hard-hearted
Example Sentences
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By the standards of television drama, Jamie, who likes to point out who’s paying for them all to be there, does seem like a pretty decent guy for a hard-hearted businessman.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
Why do you think the officer Woodham relented and even personally delivered James to Darrowby, especially after giving that big speech about keeping focused and hard-hearted?
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
“These hard-hearted criminals could not tolerate the love and enthusiasm the people had to visit the shrine of their great commander, Qassem Soleimani,” Khamenei said in a statement after the attack.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024
Otherwise, exercise would be bad for us, and even the most hard-hearted cynic agrees that exercise is not bad for you.
From Scientific American • Nov. 24, 2021
Thus the technology of music, of all things, was satirically portrayed as the ultimate triumph of hard-hearted commerce over humanity.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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