cruel

Example Sentences

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When it unravels like that, the whole spectacle starts to feel pretty cruel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Human Rights Watch called the verdict "cruel and vindictive", as well as an "alarming act of collective punishment".

From Barron's

He knew she didn’t mean to be cruel.

From Literature

“I saw the real Ida,” Claire would say, “and she was cruel and selfish and bitter like lemon.”

From Literature

“I’m trusting God, but that doesn’t mean it makes sense to me. Some days I wonder if this world was just too cruel for someone as pure as you,” she continued.

From Los Angeles Times