hard-hearted
Example Sentences
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Castleberry means to frame Klaus as hard-hearted to the point of cruelty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
Most of the guards are women and "sometimes they are kind, sometimes they are cruel and hard-hearted, depending on what orders they receive from a higher authority", says one of our sources.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
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
“These hard-hearted criminals could not tolerate the love and enthusiasm the people had to visit the shrine of their great commander, Qassem Soleimani,” Khamenei said in a statement after the attack.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
People think you a good woman, but you are bad, hard-hearted.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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