Sentence examples for harsh opening from inspiring English sources

"Braid" divided its harsh opening chords into smaller notes that repeated and induced more tension.

In "The Afflicted Girl," by Oscar Bettison, that sensibility was fleeting: the harsh opening chords seemed rooted in indie rock.

Nobody could say they hadn't been warned about Mr. Gervais, who has hosted the ceremony since 2010 and created such a ruckus with his harsh opening monologue last year that the organization that gives out the Globes was forced to apologize and say he would never be invited back.

Despite its harsh opening lines, the gorgeous "Girl on the Mountain" that premieres here today at The Huffington Post -- one of 12 relaxing yet revitalizing songs that appears on her latest album The Way It Feels -- ultimately leads to a promising conclusion.

The piece dramatically establishes its tone of harsh penance at the opening with a repeated lashing figure in the strings, like five stinging whip strokes.

There were moments when the string sound seemed harsher than usual, particularly in the opening work, Arriaga's Overture to "Los Esclavos Felices".

Unnerving and eye-opening, my visit was harsh reminder that while I was watching Seinfeld, The Wonder Years and Doogie Howser M.D., kids my age in Croatia were hiding from exploding bombs.

The movie drew some fairly harsh reviews and earned only $2.7 million in its opening weekend, not even finishing in the top 10.

"The crisis has not peaked – and with no major harvests expected for the rest of the year, the harshest times lie ahead," he said during his opening remarks.

It marked an even stronger bounceback from the sluggish 0.6% growth recorded in the opening months of 2015 when an especially harsh winter hit economic activity.

Had Mr Bush's harsh words made it think again about its tentative opening up to the outside world, including its leader's much-delayed return visit to Seoul?