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Example sentences for: ruthless

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To squash subversive ideas about independence in Puerto Rico, Madrid imposed ruthless military control.
It deplores his scorched earth policy and ruthless crushing of a peasants rebellion.
One of James' trademark innocents, Catherine is acted upon by three titanic forces: her father, Dr. Sloper (Albert Finney), whose express desire to protect a daughter he considers ugly and witless takes the form of ruthless repression; her aunt, (Maggie Smith), who wishes to weave out of her niece's life a breathlessly melodramatic romance; and Morris Townsend (Ben Chaplin), the playboy who has squandered a modest inheritance and now seeks salvation in the form of this unloved, unlovely, and affluent young woman.
Nor had Massoud shown much aptitude for governing except as a ruthless warlord.
A story exposes Liberia's ruthless dictator, Charles Taylor.