harsh feeling

Example Sentences

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But the experience of how cold and insensitive the building operators, lawyers, and super intendant were, left a harsh feeling in all of us at such a difficult time.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2016

As delivered, the fork was a bit harsh feeling under braking, but a couple clicks out on the compression adjusters cured that sensation in a jiffy.

From Time Magazine Archive

No harsh feeling ever clouded her serene brow; how did I treat her? wounding her gentle heart with savage coldness; I had no compassion on her in past years, does she forgive me now?

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

I have had at least my full share of adverse criticism, but I can truly say that it has not embittered me, nor left me with any harsh feeling against a living soul.

From Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison)

Hoping therefore to do something to destroy the belief in witches and to soften the harsh feeling against them, Lady Eleanor wrote to the parson to speak on the subject in next Sunday's sermon.

From The Drummer's Coat by Fortescue, J. W. (John William)