The phrase "a harsh fall" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant or severe decline, whether in a physical sense (like falling down) or metaphorically (like a decline in status or fortune).
Example: "After years of success, the company experienced a harsh fall in profits due to the economic downturn."
Alternatives: "a severe drop" or "a steep decline."
A harsh rain fell for days.
The Netherlands experienced a harsh rise and fall in fortune in the 17th Century – echoed in the lives of its great painters, says Andrew Graham-Dixon.
The news media glare is an ally when you succeed and a harsh enemy when you fall, or even when you appear to fall.
Further into the chapter, High describes that a fierce battle will erupt between these forces and the Æsir, and that during this, Surtr and Freyr will engage in battle "and there will be a harsh conflict before Freyr falls".
The fact that 9.5% of spending now goes to prisons while only 5.7% goes to universities 25 years ago, prisons got 4% and universities 11%—is indeed a harsh indicator of California's fall from grace.
Between them, these three shacks house on average 20 people, the numbers only falling in a harsh winter, when some can no longer stand the conditions.
All that ended five days later, on April 14, when March retail sales figures came in and were much worse than expected, falling 1.1%–a harsh comedown from the 0.3% increase that had been predicted.
Just a week after social media networks took criticism for helping circulate misinformation about the alleged perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing, Twitter's security shortcomings fell under a harsh spotlight Tuesday after a hacker group commandeered the AP Twitter account and falsely reported that explosions in the White House had injured President Barack Obama.
A harsh winter, a strong dollar and falling oil prices took their toll on the US economy in the first quarter, the Commerce Department revealed on Friday.
