heartlessness

Example Sentences

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The heartlessness of this phrase perfectly sums up the cruelty of a once-popular, now proscribed entertainment that always seems to be bubbling up from the collective American unconscious.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022

“Furious at the anti-science ignorance causing the thousands of totally unnecessary deaths. Sad at my own growing heartlessness about it.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2021

That the Roys remain oblivious to their heartlessness is the entire point.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021

Accepting these lower estimates, however, does nothing to lessen the heartlessness of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's notorious response to Lesley Stahl of CBS regarding the deaths of Iraqi children under sanctions.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 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