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Meanings of cruelty in English
Positive pleasure or indifference in inflicting suffering.
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Examples for "mercy"
Examples for "mercy"
1
He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy; 55.
2
Still, family members offered words of mercy during the brief court appearance.
3
Therefore let none expect mercy-havethe seasons, gravitation, the appointed days, mercy?
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Today there would be no such mercy given, she knew for certain.
5
He would hope for mercy, but still count down the thirty days.
1
Did not the de Lacys' kindness bring out the good in him?'
2
Yamaguchi explains: We believe that technology has the power to amplify kindness.
3
And basic human kindness would also help go a long way too.
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But almost every person who asked us a question asked with kindness.
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It extinguishes natural affection; and no subsequent kindness can rekindle the flame.
Usage of cruelty in English
1
There were also animals potentially at risk of cruelty at a rodeo.
2
But when it comes to halal meat they talk of animal cruelty.
3
And They are cruel; cruelty is even in Their tread and expression.
4
Hate and cruelty for the most part rule in the animal world.
5
The hardship, cruelty, and violence of the world had begun their education.
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People kept rushing into the store threatening prosecution for cruelty to animals.
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Nothing the future held could ever match the cruelty of the Vraad.
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Ever believe that its actions were the product of ineptitude, not cruelty?
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Those weren't just his personal effects; they were witnesses to the cruelty.
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The purposeful cruelty of the man was inherent; it was entirely untheatrical.
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He stomped on the man's genitals in a moment of particular cruelty.
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So the crisis is over -now when does the cruelty stop?
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War had been declared, but it seemed remote in its actual cruelty.
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What depths of cruelty and obscenity it revealed in the Parisian rabble.
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He turned aside; the feeling of his cruelty mounted higher and higher.
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Some people said there was a cruelty about Moses and his methods.
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Translations for cruelty
Catalan
Cruelty through the time
Cruelty across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
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