Sentence examples for had been harsh from inspiring English sources

Below, Collins elaborates on Drew: Public opinion against the Drews had been harsh, verging on violent.

The previous winter had been harsh and there was a severe fuel shortage.

In the three weeks since Steve Pokin's article appeared, public opinion against the Drews had been harsh, verging on violent.

Israel, said the general, had been harsh and niggardly to Mr Abbas during his short-lived premiership.

Mr. Long had been harsh in his appraisal of Mr. Paladino, calling him "more of a caricature than a candidate" and likening him to Pierre Rinfret, the Republican candidate for governor in 1990 — whom the Conservatives declined to endorse.

Ireland's hopes were given a significant boost by keeper Roman Berezovsky's 26th-minute dismissal for handling Cox's shot outside his area, although replays suggested the decision had been harsh.

Many of Serra's victims however, expressed their wishes that his punishment had been harsher.

It would have been harsh".

Criticism has been harsh and intense.

Sentences have been harsh, sometimes including death.

Police treatment of gay-rights protesters has been harsh.