cruelly

Example Sentences

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For many cancer patients and their loved ones, it’s easier to expect the worst and hope for the best than it is to expect the best, only to be cruelly disappointed.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

It was the look of a young man who had just been cruelly pushed around by someone with more power.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

I could grab another espresso to cruelly dunk my Boldúmen, but I have a better idea.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

The costs of the border war between Thailand and Cambodia are cruelly obvious in the hospital in Mongkol Borei, a breezy, low-rise complex surrounded by trees.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

But in the presence of this cruelly beautiful man, respect was saturated with fear.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld