But the sun is reliable, the company is dependable and the alternative might be considered harsh.

The conditions in these camps are considered extremely harsh by most of the world's cultures.

The Democrats are offering their own plan, which even some advocates for the poor consider harsh.

Corporal punishment was usual at the time, and such treatment would not have been considered harsh.

This is a position which, by modern standards would be considered exceptionally harsh, and has changed and softened since the 13th century.

His punishment of criminals and wrongdoers was considered harsh but helped restore peace to the country.

The narrator goes to ask the sentencing judge to commute his friend's sentence which he considers too harsh.

However, even by Roman standards his justice was considered particularly harsh.

Marinetti did, however, fight a duel with a critic he considered too harsh.

The measures adopted by Greece were considered harsh by the protesters.