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Meanings of sheer cruelty in English

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Usage of sheer cruelty in English
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Joy in sheer cruelty has, however, been supplanted by brutal sport.
Europe—Whither Bound? / Being Letters of Travel from the Capital...
2
To leave him to shift for himself would be sheer cruelty.
Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
3
But as far as the fox is concerned, it's sheer cruelty.
The Moon out of Reach
4
I wouldn't dream of bringing one of them along-itwould be sheer cruelty.
What Timmy Did
5
Was it sheer cruelty, or brutal indifference on the part of their captors?
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
6
Was it sheer cruelty, or diabolical revenge that produced this overthrow?
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
7
It's sheer cruelty to be expected to turn out and tramp two miles through the mud.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
8
The sheer cruelty of it sent him pale.
Dangerous Days
9
He knew it would have been sheer cruelty.
The Knave of Diamonds
10
The sheer cruelty of it still killed her.
Safe harbour
11
For the sake of the labourers; it would be sheer cruelty to afflict them with excessive leisure.
Brave New World
12
The trouble was increased by a strain of sheer cruelty which occurred even in the most tender-hearted.
Last and First Men
13
It is sheer cruelty to send him.
Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
14
All he had to say was so much sheer cruelty, and to attempt comfort would be insult.
Thyrza
15
In one case the discipline is salutary and serves a good end; in the other it is sheer cruelty.
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
16
To compel men to live together in intimacy, when centuries of training have made them antipathetic, is sheer cruelty.
A Handbook of Ethical Theory
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