hard-hearted
Example Sentences
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Why do you think the officer Woodham relented and even personally delivered James to Darrowby, especially after giving that big speech about keeping focused and hard-hearted?
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
Otherwise, exercise would be bad for us, and even the most hard-hearted cynic agrees that exercise is not bad for you.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 24, 2021
I think that could make hard-hearted old Sudeikis soften up a little bit.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2021
Her portraits of the queen, one of which Holloway displayed on an iPad, tried to soften her reputation as a hard-hearted dilettante by portraying her as a sympathetic, doting mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
It may sound hard-hearted, but I can’t take criticism from Pim either, because not only do I never share my innermost thoughts with him, but I’ve pushed him even further away by being irritable.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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