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'cruel' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'cruel' with 17 example sentences.


cruel adjective

: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering


  • Horse racing is cruel and inhumane.
  • I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel.
  • How can people be so cruel?
  • The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.
  • Parents shouldn't let children be cruel to animals.
  • The cruel man beat the dog with a whip.
  • It is cruel of him to say such things to her.
  • Don't be so cruel.
  • You were selfish and cruel.
  • The mother was cruel to her adopted son.
  • The monster's smile was cruel.
  • It is more cruel to fear death than to die.
  • This cruel cold could make a man afraid of his own voice.
  • Walter was taken aback by John's cruel insult.
  • The cops are searching for clues to the cruel murder.
  • It seems a cruel thing to clip a bird's wings.
  • It is cruel to mock a blind man.
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