Sentence examples for considerable harshness from inspiring English sources

There was considerable harshness in relations with Belgium, which not only abandoned its neutrality for a close alliance with France but demanded territorial cessions from Holland.

Considering that a dangerous tackle capable of ending a career or leaving its victim requiring surgery followed by months of rehabilitation usually attracts nothing more than a three-game ban the harshness of Evans's punishment seems bound to provoke considerable debate.

Given the information available, given the state and federal parties' ability to provide additional contrary data, and given their failure to do so, we can assume for constitutional purposes that the following statement is true: Outside the California three-strikes context, Ewing's recidivist sentence is virtually unique in its harshness for his offense of conviction, and by a considerable degree.

"Harshness, paradoxically, is intimate".

"Only with harshness," she said.

To both Zangī reacted with equal harshness.

At the moment, harshness is winning.

There's no forgiveness, no harshness.

Manifestations of this harshness are widespread.

Her harshness has come as a surprise.

There was no harshness, but rather strength.