How to Use ruthless in a Sentence

ruthless

adjective
  • The journalist was ruthless in his criticism.
  • This isn’t the first time the ruthless Feyd has been brought to the big screen.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The Celtics' fans are right up there as the most ruthless in the league.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2022
  • When times get tough, Levi asks for help from a ruthless loan shark.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
  • If their dues were not paid, the Mongols were ruthless.
    — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021
  • The court of public opinion is a ruthless and volatile beast.
    — Naveen Kumar, Town & Country, 12 July 2022
  • Knoblauch recalls the Gestapo being the most ruthless members of the Nazis.
    — Roxanne De La Rosa, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The story’s ruthless kicker about the show the next night at the Hollywood Bowl?
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Laser-focus, a ruthless eye for the nonessential and cutting out the fluff in favour of the substance.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Brolin stars as the ruthless producer of the game show, while O’Brian will play one of the contestants on the show.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The Dons operate out of the Wing T and Doyle’s calling card is a ruthless running game.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The school, Lavin concedes, is not currently equipped to compete in the ruthless world of NIL, and maybe shouldn’t try.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Green Bay’s rushing attack was ruthless on the day, picking up 261 yards on the ground.
    — Sam Joseph, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
  • One of Gotham's most ruthless villains is getting his time to shine.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
  • At the time, Spain was a fun team, far from ruthless and not hellbent on possession.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • No one has that many rings without the ruthless ambition of a Slytherin.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 July 2021
  • Anyhow, that's when Katie lands her most ruthless blow.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Putin point-blank as a ruthless dictator who the world must unite to defeat.
    — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Raq also runs the streets of South Jamaica, Queens, through her role as a cold and ruthless drug dealer.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 15 Aug. 2021
  • After all, a world of magic and dragons is a ruthless one.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Devoting one's entire life to the game, and for it to suddenly be gone, can be ruthless to the soul.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
  • As her success and power grow, so too does her ruthless rule.
    — Laura Zornosa, TIME, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Those small kindnesses mean so much in such a ruthless game.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The world must unite to stop this ruthless dictator – before it’s too late.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Zelensky, 44, appeared to be no match for the ruthless Putin.
    — Liz Sly, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Meanwhile, among city residents the NOPD was known to be ruthless.
    — Longreads, 2 May 2024
  • Mendelsohn is the moral and creative hero, but the striving, anything-to-survive Binoche gives the series a ruthless spark.
    — Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The series was said to follow two ruthless step siblings who would go to great lengths to stay on top of the social pyramid.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Murkowski said the concerns at the town hall ranged from the impact on preparedness for wildland fires to staffing national parks to the ruthless treatment of employees.
    — Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The film follows Bryan, a Korean American teenager who wants out of his ruthless gang the Goblins, setting the stage for gang retribution against him.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025

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