cruelty

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"It's just cruelty and collective punishment," Jayapal added.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

No deliberate cruelty wounds this dreamy girl, only carelessness and the cataclysm of her mother’s death, which signals “the last day of childhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Wars produce cruelty that falls hardest on those with the least power.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

“I think the first family that I heard about where I recognized the cruelty and the inhumanity of it all was the Gonzalez family,” he said, referring to Quintino’s parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

There were wide currents full of meaning flowing fast around her; the Gobblers and their cruelty, their fear of Dust, the city in the Aurora, her father in Svalbard, her mother....And where was she?

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman