callous
Example Sentences
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“They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
"If you can't trust a funeral undertaker, who can you trust? How can someone be so callous, cold and calculated?"
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
I don’t want to sound callous, but as events turned out, he never needed the higher benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
If death has been integral to Hayakawa’s two features, it’s society’s callous reaction to aging that is her primary focus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
I felt rather exhausted, and wondered, rather shocked at my callous thought, why old people were sometimes such a strain.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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