Sentence examples for harsh piece from inspiring English sources

It was a rather harsh piece of self-assessment.

Defensive and occasionally belligerent, he said that although the Ugandan politician who introduced the "Kill the Gays" bill had devised a harsh piece of legislation, he clearly "cares for his country".

A particularly harsh piece in Der Spiegel predicts direct economic consequences, foreseeing Germany being sucked into a substantial post-conflict role simple to atone for its earlier uselessness, arguing:  Now, however, it would appear that Germany's partners were right after all and that Berlin was horribly mistaken.

He wrote an unnecessarily harsh piece criticizing the candidate's "total and blind support for Israel" and saying that "loyalty to a foreign flag is not loyalty to America's".

(In response, Ryan has tried to sweeten the pie by eliminating the essential benefits that the Affordable Care Act made mandatory to any insurance plan, turning what was already a breathtakingly harsh piece of legislation into something even more inhumane).

As TVNewser noted, there may be some payback going on here: Couric and the article's writer, Alessandra Stanley, have a long history ever since Stanley penned a harsh piece on Couric when she was still at the "Today" show in 2005, noting: "At the first sound of her peremptory voice and clickety stiletto heels, people dart behind doors and douse the lights".

Kent Hughes's bill has been described as the harshest piece of legislation in Australia directed towards the unemployed during the Depression.

Some pieces are very fast and harsh, while others are very graceful, slow and light.

The performance moved, first, through almost all of "Yeezus" — a collection of harsh electronic pieces.

Cunningham's collaborator John Cage called the piece "harsh and erotic".

In the more peaceful moments, Ms. McDermott gave a harsh and obdurate piece a warmth that it is unaccustomed to.