1.   A harsh Manchurian winter was just beginning.

2.   I count the bare spots in the flower beds, where tender plants have been killed by the harsh winter.

3.   Some people are looking forward to less harsh winters and longer, hotter summers.

4.   With limited exceptions, shops and lodging facilities are shuttered during the harsh winters.

5.   Your plants will need time to become really well established to give them a better chance of surviving a harsh winter.

6.   We knew the rosebush had survived the harsh winter when it began producing offshoots and turning green again.

7.   The shipment was greeted with delight by the local community where people have died of starvation during the harsh highland winter.

8.   Amtrak also suffered financially in the harsh winter in the Northeast, having to cancel trains and rent hotel rooms for many travelers.

9.   Another resident said the storms hit just as her parents had come to California to escape the harsh East Coast winter.