Sentence examples for harsh at first from inspiring English sources

Considering that Google stopped the campaign after a little more than 24 hours, the funding was openly acknowledged in the posts and apologies were issued, the self punishment may appear a bit too harsh at first sight.

"I thought it was a little harsh at first, but I felt inspired to keep pushing.

It was harsh at first, off key, but eventually it found its note and Amazing Grace soon echoed off the sandbags of our makeshift bunker.

For those of us who really like the concept of control, this can be a harsh reality at first.

At the Cosmopolitan Awards, where she picked up Ultimate Sports Superhero, there was Kim Cattrall ("not wrinkly like you might think") and drag queen Jodie Harsh ("at first I thought it was Jodie Marsh!").

At first harsh interrogation may well yield information, both valuable and valueless.

At first, liability was harsh, but then it was softened to encourage industrial growth.

When I asked what alternative might work in its place, he ventured: "No we can't!" At first this seemed harsh, but the more I've thought about it, the more it seems right.

At first, it seemed the harsh warning from the Revolutionary Guards might have persuaded Mousavi supporters into more muted action.

For in Ek's interpretation, love-at-first-sight and magic potions are romantic fantasies that distract from a much harsher reality.

This transmission seems at first like a much harsher way to experience 500 hp than, say, the automatic transmission of a Bentley.