Sentence examples for could be harsh from inspiring English sources
He learnt quickly and sometimes the education could be harsh.
The tone could be harsh and emotionally naked.
And that it could be harsh to me.
In Obama's recent book, "The Audacity of Hope," he could be harsh about the Clinton years.
George W. Bush could be harsh; she once characterized him as an "incompetent leader".
Not that it was always idyllic: life on the road could be harsh.
A blood-alcohol concentration limit of 0.08% would be one criterion; others could be harsher penalties for drunk drivers, increased testing, or programmes to deter young drinkers.
The film has an NC-17 rating, and it will prompt the customary gasps of outrage, but no viewer, however prim, could be harsher on the uncontrollable Brandon than the director is.
In more fragile economies, the bubble's ramifications could be harsher and longer lasting, despite the emergence of local VC industries.
And then the penalties could be harsher as the transgressions mount up.
Rights activists said the trial and sentencing were reminiscent of the Soviet era, when dissidents were sent to prison-like mental institutions where conditions could be harsher than in the Soviet gulag.
