harsh light

collocation in English

meaningsofharshandlight

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harsh
adjective
uk
/hɑːʃ/us
/hɑːrʃ/
unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than ...
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light
noun
uk
/laɪt/us
/laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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(Definition ofharshandlightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofharsh light

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I am afraid that those visions soon perished in theharshlightof reality.
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The crisis from which we are now emerging has shed aharshlighton the existing differences of opinion.
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Nationalist romanticism is all very well, but the full consequences, as seen in the cold,harshlightof an unfriendly new dawn, must be understood.
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The painting utilizesharshlightand rigid lines to create a carefully constructed uncomfortable environment.
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Many thousands of people have innocently bought motor cars for cash which they believe they own, whereas, in theharshlightof legal day, they do not own those cars.
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First, they emit an intense andharshlightwhich, although useful at industrial sites like dockyards, was discomforting in ordinary city streets.
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This provides a softer lighting for portrait work and is often considered more appealing than theharshlightoften cast by open strobes.
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The pair are surrounded byharshlight, the rock, the bare landscapes and the military exercises, on the one hand, sensuality and constrictions, on the other.
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With the reduction of theharshlight, astronomers will be able to check exoplanet atmospheres tens of trillions of miles away for the potential chemical signatures of life.
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Its theme is the terrible gulf between a man's idea of himself, his ideals, and his motives, and what they prove to be in theharshlightof reality.
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