Sentence examples for undertook harsh from inspiring English sources

King Alexander II undertook harsh reprisals for the killing, to the satisfaction of Pope Honorius III.

General Miller repeated his assertion that his review of Iraqi detention centers, written last year while he was in charge of the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, had in no way urged the military police to undertake harsh methods to help prepare detainees for interrogation.

A move that prompted Belgrave to undertake harsh measures including encouraging conflicts between Shia and Sunni Muslims in order to bring down the uprisings and limit the Iranian influence.

This tactical alliance enabled Andreotti to undertake the harsh austerity measures needed to deal with Italy's mounting economic problems at the time.

I went because of my Guatemalan patients here — to understand why their families undertake the harsh ordeal of undocumented life in the United States.

On the 22nd, another test was undertaken, under harsh weather conditions, and similar results were reached.

It was Mr. Romney's comments about a factory in China, where he expressed amazement at the willingness of Chinese workers to undertake jobs under harsh conditions, that convinced Mr. Prouty to release the video.

Donald Trump's nominee to be the next CIA director says that if she is confirmed by the Senate, the spy agency will not undertake a detention and harsh interrogation program like the one used after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the US.

I undertake the Percept not to engage in harsh speech, lying or gossip.

Environmental impact statement: The environment in which tunnelling is undertaken through hard rock at great depth is harsh and sometimes dangerous.

Aides in both camps said they did not expect a reprise of the harsh attacks on Mr. Perot that the Bush campaign undertook in the spring, when Mr. Perot was briefly at the head of the pack.