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Meanings of very cruel in English

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Usage of very cruel in English
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Wilkerson was very cruel and held them in constant fear of him.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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It was very cruel of him not to tell me the truth.
Fenton's Quest
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Sherman states that Florida had the reputation of having very cruel masters.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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Perhaps she had deserved the reproach, but still it was very cruel.
Can You Forgive Her?
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The English and French were very cruel-ifnow they chose to bombard.
Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behin...
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It was cruel, very cruel, of him to say that to her.
The Chink in the Armour
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Moreover, not only were the Romans very cruel, they had no manners.
Hebrew Life and Times
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He couldn't be very cruel to me if he had wanted to.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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He and his sister had a French governess who was very cruel.
The new yorker
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It was a very cruel choice, but what could I have done?
The Guardian
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Then Dowd, of course, whispering in my ear... Was he very cruel?
Imajica: Complete Edition
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Those who can never bloom again find you very cruel, gentle Spring!
Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
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The mouth was very cruel and thin-lipped; the teeth were yellow and uneven.
Animal Ghosts; Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
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Besides, vivisection may be painless in cases where the experiments are very cruel.
The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors
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You are a good man; but you are very cruel to me to-day.
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
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And it was all irregular, and very wicked, and very cruel.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
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