Sentence examples for a time of harsh from inspiring English sources

Yet, at a time of harsh domestic austerity, it can ill-afford the extravagance of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

He was interior minister for four years in the 1960s at a time of harsh repression of dissent, when torture was used against detained leftists.

And there is a dire need for community capacity building in this area at a time of harsh local authority cuts.

You'd notice his smile right away". Allen, who died March 31, was born in 1919 and raised in a log cabin in Virginia during a time of harsh segregation.

It is a time of surprising alliances and harsh fiscal realities for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Are these really the ultimate aims of musical performance in a time of violent crisis?" This is a harsh thing to say of Bernstein, who rarely missed a chance to politicize music, and who routinely irritated much of his audience by doing so.

If this is a time of incredible pain and a much harsher society, that was a choice.

20 January (Virago) The Immortalization Commission by John Gray Call it a sign of harsh times, but pessimistic views of modern ideals will loom large during 2011.

It is a sign of harsh budgetary times.

Shortly thereafter the Rectification Campaign took, for a time, the form of a harsh purge of elements not sufficiently loyal to Mao.

Why not next time the wave of harsh reality rises, give it a smack down?