ruthful

Example Sentences

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Solskjær’s side are too ruthful in attack and defence, but can offset these weaknesses by dominating opponents in midfield.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2020

Naught meets you there but the childlike, truthful, And sin is kissed from your forehead ruthful.

From Poems and Songs by Palmer, Arthur Hubbell

O that my death would stay these ruthful deeds!—

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William

And he maketh a ruthful noise and ghastful, when one proffereth to fight with another: and unneth is hurt when he is thrown down off an high place.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

This duty once I promis'd to myself Thou shouldst perform to me; but ah! false hope, Now ruthful, wretched king, what resteth thee?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various