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Example sentences for: cruelty

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

It's hard to imagine the cruelty involved here.
But to criticize Dunlap for his cruelty is akin to scolding a lion for killing an antelope.
New York City is a highly complex, weirdly evolved organism--kind of like a pickled old codger living on gin and cigarettes: He should have started behaving more sensibly a long time ago, but forcing him to suddenly do it now would be an act of cruelty, more likely to kill him than to make him healthier.
On ABC News, Roger Caras, president emeritus of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, got right to the point: "To say that all these dogs are 'this' and all these dogs are 'that,' that's racism, canine racism."
And there is logic to Dunlap's cruelty.