Example sentences for: ruthless

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

  • Targets Gates," declared the Washington Post 's front-page headline: "Government Portrays Microsoft Chairman as Cagey, Ruthless."

  • 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.

  • The settlement of Pirates Well harks back to the days when it was a safe outpost for ruthless gangs, but today’s population makes a living from fishing and farming.

  • Surmising that British Prime Minister Tony Blair is reluctant to pressure President Clinton to step up the U.S. commitment, the paper concluded that "if Blair wants to be a successful war leader, like Churchill and Thatcher, he must learn to be as ruthless."

  • ) That toothy, ruthless carnivore shows up in this familiar exchange:


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