cold-hearted

Example Sentences

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I am not cold-hearted enough to want any of these characters to depart mid-crisis or accept less than a happy life.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

“She is not the cold-hearted person the government and media have made her out to be,” the lawyer wrote.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the new rules will tackle "cold-hearted" scammers who "ruin lives in seconds."

From BBC • May 3, 2023

Judging from critical success in their careers, the Chrises have all played an array of roles — from lovable goofballs to cold-hearted menaces — and starred in box office hits and box office flops.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2022

Couldn’t no one but a demon be that cold-hearted, and even if the Preacher had a whole boatload of things that’d make you wonder, couldn’t no one say he waren’t a man.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis