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

Wars produce cruelty that falls hardest on those with the least power.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

The cruelty of it was a knife to her soul.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor