cruel
Example Sentences
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Dueñas, a 2019 ruling from the state’s appellate division that found imposing mandatory fines on indigent people ran afoul of the 8th Amendment, which prohibits excessive fines along with cruel and unusual punishment.
From Los Angeles Times
Increasingly, they may hear only the offensive or cruel things he says.
A new scientific breakthrough in the field of Alzheimer’s research is raising hopes that the cruel, crippling and fatal brain disease may eventually become curable.
From MarketWatch
It's about raising awareness of this cruel disease and funds to support people impacted by it.
From BBC
They were witness to humanity’s swift decline into a more isolated, cruel and selfish species.
From Salon
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