barbarity

Example Sentences

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"No one cares about us", Najdi lamented, calling on "everyone who can to exert pressure to stop this barbarity".

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The sheer barbarity of these scenes may explain why they haven’t garnered more attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Earlier Mr Macron visited the school and condemned the "barbarity of Islamist terrorism".

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

He isn't merely tormented by the barbarity of vampirism, which he refuses to indulge as far as that goes.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2022

"When nature," said he, "has abandoned an unhappy victim, when a miracle only can save his life, how can you have the barbarity to let him expire on the wheel?"

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland