Words similar to harsh

Example sentences for: harsh

How can you use “harsh” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Monet, ever respectful of his audience (and potential buyers), never indulged in the harsh jokes of his urbane contemporaries.
She bit off her nose to spite her face adds a contortionist twist to an already harsh metaphor.
Critics are harsh on the film's premise and execution, but a few find bright spots in Judd's beauty and Tommy Lee Jones' gritty turn as her parole officer.
Paul Starr, a sociology professor at Princeton who was once a harsh critic of the New Democrats, writes that "the party won't fly without both of its wings."
According to Applebome, no place in the South has tried harder to overcome the region's harsh racial legacy than Charlotte, N.C.