldon Wolin puts it, "Tocqueville was aware of the harshness and bigotry of the early colonists".

Thus, weaker cases result in more lenient plea bargains, and stronger ones in relative harshness, but both result in an agreement.

His proxy of strength in the form of harshness has only complicated the migrant issue and doesn’t speak to the basic sense of humanity.

Newman, p. 289 When Micaëla pleads with José to go with her to his mother, the harshness of Carmen's music reveals her most unsympathetic side.

The greater the inharmonicity, the more the ear perceives it as harshness of tone.

Thus, even though torture methods in Muscovy were on a similar level of harshness as Western European methods used, a more civil method was present.

Art Deco period (1920–1930s) The Art Deco movement was an attempt to combine the harshness of mass production with the sensitivity of art and design.

Derounian’s harshness anticipated the public reaction to Van Doren’s confession.

Yes, there’s a harshness to our existence, but perhaps we are faced with disease, famine, war, and hatred to learn how to overcome and advance humankind.

Yakov shot himself because of Stalin's harshness toward him, but survived.

This was not to say that they were unacquainted with the harshness of life; rather, their ethos included a sense of continuity between this life and the next.

The harshness of this ecosystem is evident in the adaptations made by some plant species to its special conditions: the dunes of sand and soil are inconsistent.

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Common combinations with harshness

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the harshness 16×
  • harshness of 15×
  • harshness to
  • and harshness
  • of harshness
  • harshness and
  • as harshness
  • harshness toward

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "harshness" in a sentence?
An example: "Her harshness towards Paul probably stemmed as much from political distrust as from what she saw of his character." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "harshness" from real English texts.
What does "harshness" mean?
Harshness means: The quality of being harsh.
What are synonyms of "harshness"?
Common synonyms of "harshness" include: roughness, rigour, rigor, severeness, severity, malice, malevolency, malevolence. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "harshness" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "harshness", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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