hard-hearted
Example Sentences
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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
Each Christmas she cried and became more hard-hearted.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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