cruelty

Example Sentences

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Viewers accused the show of cruelty and humiliating Tran by making her relive her trauma on live television.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

No deliberate cruelty wounds this dreamy girl, only carelessness and the cataclysm of her mother’s death, which signals “the last day of childhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Use of fur in the global fashion industry has dramatically fallen in recent years due to concerns about animal cruelty, changing trends and new synthetic alternatives.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Jad's mother, Safa, said the force was either trying to hide something, or simply exercising a form of deliberate cruelty.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis