ruthless

Example Sentences

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Ursula has shades of Gellar’s famous characters — Buffy’s physical ferocity, Kathryn Merteuil’s ruthless cattiness, Daphne Blake’s affinity for mysterious games — but doesn’t play to one exclusively.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

David Plotz: Do you get the sense that Lachlan has the ruthless brilliance and the eye for talent that Rupert Murdoch has had?

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

He rose to become founder Tahir Garayev’s second in command and gained a reputation as a ruthless dealmaker, some of the people familiar with his operations said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Van Geelen’s test is ruthless: If an AI agent can do it for you, a company’s competitive edge was never its technology.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

But the side of him that wanted to survive at all costs—that had become ruthless over the last year—knew it was the truth.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner