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Example sentences for: harshness

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His work is described as "Friendly Art," a backlash against modern art's harshness.
In the 1930s, the road to appeasement was paved by Western guilt over post-World War I policy toward Germany--over the harshness of the Versailles Treaty and reparations.
Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents suggests an answer: as civilization “progresses,” it removes itself further and further from harshness and crude emotions.
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.