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

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

He rose to become founder Tahir Garayev’s second in command and gained a reputation as a ruthless dealmaker, some of the people familiar with his operations said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

In the earliest account of her, the Iliad, she is a fierce and ruthless battle-goddess, but elsewhere she is warlike only to defend the State and the home from outside enemies.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton