Examples of cruelty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Details of nearly 80 settlements provided to The Associated Press through public records requests allege brutal beatings, medical neglect and cruelty at CoreCivic’s four prisons and two jails in Tennessee. Jonathan Mattise, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024 Details of nearly 80 settlements provided to the Associated Press through public records requests allege brutal beatings, medical neglect and cruelty at CoreCivic’s four prisons and two jails in Tennessee. Jonathan Mattise, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024 All three were charged with third-degree killing or torturing animals, a four-year felony, and abandoning and cruelty to four to 10 animals, a two-year felony. Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024 His grandmother muses on the cruelty of it all in one powerful scene, as Elwood observes her slicing a freshly baked cake. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cruelty 

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“Cruelty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruelty. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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