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Ali: OK, I officially feel hard-hearted, especially since we’re discussing an episode designed to plumb the characters’ and viewers’ emotions.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2025

Most of the guards are women and "sometimes they are kind, sometimes they are cruel and hard-hearted, depending on what orders they receive from a higher authority", says one of our sources.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2024

Why do you think the officer Woodham relented and even personally delivered James to Darrowby, especially after giving that big speech about keeping focused and hard-hearted?

From Salon Feb. 19, 2024

Otherwise, exercise would be bad for us, and even the most hard-hearted cynic agrees that exercise is not bad for you.

From Scientific American Nov. 24, 2021

People think you a good woman, but you are bad, hard-hearted.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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