cruelty

[ˈkruːəlti]

Definition:
1. A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering.
2. Feelings of extreme heartlessness.
3. The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.

Use 'cruelty' in a sentence:

1. The policeman is above cruelty.
2. Cruelty to animals really makes me see red.
3. Thy cruelty shall cost thee thy life!
4. The cruelty in the world saddens me incredibly.
5. I can not conceive of such cruelty as to take a child away from its mother.
6. Without cruelty there was no banquet.
7. Maggie Chen, a cruelty caseworker for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said they had received "tons of complaints".
8. His cruelty belied his kind words.
9. This is a way of fighting cruelty against animals.
10. Lying and cruelty are vice.
11. I could never stomach the cruelty involved in the wounding of animals.
12. We must all fight against unfairness and cruelty.
13. His cruelty suggests that he is less than human.
14. Charles Dellon experienced the cruelty of the Inquisition's agents.
15. Northup worked hard and endured much cruelty, but he was always looking for the chance to escape or contact his family and friends in New York.
16. Perhaps cruelty is a less embarrassing claim than some of the true reason.
17. The cold, hard cruelty of two young men is vividly brought to life in this true story.
18. Lies and cruelty come very easily to some people.
19. Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people.
20. I have been amazed at times that cruelty can go unpunished.
21. In so many words, he also called it an act of cruelty.
22. Don’t accept culture as an excuse for cruelty.
23. To hit a weaker person is a sign of cruelty.
24. He couldn't check his anger to see such cruelty to children.
25. Thomas Rane chastised Peters for his cruelty.
26. Many people are fulminating against the cruelty of blood sports.
27. Books do change lives, I know; and many readers have told me that Number the Stars changed theirs when they were young, that it made them think about both cruelty and courage.
28. He captures birds only to let them go when he realizes the cruelty involved.
29. I hate such cruelty.
30. How can you standby and see such cruelty?
31. There must be hypocrisy as well as cruelty.
32. Images which glorify violence and cruelty, serve to legitimise such behaviour.
33. She abhors cruelty to animals.
34. He had been unable to escape the cruelties of war.
35. Cruelty to animals is severely punished in England.
36. Weakness in others brought out Sontag’s cruelty.
37. Britain had laws against cruelty to animals but none to protect children.
38. This help is critically important because the high cost of caring for animal victims is a major factor that prevents people from getting involved in cruelty cases in the first place.
39. He was treated with great cruelty.
40. She was a monster. For one thing, she really enjoyed cruelty.
41. Animal leather alternatives like Polyurethane and PVC leather may have solved the fashion industry's animal cruelty problem, but they are not the most environmentally friendly solutions.
42. The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.
43. Cruelty is a normal attribute of human behaviour.
44. We have sworn to fight cruelty wherever we find it.
45. It was the most extreme example of cruelty to animals I had ever seen.
46. Cruelty depraves and corrupts.
47. The sparrow said, "thy cruelty shall cost thee thy life yet!"
48. Cruelty was quite alien to him.
49. War turns morality inside out: killing and cruelty are virtues.