cruel

Example Sentences

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“Forcing individuals who are working and living in the United States legally out of their jobs is not only cruel, but it is bad policy,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

“To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was like all those cruel things Chip had been saying about his dad all afternoon, that were just Chip being mad and surely couldn’t be true.

From Literature

"To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel," the office said in a statement.

From BBC

“To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal