Sentence examples for harsh by from inspiring English sources

In some senses that is true: living conditions are harsh by any normal standard.

The prison sentence was seen as harsh by many who thought that the women would be acquitted or fined and deported from the country.

Temperatures are warm for the latitude, but exposure to cold winds from the north and east produces winters that are harsh by British standards.

Candlelight is acceptable in a light room, but in a dark setting, it provides uneven, raw light, made harsh by its sharp contrast with the surrounding gloom.

Even this last category is made less harsh by a practice of letting prisoners out after only half their term is served.

The car's curb appeal is seductive, judging by the covetous looks it attracted, but its rear-biased proportions are a bit harsh by Ferrari standards.

But that reality is turning harsher by the month.

Ordinary Albanians are going through a gruelling winter, made harsher by frequent power and water failures.

A harsh conclusion indeed, and one that I and other social anxiety sufferers have found to be made much harsher by the nature of the modern world.

Yet even there life became harsher by the summer of 1864, with food in such short supply that some inmates resorted to eating rats.

The Tories would begin trimming a year before that, in 2010-11, which means their cuts would be even harsher by the following year.