heartless

Example Sentences

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What an interesting conclusion, considering her refusal to take accountability for other mistakes, including the show’s heartless depiction of Sullivan’s wounding.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

The caricature of corporate America is heartless indifference, but Paul Gigot and Rupert Murdoch were there for my family and me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Staff working for a scandal-hit NHS trust allegedly made "heartless" criticisms about families involved in the largest-ever maternity review and claimed relatives are taking part so they can seek compensation.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

I wanted to say he was a lying, cheating, despicable, heartless villain.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff