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heartless

[hahrt-lis] / ˈhɑrt lɪs /


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In a victim impact statement submitted to the court, Perry’s stepmother, Debbie Perry, wrote: “Please give this heartless woman the maximum prison sentence so she won’t be able to hurt other families like ours.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

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 barber chair, the locus of Sweeney’s revenge on the heartless cruelty of a Victorian London that wrecked his life, isn’t the elaborate contraption of other productions.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

They described the comments as "horrific" and "unfathomably heartless".

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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