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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:

The Bible tells us that the cruelty and impiety of the rulers of both kingdoms aroused the fury of the great Prophets.
Gawande tries to gloss over his discomfort--everyone's discomfort--with the cruelty and injustice of abortion by comparing it to other unpleasant surgical procedures.
But though there's plenty of cruelty, corporal punishment has fallen from favor.
Tannen, however, treats it only as a display of the "cruelty of cross-examination."
Sarah T. Casey, executive director of Schuylkill Women in Crisis, finds it disturbing that in most cases, the fine for violating a PFA is little more than the fine someone would get for cruelty and abuse toward an animal.