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Definition of Harshens
1. harshen [v] - See also: harshen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harshens
Literary usage of Harshens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography by Henry Adams (1918)
"The New England light is glare, and the atmosphere harshens color. The boy was
a full man before he ever knew what was meant by atmosphere; ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1907)
"On he moves from one town to another, while the tache of the great white plague
deepens upon his prominent cheekbones, and his rasping voice harshens to a ..."
3. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"The breath sounds are feeble and muffled unless severe dyspnea or existing
bronchitis intensifies or harshens them for the same reason and because of the ..."
4. The Mother in Education by Florence Hull Winterburn (1914)
"The world hardens and harshens us, but deep within our hearts there always lives
one little oasis where brood some memories of our childhood's happy days. ..."
5. The Art of Extempore Speaking: Hints for the Pulpit, the Senate and the Bar by Louis Bautain (1867)
"It harshens as it proceeds, and at last becomes falsetto and nasal. It requires
great talent, great liveliness of thought, language, and elocution to ..."
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