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Example sentences for: harshness
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The missionaries struggled valiantly against the dictates of the desert, trying simultaneously to survive the harshness of their circumstances and spread the Mormon faith.
She and three young woman companions brought a civilizing influence to the harshness of the beleaguered settlement.
It is difficult to understand why Charles V, who was born in and had strong family ties to The Low Countries, should treat the region with such harshness, however the dynasty power base was in Spain and emotion had no part in Empire-making.
His work is described as "Friendly Art," a backlash against modern art's harshness.
Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents suggests an answer: as civilization “progresses,” it removes itself further and further from harshness and crude emotions.