hardheartedness

Example Sentences

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Both externally and internally, there has also been a hardheartedness about how Australian officialdom has regulated the movement of its citizens.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2022

Last year, his image softened when he embraced Medicaid expansion, criticizing the hardheartedness of some Republicans.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2014

Elisabet too, as her life wore on, was accorded the proud indulgence which is often, after years of hardheartedness, given the local genius.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parson Stubbs had passed the hat before Speaker Byrns mustered up sufficient hardheartedness to point out that it was strictly against the House rules to take up a collection on the floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ladies of the Queen's household distinguished themselves preeminently by rapacity and hardheartedness.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron