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Example sentences for: cruelty

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And there is logic to Dunlap's cruelty.
He was trained as an actor, and went on to direct, found his own theater, and write a set of visionary theoretical essays, collected as The Theater of Cruelty , that have continued to influence theatrical practitioners to this day.
But to criticize Dunlap for his cruelty is akin to scolding a lion for killing an antelope.
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.
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.