pitiless

Example Sentences

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“Amongst Women” revolves around Michael Moran, a widowed farmer who rules his family with pitiless vigor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

As Ambrose Pierce wrote, “Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless and the grave, blind as a stone and irrational as a headless man.”

From Salon • May 17, 2025

Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi was born in Nutley, N.J., on Sept. 18, 1933, and described his childhood as a pitiless struggle.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

Love that sears and scars, like the pitiless expanses of the Sahara.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

Eventually you reach a height where you can see the tops of the topmost trees, with nothing but clear sky beyond, and your faltering spirit stirs—nearly there now!—but this is a pitiless deception.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson