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Example sentences for: cruel

How can you use “cruel” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He spends a month in the hole, then chastises his fellow judges for not considering solitary confinement a "cruel and unusual" punishment.
At the end of the 1980s, teen films took a darker turn with the black comedy Heathers . The three popular girls, who all have the same name, take up Veronica (Winona Ryder), who can't resist the offer of inclusion but detests their values (they make her ignore her old friends and play cruel practical jokes on losers).
To this, I offer only the standard fur-industry reply: Fur farming doesn't have to be cruel.
The worry: Hong Kong could become like its Chinese sister city Shenzhen, which is capitalist but wild, lawless, and cruel to workers.
Dr. Laura herself comes off as a somewhat cruel, mostly good-hearted, totally overbearing nag.