cruelty

Example Sentences

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"By rolling potatoes, you get all of the fun and the tradition but just without the animal cruelty."

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

This is a novel about pettiness, middle-class superficiality, disloyalty, prejudice and cruelty, with this coterie of rather vile friends acting as a microcosm for a society in decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

It was like “The Truman Show” mixed with “Twelve Angry Men,” or a segment of “Candid Camera” stretched into a series, or Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal,” minus the neuroses and cruelty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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

Ku-Aug knew Haiyi and his cruelty all too well.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin