heartlessness

Example Sentences

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None of us is exempt from being pushed to our limits by capitalism’s heartlessness.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

The story is in no sense a petition for the return of the monarchy but contrasts Old World gentility with the heartlessness of the surveillance state, culture against the assassination of culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

“Here from this crossing, we see the heartbreak and heartlessness … a long line of blocked relief trucks on one side of the gates, the long shadow of starvation on the other,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2024

The heartlessness of it couldn’t be ignored or shrugged off.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2021

How could someone like Samir ever survive that sort of heartlessness?

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri