heartlessness

Example Sentences

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The story is in no sense a petition for the return of the monarchy but contrasts Old World gentility with the heartlessness of the surveillance state, culture against the assassination of culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Then, in a further display of heartlessness, the BOP insisted that his family pay the cost of flying him from Texas, where he was incarcerated. to their home in Jacksonville, Florida.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022

“Furious at the anti-science ignorance causing the thousands of totally unnecessary deaths. Sad at my own growing heartlessness about it.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2021

The heartlessness of it couldn’t be ignored or shrugged off.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2021

How could someone like Samir ever survive that sort of heartlessness?

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri