This page shows Cruel in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like brutal or fell. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Cruel in a sentence
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Cruel meaning
- Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
- Harsh; severe.
- Cool; awesome; neat.
Example sentences (20)
All ten Espada are full-blown villains, but they vary widely in how wickedly cruel and brutal they are - or aren't.
But how can this be compared to totalitarianism -- in most people's eyes, a vicious, cruel, and repressive system?
In a cruel twist of fate, she was given the news seven years to the day since she was told she had breast cancer.
Donald Trump's "cruel and inhuman treatment" was cited by a New York judge in granting Ivana's divorce request.
The actor appeared in the project, and flipped onto the stage before gushing about his love for the “Cruel Summer” singer.
F*ck it, any level of cruel torture someone could devise wouldn’t even come close to the amount of misery they have caused.
Mr Godfrey told the couple the snake was a protected species and that it would be 'cruel and illegal' to leave it in there.
NPMs independent bodies that prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Assistant Treasurer Danny Pearson insisting Andale contribute to the state’s $116 billion net debt is nothing short of cruel.
Police are hunting a mystery pest controller after a cruel trap was laid that killed a hedgehog in Leeds.
Alleged violations included inadequate healthcare, wrongful detention, cruel treatment and intimidation.
It first launched way back in 2019, but Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” continues to cement itself as one of 2023’s biggest hits.
She said that people have become so cruel that they do not care about the feelings of the persons associated with the deceased.
Still, Keith's treatment of his underlings was cruel and unfair, given how faithfully they served him.
And with the perspective of age, I think it rather cruel that young people are still being seduced into appearing on these shows.
Cunninghame North MSP Kenneth Gibson got a first-hand taste of a dog shock collar – and has called for a ban on the “cruel” devices.
If you don’t know the back story, you would think Adesanya pretending to be knocked out in front of Pereira’s child is beyond cruel.
Aussie boyfriend 'in tears' after his girlfriend pulled a 'cruel' prank - so who is in the wrong?
Heartless criminals have stolen $100,000 from a 90-year-old grandmother in a cruel computer scam.
He is responsible for starting a cruel cycle that would result in the deaths of countless people.
Common combinations with cruel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cruel and 30×
- the cruel 27×
- and cruel 18×
- cruel summer 10×
- as cruel 7×
- of cruel 7×
- in cruel 7×
- was cruel 6×
- be cruel 6×
- cruel way 5×
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