ruthless
Example Sentences
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Ursula has shades of Gellar’s famous characters — Buffy’s physical ferocity, Kathryn Merteuil’s ruthless cattiness, Daphne Blake’s affinity for mysterious games — but doesn’t play to one exclusively.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Ghalibaf is considered ruthless and ambitious but also a competent manager.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
David Plotz: Do you get the sense that Lachlan has the ruthless brilliance and the eye for talent that Rupert Murdoch has had?
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
Van Geelen’s test is ruthless: If an AI agent can do it for you, a company’s competitive edge was never its technology.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
Now you’re ruthless, you’re brilliant, you’re practically fearless.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.