How to Use cruelty in a Sentence
cruelty
noun- The cruelty of children can be surprising.
- They protested against cruelty to animals.
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The game would go the distance, to the sweet cruelty of penalties.
— Rory Smith, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022 -
The movie is a study of how avoidance is its own form of cruelty.
— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 -
There were some ironies, not to say cruelties, to this mission.
— Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 -
Her heart knows fear and despair and the cruelty of cancer.
— Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022 -
Some of them, who had suffered the regime’s cruelties and hypocrisies, viewed their contacts with the journalists as a chance to set the record straight.
— Paul Musgrave, Washington Post, 3 July 2023 -
The 'extreme cruelty' around the global trade in frog legs What does cancer smell like?
— Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023 -
To end this cruelty, the U.S. must apply more pressure.
— Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023 -
The sister of the teen with cerebral palsy who died at the Blouins’ home in 1997 wrote that the couple’s cruelty knew no bounds — and yet no one stopped them for years.
— Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023 -
This year the formula for the oil will be animal-cruelty free.
— Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 5 Apr. 2023 -
The beauty products, which include body oil and body scrubs, is 100% paraben- and cruelty-free.
— Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2022 -
For some, cruelty and bullying have been seen as strengths and signs of success.
— Annie Lane, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022 -
The question isn't whether these methods are cruel or not, then, but the degree of cruelty.
— Joel Mathis, The Week, 11 Apr. 2022 -
In 2022, when cruelty to animals is condemned, the rodeo mind-set must evolve.
— Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Aug. 2022 -
This was also the second animal cruelty case in the county in the last month, the office said.
— Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2022 -
Plus, the range of products is clean, vegan, and cruelty-free.
— Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 19 July 2022 -
Without the veneer of celebrity, all that remains is the cruelty.
— Jamil Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023 -
Irvin has been charged with six counts of animal cruelty and two counts of burglary.
— Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Many of the concentration camp scenes drive home the cruelty of such places, and certainly put the audience in the shoes of those who were there.
— Amber Dowling, Variety, 2 May 2024 -
The verdict came after the mother pleaded guilty to four charges of child cruelty at a hearing on Oct. 9, the CPS confirmed.
— Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024 -
Amid an air of myth that abets a plot twist, the play reflects on prejudice and cruelty in a way that resonates for this country.
— Celia Wren, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023 -
This time, Germany was undone by its own middling play over three games and the ruthless cruelty of group-stage math.
— John Branch, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022 -
Kordes, 34, faces up to a year in prison on a felony charge of cruelty to a companion animal.
— Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 25 May 2022 -
With themes of cruelty and retribution, this movie is a fresh take on horror for food lovers.
— Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 -
Even the young survivors of the Sandy Hook tragedy were not spared the cruelty of these conspiracy theories.
— Amanda J. Crawford, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022 -
Someone had laid his coat and hat by his body, a gesture of order amid the cruelty seemed jarringly out of place.
— Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022 -
There is little mention of winners or losers on the show, no monetary prize at the end, no cruelty.
— Vulture Editors, Vulture, 11 June 2024 -
This native generosity explains why Trump and Musk have gone to such lengths to clog the internet with falsehoods and hide the consequences of their cruelty.
— George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025 -
Plus, this vegan and cruelty free product has a nifty tool that comes with it: a double-sided spoolie with flat bristles to help comb brush hairs into place, with no pilling left behind.
— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
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