cruelty
IPA: krˈuɫti
noun
- (uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
- (countable) A cruel act.
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Examples of "cruelty" in Sentences
- The horror movie was all about cruelty.
- The movie was an abomination due to its cruelty.
- Byam then tells of the cruelty happened in the ship.
- The cruelty of the old pharaoh is a thing of the past.
- The level of cruelty and sadism of Abbes is legendary.
- The princess was distressed by the cruelty of their act.
- Churchmen were appalled by the ruthlessness and cruelty.
- Vivisection implies cruelty to the experimental subject.
- The word cruelty and barbarism is synonymous with the Huns.
- At first, the narrator is remorseful and regrets his cruelty.
- This cruelty is a dead give-away of who these people really are.
- Before posting I asked several readers if I was going overboard with the word "cruelty."
- It's the lives ruined through blunders -- it's the cruelty -- the needless _cruelty_ of it all. "
- But just within the first 10 days, they have found evidence of what they call the cruelty of the Iraqi regime.
- Gandhi and a retired mining engineer, set himself on fire to protest what he called cruelty in the United States and India.
- A 71-year-old Californian who immolated himself to protest what he called cruelty in the United States and India was cremated Saturday according to Hindu rituals, his friends said.
- US admirer of Gandhi cremated in India A 71-year-old Californian who immolated himself to protest what he called cruelty in the United States and India was cremated Saturday according to Hindu rituals, his friends said.
- I never used the word cruelty, Ginor returned, saying that even the most idyllic farm would be a four or five because at the end of the day the ducks, the animals are being killed for food, manipulated in some way by being put here and put there and moved around.
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