How To Use Harshly In A Sentence

Adults who opposed Mussolini were dealt with harshly.
Don't lose your tempter, act too aggressive, or harshly criticize your children.
Harshly, Nikiforov receives a booking for clattering Nakata on the edge of the area.
The stones beneath her shoes grated harshly.
But since there's nothing at all wrong with the statute that requires him to perform the ministerial task he has so far petulantly avoided, and because his malfeasance has been used to aggrieve the lawfully appointed Burris, White should be harshly condemned at the very least. Jeff Norman: Victory For Blago and Burris is Imminent

He is the toughest military ruler yet and has responded harshly to any dissent.
She'sbeen told that her husband is being harshly treated in prison.
Israel was quiet, as if digesting that bit of information and then he spoke, harshly and firmly.
Police sources have been quoted as saying the protesters will be dealt with harshly.
Poor stiff-necked, lonely, "hankering" Sam! to be so harshly reproved for his harmlessly sociable intents. Sabbath in Puritan New England
Personally, I believe that players who are caught using any type of performance enhancer should be dealt with more harshly than they are by most leagues.
The first group, wont to judge the parents who believe an occasional, mild, judicious spanking is proper — or the second group, who harshly condemns the parents who truly abuse their child, even to the point ofdeath? The Volokh Conspiracy » The Rhetoric of Opposition
Instead of the relatively flat, even terrain farther north, the Mauricie is known for everything from rolling hills to steep slopes and harshly broken, rocky terrain.
It was these réseaux that Joly challenged, summoning prominent witnesses, questioning them harshly, and, when they refused to answer her questions, ordering them to prison.
I think you might be judging him a bit too harshly in terms of not just being forgetful and especially so in expecting him to make time for you when it's clear you're continuing to live your life beyond him.
The war correspondent that marines were responding harshly against civilians.
He placed his hand on the nape of her neck and squeezed harshly, causing Mandy's face to scrunch up in pain.
In a spare and harshly lit military courtroom, prosecutors began their case.
He is simply tolerant and forbearant, and refrains from judging harshly; and harsh judgments of others will almost invariably provoke harsh judgments of ourselves. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics
In his lecture, he spoke harshly of journalists who don't believe a newspaper should make a profit.
A few months ago, Chomsky had harshly criticized "collaborationist" Fatah Security Forces for doing the Israeli occupation's dirty work of suppressing resistance to the occupation. Omar Baddar: Missing the Nuance: Abunimah's Criticism of Noam Chomsky
And any breach punished harshly. The Sun
The sharp rise of unemployment apparent from the 1970s was particularly harshly felt.
This grandly titled traditional animation from DreamWorks centres on an untamed horse in the old Wild West which is captured by the army and harshly broken in to join the cavalry.
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Don't rush to judge or comment harshly. The Sun
Spammers are jeopardizing what is probably the most significant communication tool in history, and they deserve to be dealt with harshly.
Their food and water supplies were dangerously low and the elf rationed it harshly.
When Jana emerged from the stall, she was tucking her white shirt into the regulation plaid skirt and was muttering harshly under her breath.
A number of Puritan clerics in Old England harshly criticized their New England brethren for not converting the Indians before killing them.
The essayist is a kind of poet in prose, and if questioned harshly as to his uses, he might be unable to render a better apology for his existence than a flower might. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country
And any breach punished harshly. The Sun
The grit beneath her soles grated harshly on the wooden deck.
Now, as the economy staggers and falters, day-to-day survival presses more harshly, which makes social commitment still tougher.
Overpopulation has led to harshly enforced limitations on procreation.
If we cherish these Christianlike views, we should not judge so harshly of the poor, of whom it is no less faulty to judge, than of the rich; and in their poverty we should find as powerful motives for loving The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
Stine slammed an already small piece of tile quite harshly onto the board causing it to smash into billions of pieces.
His departure would come after a torrid summer in which he has been harshly criticised for allowing a series of swingeing cuts in hospital services throughout Scotland.
Even though I was critiqued fairly harshly by a professionally trained speaker after one of my presentations, an attendee from the conference wrote to me after and said she thought I was one of the best speakers she heard all weekend. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Public Speaking
It’s your heart and you are sharing it with us and if people feel the need to judge you harshly from a digital distance, I say they can take their mean-ole selves to the land of crashing hard drives and slow internet connections. A Brother By Any Other Name | Her Bad Mother
Gary reaches for a drum and beats it briefly and harshly.
The singer harshly enunciates the conversationally toned verses.
When she was certain that the embrace intoxicated him enough, she moved quickly and grasped the knife from his belt and pulled away harshly.
Attacks are rare and those who commit them are punished harshly. Times, Sunday Times
One experiment in the artificial setting of a lab might not be very persuasive on the question of whether racism is eradicable, especially when pitted against real-world evidence of how African-American home buyers are discriminated against by financial institutions, for instance, and dark-skinned criminal defendants are treated more harshly than whites by jurors. How Your Brain Looks at Race
This means that any 1869 half eagle that is gradable (i.e., not harshly cleaned or exhibiting major damage) has a value of at least $1,000 or so. Coin Collecting: Condition Rarity vs. Absolute Rarity : Coin Collecting News
Generally, we hold that there's no crime worse than murder, and we punish it more harshly than we do anything else.
If we cherish these Christianlike views, we should not judge so harshly of the poor, of whom it is no less faulty to judge, than of the rich; and in their poverty we should find as powerful motives for loving Jesus Christ, as for affording the succor they require. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
Ginger shrimp smacked of iodine and were burdened with a thick, harshly bitter paste of a sauce.
How can you speak so harshly of the lyrical "endlessness"? "I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."
Many juvenile court advocates harshly criticized how the police handled young offenders.
Publicists for Rihanna and Lady Gaga claim the song “Silly Boy,” a little diddy about a guy attempting to make amends with a woman only to be harshly rebuffed, does not feature either woman. Rihanna “Silly Boy” (Ft. Lady Gaga) Chris Brown Diss Track (AUDIO)
Yes, thought Connel to himself, as Stefens 'voice began to crackle harshly on the audiograph, if Manning was guilty, then Danger in Deep Space
That being said, should there be any attempts at escape or if any of my staff should be attacked in any way, the perpetrator will be dealt with very harshly.
At times I felt we were harshly dealt with but I'm not putting that down as an excuse.
Although the Down East accents of the lyrics are a Hammerstein contrivance, the setting is harshly realistic in ways we tend to forget, perhaps because we usually think of Maine as a scenic travel destination. Out of Our Dreams
To watch him agonize over some of the tough positions he took was to appreciate the complexity of a man judged harshly and often simplistically. He Knew He Was Right
My little mother -- you're sick, you're really _sick_, and I didn't know and I spoke so harshly. The Job An American Novel
They shouldn't be so harshly punished if they lose their temper. The Sun
Spitting at opponents is disgusting and uncouth and ought to be harshly punished.
If soldiers are entitled to deal harshly with wounded enemy soldiers who might be engaged in perfidious acts, surely that entitlement can’t be contingent on holding a mini-trial right there to determine the matter. The Volokh Conspiracy » Phil Carter responds:
He explains his desire to unite the two harshly segregated scenes.
We were chided and harshly reprimanded by our own folks.
Particularly in terms of illegitimacy, mothers were punished more harshly than fathers, suffering public humiliation, even ostracism, as they were denounced from the altar and denied (either for a limited period of public penance, or indefinitely) churching and the sacraments. 63 Here, then, was a reinforcement of the chastity requirement of middle-class ideology. Gutenber-e Help Page
The console beeped harshly, and a bright light flashed. Starcraft II: Devils’ Due
The yard outside the house was rimy with hoarfrost, and the new sun shone upon it harshly. Son of a Witch
She has spurned potential lovers and judged those close to her harshly.
County were granted a late consolation when referee Uriah Rennie harshly awarded a penalty against Nicky Southall after he handled Petri Helin's ball into the box following Kevin Nolan's miskick.
Then she began to laugh, harshly, sharply, metallically; and Hans was shocked as he had not been shocked through the whole tragedy. THE UNEXPECTED
I said harshly, still stung by the way he had practically slobbered over the lovely herbalist.
He is the toughest military ruler yet and has responded harshly to any dissent.
Something began to scream at us harshly, and then we saw it was a peacock, like a displaced king, perched on the battered wall surrounding.
It is feared protestors will be dealt with harshly by police and troops.
Three of these songs bear harshly noisy guitar passages.
Hidden amidst the towering buildings at the outermost edge of the city lay a small, ratty karaoke bar that seems to seek shelter from the raging thunderstorm, its shingled roof rattling harshly.
They can become resentful if they think their friends were handled harshly or unfairly. Times, Sunday Times
Instantly Oliver lashed it harshly with the whip, lashed its mate, leaped to the ground and kept on lashing.
In fact, it’s one professor exercising his academic freedom in harshly criticizing the Senator. The Volokh Conspiracy » Institutions and Individuals:
Within this new legal framework, Spaniards could in good conscience punish the bodies of indigenes as harshly and theatrically as former conquistadors.
Many women also face brutal exploitation in their families in third world countries, where patriarchy dominates and household labor is treated harshly.
He has a sharp tongue , ie often speaks harshly or angrily.
It will be a welcome boost after being harshly hit by the double whammy of global recession and the attack in which one of its New York hotels was severely damaged.
She fixed her makeup and hair, drying it harshly with the blow-dryer.
She has produced a series of three photographs in a harshly lit hotel lobby.
In addition to the smooth transitions between both the divergent, heterophonically-interwoven tunes and between tonal, modal and atonal pivots of the different sections, Olivero also presents a rhythmic dichotomy, between slow-paced, rhythmically flexible cantabile sections and harshly syncopated, rhythmic intersecting phrases. Betty Olivero.
Gore then explained how he planned to travel to Iowa in September 2001 to deliver "a real ripsnorter of a speech" that would have harshly critiqued President Bush's first nine months in office and broken Gore's political silence. I Stand by My Story, What Story?
Rest tranquil, fair one; the phrase doubtless sounds harshly to your delicate, aristocratic ears. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Attacks are rare and those who commit them are punished harshly. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike traditional fluorescent markers, they are very bright and do not bleach if harshly illuminated.
Softly, friend; when thou wouldst speak harshly of the dead, remember that thou hast not yet fulfilled thy own dukkeripen! Lavengro
She was snapped harshly back to reality by the clatter of overturned toys.
He shuts his locker door, maybe a little more harshly than usual, and just kind of gives me this stare.
Whenever, therefore, they are treated harshly and contumeliously by men, let them take refuge in this thought, that God will be the more propitious to them. Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2
He stalked out of the apartment and walked to the nearest club, harshly bright and resounding with discordant noise in the still night air.
He looked downwards to see his grip had tightened so harshly around the shovel's handle, he cracked it.
Even her hairstyle was on message: a meticulously combed arrangement known as the nodus literally, “knot”, in reference to the distinctive roll of hair swept up harshly above the forehead. Caesars’ Wives
Of course, Beijing may react harshly to some of these measures and threaten a renewed embargo on the export of rare earth metals.
We must not wait for external events like climate change to press harshly upon us or even topple us.
If you do not cooperate, you will be dealt with harshly.
I was harshly reprimanded and humiliated in front of everyone.
With external enemies on its soils, internal opponents were dealt with harshly.
Young girls are like timorsome birds; they do not over-relish being hurried or spoken harshly to nither. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
Just days after an assessment of The Lives of Others in the New York Review of Books by Timothy Garton Ash, the very sort of liberal democrat neo-Leninists like Slavoj Zizek condemn more harshly than the most hegemonic-minded neo-con ( "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth"), Zizek offers his own take for In These Times. GreenCine Daily: Zizek on Lives.
Seven youths attacked and killed a man after one of them claimed he had treated him harshly when they were jailbirds, the regional court here heard yesterday.
She harshly rolled her big bubble eyes at a couple of brothers who were staring lustfully in our direction. Show Stoppah
Thereupon the pride of the suffering mastersinger reasserted itself; for while his wife painfully assisted him to mount the stairs, he harshly denied her right to sit in judgment upon his vocal gifts, and sternly ordered her to be silent. My Life — Volume 1
His complexion was of the kind which used to be called adust -- burnt up with inner fires; his visage was long and somewhat harshly designed, very apt, it would seem, to the expression of hitter ironies or stern resentments, but at present bright with friendly pleasure. The Emancipated
Don't rush to judge or comment harshly. The Sun
She said: ‘It is important that people who think they are above the law, and use guns to instill fear in the public, are dealt with harshly.’
The images range from the evocative to the harshly realistic.
Your teammate has distressed us all, he will be dealt with harshly.
By this term the Greeks did not mean one who rules harshly, but simply one who holds the supreme authority in the state illegally. General History for Colleges and High Schools
She said it harshly and in anger, and then lapsed into infuriated silence.
Originally only those physically incapable were deemed worthy of charity and able-bodied beggars were dealt with harshly.
It was expected that police would deal harshly with them.
If Bennett had his way, those who did not hold his views would be dealt with very harshly indeed.
The ball was fed to Kelley who crashed through four tackles before being somewhat harshly adjudged to have used his elbow in fending off the fifth.
Somewhere outside, a cold wind whips harshly through this barren hinterland.
They might buy only a little time before the spending cuts begin to bite harshly.
`That's enough!,' he cut in harshly
Receiving a clearance on his own 22, he made a burst beyond halfway and then was promptly and harshly whistled for not releasing by referee Simon McDowell.
Important political characters must be brought upon the stage and animadverted [harshly criticized] with freedom. War Profiteering, Past and Present
Adding insult to injury, the wind's still blowing very harshly up here.
Had a goal harshly disallowed, missed another glaring opportunity but worked tirelessly. Times, Sunday Times
When CNN's Rick Sanchez had a panel discussion on Hillary's "obliterate Iran" comment, he rhetorically asked words to the effect "well, 'obliterate' is just a word ... what she meant was we would deal with Iran harshly ... so what's wrong with that? McCain camp accuses Obama of making age an issue
One was left to conclude that Moyes was still furious after seeing Diniyar Bilyaletdinov harshly sent off five minutes after coming on, a decision which effectively ended the match just as Everton were building up a head of steam in their effort to equalise. Roy Hodgson praises scouting head after West Brom defeat of Everton
I do recall harshly dissenting from his vision for America and his voting record in the State Senate and in Congress. NC-13: GOPers TV Ad Shows Illegal Immigrant Grabbing His Crotch
Don't lose your tempter, act too aggressive, or harshly criticize your children.
Jane ran her fingers through her hair, combing the tangles out as she harshly pulled her hands through the snarls.
If you are nasty to a crow, it will somehow pass this on to its children, and they to theirs, and all of them will call harshly and swoop at your head when they see you. Crows' Flight
The grit beneath her soles grated harshly on the wooden deck.
The grit beneath her soles grated harshly on the wooden deck.
This means that any 1869 half eagle that is gradable i.e., not harshly cleaned or exhibiting major damage has a value of at least $1,000 or so. Coin Collecting: Condition Rarity vs. Absolute Rarity : Coin Collecting News
The grit beneath her soles grated harshly on the wooden deck.
The car stopped in front of the police station and the officer pulled him out of the car harshly.
They can become resentful if they think their friends were handled harshly or unfairly. Times, Sunday Times
Attacks are rare and those who commit them are punished harshly. Times, Sunday Times
They are a company of celibates, grinding harshly against one another and growing daily more calloused from the grinding. Chapter 14
The pair feel they have been treated harshly but are co-operating with college authorities, confessing their actions to university proctors.
Others had been treated more harshly—electrolysis, exfoliation, poisonous injections, dermabrasion. Elder Hostel
The modern consensus view is to judge the legacies of empire, especially of the modern European empires, very harshly.
Instantly Oliver lashed it harshly with the whip, lashed its mate, leaped to the ground and kept on lashing.
The Union Movement must submit to a purge, it must harshly discard the parasitical drones and rebuild the hive.
James set down his glass cup on the edge of the sink, unclenching his fist, and the clash of metal and glass seemed to reverberate harshly in her ears.
Stay away from traditional soap bars, which may leave a film (like soap scum) or act harshly and overdry normal skins.
For the most part it was a silent forest, lush and dank, where only occasionally a wood-pigeon cooed or snow - white cockatoos laughed harshly in laborious flight. Chapter 24
And for that they should be punished far more harshly, as well as strictly monitored when they are released. The Sun
Industry watchers are harshly criticizing a government order that strong-arms banks into extending loans to traditional industries.
Those who believe Baxter has been harshly dealt with point to two factors.
That deduction came about because Brodie had been harshly adjudged to have been at fault for an accidental head-clash in the opening seconds.
Now i can san diego los angeles how assignor dayan got expensive ruggedly a kiggelaria paleolith and into chargeable harshly of the conveniences. Rational Review
This is felt particularly harshly in the regional press, where there is a distinct shortage of Russian billionaires to help out. Times, Sunday Times
A harshly unpleasant note is struck by the video.
Her arm threw the empty, bare styrofoam cup harshly into the wastebasket.
The whole push to have him put in military custody is based on the idea that he could be more harshly interrogated, which is, of course, code for torture. Firedoglake
If we can find the culprit and he admits this gross error, then he will be dealt with harshly.
However, within a minute the French teenager was harshly adjudged to have tripped Adrian Foster.
What these beneficiaries of social mobility urged on contentious workers was pious resignation, and in no city did they sermonize more harshly than in Rouen.
He drinks in his mess, is coarsely sarcastic at home, neglects his worn-down wife, and evidently rules his wayward children harshly.
Things are not quite so brutal these days, but European countries still deal with insolvent firms far more harshly than America does, and most such firms end up in liquidation.
For the most part it was a silent forest, lush and dank, where only occasionally a wood-pigeon cooed or snow - white cockatoos laughed harshly in laborious flight. Chapter 24
Now he was disconsolate by reason of what had befallen him through the Sultan, who had entreated him harshly and had married his daughter by force to the lowest of his menials and he too a lump of a groom bunch-backed withal, and he said to himself, “I will slay this daughter of mine if of her own free will she have yielded her person to this acursed carle.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
In a harshly worded ruling, the judge said that the company had engaged in illegal practices to use its dominant share in the market against competitors.
Sitting on a shelf, Thomas Mann's "Magic Mountain" stares down as coldly and harshly as an alp in winter. As electronic readers gain popularity, what happens to the personal library?
After returning to the United States, they were considered traitors and interrogated very harshly, as the National Security Agency sought to learn how much of the sensitive cryptological gear and codes had been compromised.
In his 840-page memoir, "The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace," published in 2004, he harshly criticized both former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (who was "insufferable" because of his uncompromising views, Ross said) and then-Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat for failing to relinquish their mutual "myths. Obama's Peace Offensive
I judge most magazines pretty harshly, and arrogantly avoid those that fall short of what I consider mind-expanding reading.
This leads a large number of people aware that there is no linguistic reason to avoid split infinitives (or singular they, or sentential hopefully, etc.) to still avoid using them for fear that someone of some importance will judge them harshly. Led astray by the no-split-infinitives fetish « Motivated Grammar
She'sbeen told that her husband is being harshly treated in prison.
Then punish the adulterous man as harshly, for that is just as effective a deterrent as punishing the woman.
Reyna stood and leapt at Vincent, but he slapped her away roughly and she was knocked harshly against a table.
Nations that start wars are considered aggressors, and are judged harshly by both history and their peers.
Chisholm's departure would come after a torrid summer in which he has been harshly criticised for allowing a series of swingeing cuts in hospital services throughout Scotland.
The dog grimaced harshly, a cringe that did not suggest primitive fear as much as painful recollection.
"Building a new house tests a marriage very harshly," she added.
And any breach punished harshly. The Sun
‘The players have been harshly dealt with by the media,’ he says.
As he spoke, details continued to pour in of demonstrations and police brutality matched only by the harshly-suppressed 1953 uprising.
Wherefore, when I speak harshly of one of your own kind, I know you will not take it amiss; and when I speak high of one of my father's people, you will not take it upon you to say, 'Sitka Charley is Siwash, and there is a crooked light in his eyes and small honor to his tongue.' GRIT OF WOMEN
They shouldn't be so harshly punished if they lose their temper. The Sun
But it expresses concern about what it calls harshly anti-Semitic rhetoric in some television programs. Joels Trumpet
The bell sounded, ringing harshly in the quiet classroom.
And for that they should be punished far more harshly, as well as strictly monitored when they are released. The Sun
The differently colored animals bounded for the boy, the bear bellowed viciously, the wildcat snarled loudly, and the hawk screeched harshly.
I suspect that they feel like I do - that she does not deserve to be treated so harshly by the courts because she was such an incredible dill.
The countess was still breathing harshly, her bosom rising and falling, straining against her low décolletage.
Some of her hair had gotten into her face as the wind blew rather harshly.
Whereas Truman's Cold War policies — the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin airlift — were supported by his 1948 opponent, Thomas Dewey, and largely continued by his successor, Dwight Eisenhower, many of Bush's post-9/11 policies — including the prosecution of the war in Iraq and the conduct of relations with allies such as France and Germany — have been harshly attacked by Kerry. The Stakes in 2004
As infirmarian he was given none other than the theology professor who had so harshly berated him. Archive 2006-06-11
When the whispering started, she began to shuffle her feet in embarrassment, her combat boots scarping harshly against the linoleum.
The thrusting sword clanged harshly on a raised and twisted shield, and was almost wrenched out of the attacker's grasp. His Disposition
The easeful waters lapped at the shores quietly and there was an eerie atmosphere of calm conflicting harshly with the violence which was about show itself.
He is the toughest military ruler yet and has responded harshly to any dissent.
A candidates political allis should be judged much more harshly than his personal friends. Obama Giving Crucial Speech On Racial Issues This Morning
It's also been harshly judged for its music, especially given the numbers that pop out of nowhere and don't always advance the draggy storyline.
I'm warning you,’ her brother retorted harshly, growing progressively angrier.
In this disease the breathing becomes very painful, as the secretion of glairy serum is suspended, and the dry and inflamed surfaces rub harshly upon each other. A Practical Physiology
James set down his glass cup on the edge of the sink, unclenching his fist, and the clash of metal and glass seemed to reverberate harshly in her ears.
His findings have been harshly criticized by fellow scientists.
Generally, we hold that there's no crime worse than murder, and we punish it more harshly than we do anything else.

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