| 单词 | cruel |
| 例句 | When the raven came, bearing a letter marked with Father's own seal, and written in Sansa's hand, the cruel truth seemed no less incredible. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I don’t know what to say or do around the erratic part of him, and it is here, bubbling just beneath the surface of what he does, just like the cruel part of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I turned back to watch the cruel comedy routine on the other side of the glass. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas looked to see how Alby would respond to Minho’s sarcastic, almost cruel, remark, but he acted as if he hadn’t even heard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Each day seemed shorter than the last, and where the days were cold, the nights were bitter cruel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The visitor from outer space made a serious study of Christianity, to learn, if he could, why Christians found it so easy to be cruel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A metal table glistened with the cruel shapes of knives and vibrasaws. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “My beautiful Fleece. Prize of my collection. Take it, cruel human. Take it and go in peace.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Gilly hadn’t meant to be cruel, but she needed to make Trotter understand. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The sea...So peaceful today—sometimes so cruel...The sea that dragged you down to its depths. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z That would be the crudest trick the gods had played on her yet, and they’d played some pretty cruel tricks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Remember what my parents said when I fell in love with you? They said nothing, remember? And do you remember how cruel that was?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It came upon me slowly, like that strange disease that affects those black men whom you see turning slowly from black to albino, their pigment disappearing as under the radiation of some cruel, invisible ray. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When I see Neil’s face—it has to be Neil; the universe isn’t that cruel—things will fall into place once and for all. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Don’t get so choked,” Enoch said, “you know I can’t stand it. Anyway, it’s cruel, waking Victor. He likes it where he is.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You took food away from hungry people. From poor people. Nothing can be lower and more cruel than that. Now what do you have to say for yourself?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “My life as a child did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes burned from the smoke, and each time the crowd gasped, I felt as though my stomach was being wrung between cruel hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They did not know which was more shocking—the treachery of the animals who had leagued themselves with Snowball, or the cruel retribution they had just witnessed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Of course, Tally. You understood immediately what this all means. Most people can’t believe it at first. They say the authorities would never be so cruel.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was a cruel kind of contrast, seeing everyone so happy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Maybe she went in there and voted for the cookie,” Smitherman said with a cruel laugh. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Of course, to those on the outside, our rite of passage might seem unthinkably cruel. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She pointed to the dense thorny branches of a Blood Rose, cut and pinioned into cruel horizontals against the wall, yet still wild and heavy with dark red blooms. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Kochu Maria’s laugh had that slightly cruel ring to it that young children’s sometimes have. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "My lady, I am sorry for your losses. Truly, the gods are cruel." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is a relief to discover that although there might be axe murderers and kidnappers in the world, most people seem a lot like us: sometimes afraid and sometimes brave, sometimes cruel and sometimes land. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Just one small drink, one wee pint of the cruel . The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But now wheeling swiftly across it, like shadows of untimely night, he saw in the middle airs below him five birdlike forms, horrible as carrion-fowl yet greater than eagles, cruel as death. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Virginia, the Court recognized that executing people with intellectual disabilities is cruel and unusual punishment and banned the practice as unconstitutional. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z How long will he waitI It was so cruel, to send her a note and tell her nothing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Werfel considered telling the whole story, which involved feuding families, a cruel son, a jade amulet, and a burning salamander, but it didn’t really seem like a good time. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z His voice was gentle, and that gentleness was cruel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His words seemed cruel to Alba, but it was several years before she was able to understand their full meaning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Did that make him like everybody else—greedy and cruel, as Archie said? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a cruel kind of scorekeeping, stacking up human lives like chips in a poker game. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They say the Iron Thione can he perilous cruel to those who were not meant to sit it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Anger welled up in Ged’s heart, a hot rage of hate against all the cruel deathly things that tricked him, trapped him, hunted him down. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Was he not going to let Alfhercht escape the tsar’s cruel injustice? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z "Very well, Brother," said Ishtar, a cruel smile spreading across her crimson lips. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s a cruel joke, but it’s hard for me to fight off a smile. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was shorthand for the cruel phrase for ugly girls with great bods: “Put a flag over her face and you know what for Old Glory.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Destiny has a cruel sense of humor,” Tanin said, “but she will not be denied.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The knight was a powerful man, yet Dany understood in that moment that the maegi was stronger, and crueler, and infinitely more dangerous. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His two young recruits smelled even worse, and seemed as stupid as they were cruel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Volta wondered if Goddard had a point or if he was just being cruel. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A tall man with a brown face, light eyes set rather close together and an arrogant, almost cruel mouth. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The tiger’s roars still echoed in her ears and she could still see his cruel claws and eyes. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He hesitated again, wondering if this was some cruel trap. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Reality settled on her shoulders, and she felt the cruel weight of it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “The Fates are cruel, Percy. Just remember me.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Piper stared at the cruel bronze face of the war god. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Yet these are hard times, my lord. His road is no crueler than yours or your lady's." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There are all kinds of hands—careful ones, cruel ones, ones you can trust and ones you can’t. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He would raise Oak in enough bloodshed that he would turn into someone like Madoc, or perhaps someone more secretly cruel, like Dain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It’s cruel,” agreed Baba Joseph, “but one day the things we learn will keep our cattle from dying.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They recalled the sacrifice of Iphigenia, lovely, innocent young thing, trusting her father utterly, and then confronted with the altar, the cruel knives, and only pitiless faces around her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a cruel mouth now, cruel and predatory. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He imagined the homemade box was probably full of nails or broken glass set at cruel angles for a similar purpose. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Nergal likes to play his cruel little games. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He is ready, eager, to stake life on the cruel quick test of the precipice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “I started to stop loving him that day at the circus. He’s cruel, and the things he does, and allows, are terrible and wrong. I can’t love him now, even if he is my father.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I feel worse and worse still for how cruel I am about to be. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Pranks we played; the ways friends could be cruel. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I do not trust human girls,” he said, and there was a cruel tone in his voice that she had not heard in years. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never liked animals at the best of times, being usually rather afraid of them; and of course years of doing cruel experiments on animals had made him hate and fear them far more. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z How, she asked God, could he be so cruel? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She had shut a door on her imagination and played this cruel game. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The matter seemed preying on his mind, and so I determined to use it—to “be cruel only to be kind.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “His lips are cruel, his eyes are mean, and he has a villain’s beard.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His beak was curved and sharp and cruel. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I think it’s outrageously cruel to keep a puzzle that they know is missing a single piece. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Now Emma needed to use logic to be cruel to Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Tally flinched at the razor-blade voice, turning away from the anger on the woman’s cruel face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The Masters would haggle with him as he trudged behind them with the boys’ luggage, his bowed legs further bowed, cruel schoolboys imitating his gait. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As I sailed into the lake I realized the Fates really were cruel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He was too innocent to understand how much they were making fun of him, how cruel people were. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Would it be any less cruel to let those two German divisions down to fight with our troops? American lives are at stake, too, you know. Would you rather see American blood spilled?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A cruel wind shrieked through the rocks and the air was thick and heavy, as if it had been used several times before. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They were selfish and lazy and cruel, and right from the beginning they started beating poor James for almost no reason at all. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Compared to the cruel kids in the book, my classmates suddenly don’t seem so bad. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “All of it. How could Gram’s parents be so cruel?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “You are merely a child, and children are sometimes the cruelest of all. You have taken everything from me. For that, I curse you, daughter of Indra,” said Shukra. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The sound, mocking and cruel, came faintly to his ears, as though muffled by sand or sacking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The gods must have their due . . . even cruel gods who would take Ned from her, and her lord father as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A handsome man, a traveling preacher with a wide, white smile, seemed cruel and frightening in the same flickering glow. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps you want to seem clever or kind or good-looking; presumably you don’t want to come off as cruel or bigoted. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The press was cruel when covering her speeches. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They ran, and they ran, striving to keep up the pace set by the Orcs, licked every now and again with a cruel thong cunningly handled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Fire is a cruel way to die. Dalla died to give this child life, but you have nourished him, cherished him. You saved your own boy from the ice. Now save hers from the fire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They are the progeny of my wife and, thus, my responsibility. I may be cruel, a monster, and a murderer, but I do not shirk my responsibilities. Nor should you shirk yours as the eldest.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The problem was you’d look at the picture of his pursed lips and cruel eyes and you knew the whole story. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His eyes were gold instead of green, his face pale and cruel, not at all like Percy’s. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The wind became a lash as cruel as any slaver’s whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was only one thing that could turn my father from a gentle, lighthearted man into someone angry and cruel. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Tally looked up at Dr. Cable’s cruel beauty, at the puke- yellow-brown of the walls. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That Lord Furnival was my father had been but a cruel burden. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘But Sméagol said he would be very very good. Nice hobbit! He took cruel rope off Sméagol’s leg. He speaks nicely to me.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Celaena had once met a young woman from that cursed land, and though she’d turned out to be both cruel and bloodthirsty, she was still just a human. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "This is either a cruel trick or the man was insane." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, but as old Cephalus once heard Sophocles say, the least of us know that love is a cruel and terrible master. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Meme managed to repent her impulse in a fraction of a second, but the repentance changed immediately into a cruel satisfaction on seeing that his hand too was sweaty and cold. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “The world can be cruel to your kind.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was known to us all as being a most cruel wretch,—a common drunkard, who had, by his reckless mismanagement and profligate dissipation, already wasted a large portion of his father’s property. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z To Frodo and Sam it seemed that they heard, far away, a long wailing cry, high and thin and cruel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She had an obstinate chin, a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The “cruel hand” that Frederick Douglass spoke of more than 150 years ago has appeared once again. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z These days she is a gnarled crone, touching the raw flesh of my brain with her cruel fingernails. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She knew how fast charm could turn cruel. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She'd say, "You have to go, because you have to learn to deal with cruel people like Suba and your teacher." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But the closest cruel pretty was only a few strides away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They tore open the food stores, snarling and growling and tossing their great cruel beaks high as they swallowed the dried meat and all the preserved fruit and grain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “He’s cruel,” he told himself, “a murderer...an enemy.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “If you will not obey me,” Captain Smith says in a low, cold voice, “there are other, crueler men you may serve instead.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Johnny’s brother—we ended up transferring him from Doolittle because of the way kids are—kids can be very cruel! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not from a cruel master, or the vast agency of bondage, but you specifically. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My lip curls, but otherwise I keep my expression as masklike as I know how, as cruel and cold as the face that reoccurs in my nightmares. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying that to be cruel and insulting,” he continued with cruel and insulting delight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The sun had come through, and the forest sparkled and shone in cruel splendor. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She became as restless as he was, more unreasonable, and much more cruel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The cruel pretty grabbed Cray’s chin and flashed the reader in his eye. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Connor. No one does. Everything about the outcome is still iffy. It’s a cruel time.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It can be quite cruel out there. The world is no place for young girls.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z A cruel thing to say because I knew how much Digger loved those kids. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It happened so quickly, Annabeth thought she’d imagined it; but just for a moment someone else seemed to be standing in Leo’s place, smiling coldly with a cruel light in his eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mexican nicknames are as cruel as they are hilarious. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But he hired them out to men who were cruel. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z If I must be cruel no need to hide it, pretending kindness. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I don't know if it's a mercy or part of a big, cruel Nazi game. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If they were reai, he thought, they were as cruel and implacable as winter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But human beings can also do the most terrible and evil and cruel things. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z A cold, cruel cough of a laugh, because I don’t have any friends in school. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the back of her mind, Sigurd roared with cruel laughter. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When you are cruel you cause someone to suffer needlessly. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Reyna studied the giant’s handsome, cruel face, his glowing mechanical eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I had pictured her smiling as she had smiled last night, cruel and evil. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Now, they said he wasn’t a particularly cruel man, if you can believe that, but he had just fallen on hard times and he had done what he had done and he wasn’t backing up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His back was a great wall of black flesh, and I saw a cruel scar on one shoulder. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Since then, the courts have found the extremity of that kind of treatment to constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered the man I’d seen in my dreams, with the golden crown, the pointed beard, and the cruel eyes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The face that turned towards me, reddened and era-tered by firelight and shadow, was as flat and cruel as the moon, Winter’s dull rufous moon. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They hoped the answers were cruel and strange. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Weak children, wrinkled old women, the sick and the stupid and the heedless, the cruel land claimed them all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Piper thought it was a cruel joke that a hag like her would be named Hagno, but she decided not to say that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then as the ages passed and people no longer believed that the earth needed blood to be fruitful, all that was cruel in the story would be dropped and in the end forgotten. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can bet he sucked blood. He hurt people in a big way. He had a cruel and brutal style.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcus and Adrian glued my locker shut and wrote Space Boy gargles alien balls on the door in permanent marker, and I couldn’t walk the halls without being stalked by whispers and cruel laughter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “It was cruel. To you and to her, too.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z This was more stunning than the felled trees or the cruel pretties; as overwhelming as anything she’d felt since Peris had gone away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But how could she know that Hamlet had been so cruel? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Inhumane, unimaginably cruel things, and I had started to become numb. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, struggling under the cruel weight, the companions brought the Crochan to the riverbank. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t hurt us with nassty cruel steel! Let us live, yes, live just a little longer. Lost lost! We’re lost. And when Precious goes we’ll die, yes, die into the dust.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “If men think me cruel, so much the better.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His face was hard and cruel, his eyes as cold and dark as onyx. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “She wanted to. She was watching me and crying the whole time. I told her to go away. I didn’t mean to be cruel.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You sure treat your poor momma cruel,” Darlene said out the door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Later when I tell Fiona about it, she grabs me by the arm and says, “Do not even for a second believe that! She’s just shallow and insanely jealous. Not to mention cruel.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Her master was cruel, violent, and greedy, but above all else, he was a businessman. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She didn’t enjoy being cruel, but...hadn’t he deserved it? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Yes, it was a narrow way—and John stirred in his seat, not daring to feel it God’s injustice that he must make so cruel a choice. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It also included Gay’s comments about my cruel punishments. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I begged for an answer, riding my own wave of grief at his cruel rejection. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She could no longer hear the buzzing of cruel insect wings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Often the teachers were impatient and cross but never naggingly cruel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, he teased me at times, but he wasn’t cruel. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was like the third degree, only he was both interrogator and suspect, both tough cop and hounded prisoner, a cruel spotlight pinning him in a blinding circle of light. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had believed, just for a second, that Javier was still home, that this was all some cruel prank. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was too cruel to believe, but they could not get closer to the island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It held no healing powers for the mangled paw caught in the cruel trap. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Can it be blasphemy to hate what’s wicked and cruel? It’s not only Julius. It’s everything. It’s the circus. It’s the animals. It’s the Christians!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z After sunset the temperature dropped well below freezing, and porters flocked in from the cruel night to warm themselves around the stove. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was cruel to keep birds in cages. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She knew of all pitiful human weaknesses and of many cruel strengths. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We assembled in groups according to our barracks' number and were counted and recounted while short-tempered, cruel guards harassed us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was a cruel maze, with every corner taunting them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z We filed a petition to challenge Joe's sentence as unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I learned quickly that this mestizo, teacher ruled her little kingdom with a cruel hand. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The roundness she remembered in his cheeks had gone, and the childish bow of his lips had become elongated and innocently cruel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I think of the snarling, cruel exchange back on the hovercraft. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Therefore, a prince must not worry about the infamy of being considered cruel when it is a matter of keeping his subjects united and loyal. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a cruel, ruthless madness, and it made them shiver more than a bitter, endless winter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a cruel custom in the neighborhood. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But that seems cruel—especially in front of Pi. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It was clear Jackson was the sort of young man who considers himself rather smarter than he is, and who is naturally cruel but thinks himself a decent fellow. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t take commands from mortals,” he says with his customary cruel smile. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They had been hewn with many cruel strokes, and two had been beheaded. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “It was cruel,” said Dumbledore softly, “that you and Sirius had such a short time together. A brutal ending to what should have been a long and happy relationship.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z This was why she failed to recognize the swarthy, awkward, slow- moving young man with the cruel eyes of a rodent who knocked one afternoon at the door of the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Am I cruel in my love?” he said. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “The Boltons have always been as cruel as they were cunning, but this one seems a beast in human skin,” said Glover. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Just like Baba once believed in you, said a cruel voice in his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “You can be either cruel instructor or concerned boyfriend.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In those long hours, she could not keep from devising cruel scenes, arranging her own Museum of Terrible Wonders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Hard, cruel laughter just like the kids at school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Gregg’s pretty looks were deceiving, according to a prosecutor, who said that he was “a cold cruel calculating type of criminal” who “would not hesitate to commit murder.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And because of that fear, they erected a new scaffolding of oppression on the cruel foundation laid hundreds of years before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think that’s a little cruel? Everyone knew the name of the young protestor chained to the flagpole hours ago. Or can you really not remember?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Having so recently been one of the underdogs of the savannah, we are full of fears and anxieties over our position, which makes us doubly cruel and dangerous. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a tough, cruel, primitive kind of man who never held a job for more than six months in his life. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I forgot the rest of the words in Spanish, but I remember he talks about a cruel friend who breaks his heart and how he will give that friend a white rose too.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Here was the man who had been so cruel to my mother. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Is it cruel for me to want to scream at her to shut the hell up after the millionth time I’ve heard the story? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In this way, the cruel drivers led people farther and farther from the safety of Kapoeta, into the countryside where they could be attacked by hostile tribes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve attempted to ruin my dreams and ideals. I get enough from my mother as it is. You’re just being cruel.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His eyes were hard and cruel and bitter. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “The universe has a cruel sense of humor,” it moaned. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She wondered fearfully if a great eagle or vulture had entered and had carried all away in its cruel talons, the clothing with the baby. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please, Ophelia, will you forgive me for being unjust and cruel?” she asks, not pleading but with a noble dignity. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Frodo shuddered, remembering the cruel knife with notched blade that had vanished in Strider’s hands. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Nobody had told them that it was cruel to hurt them, but then, nobody had told the donkeys either. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In my imagination, the man I thought was trying to get inside the Secret Annex had kept growing and growing until he'd become not only a giant but also the cruelest Fascist in the world. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But if the doctor did the same procedure without anesthetics in a modern hospital, it would be very cruel indeed. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Tally remembered her first ride out to Dr. Cable’s office, the violent agility of the hovercar with its cruel pretty driver. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I know it was entirely in my imagination, but there was this cruel and malevolent look in her eyes that I will never forget. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There was something cruel and cold in that kid’s eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I tried very hard. But I can’t help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes it wasn’t just kids who were cruel, though. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Most, I think, assumed Sam was being cruel when she claimed that we had never, ever been friends and never would be. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They would be hung like doves or larks in springes triggered in a thicket, where the birds think to rest—a cruel nesting. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just because you’re funny doesn’t mean you get to be cruel,” she said in a low voice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Bullfighting is a cruel sport where innocent animals are tormented, tortured, killed, and have their ears cut off. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Mr. Derby is horribly cruel. He probably tripped you on purpose! How could he beat you like that? It was just a spilled pie!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Prince Cardan’s got all the power. There’s no winning against him. No matter how brave or clever or even cruel you are, Jude. End this, before you get really hurt.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It seemed unnecessarily cruel to make an old man wear a cap sideways like that and arbitrarily re-order the way in which age chose to hang from his chin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “No,” said Uncle Andrew' with a cruel smile. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z That the moment their circle was sealed, it was back to pranks and cruel jokes. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I do not suppose you will have heard of our bitter & cruel loss Thank God, she suffered hardly at all, and expired as tranquilly as a little angel.... Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once released, they find that a heavy and cruel hand has been laid upon them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The papers had printed that the jibes and jeers were cruel and sometimes obscene, and so they were, but this was not the big show. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z However, his misgivings proved correct, because his father was callous and cruel to the workers, forcing them to labor under harsh conditions from morning to night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The dirt that smudged his face gave him the appearance of having a beard, making his young face strangely cruel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even as the cruel words left my mouth, I felt terrible about their callousness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I had no sympathy for Al the first night, but I am not cruel yet; the sight of Christina clutching her rib cage makes me want to stand between her and Molly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The strip was a less cruel piece of magic than the black cat had been, but more gruesome. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For more than a year they had waited on a Queen who was petulant, cruel, contradictory, miserable. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s dirty and smelly and full of cruel, nasty people who make children cry and I hate it!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “No. Cruel is a good word for her. But I think you are say- tg cruel and thinking something else. Denna is not wicked, or lean, or spiteful. She is cruel.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘Wheel Don’t know commandeer, but it sounds dreadful cruel to me.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized his mop of brown hair, his broken nose, his cruel green eyes and smug, twisted smile. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was a cruel twist of Fate that gave them to her this way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards were seldom harsh and never cruel. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Death was ugly, I had learned, but life could be even uglier and unfathomably cruel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Mom smiles this cruel smile, saying, “Did you know, a hundred years ago, parents just kicked their kids out on the street? They had to fend for themselves. Like ‘Hansel and Gretel.’ Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “It’s cruel to keep it from its mother!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z An intimidating look of cruel pleasure on Martina’s face dried up all their laughter and made them wait in silence for the explanation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Leave me be so that I may perish alone without your cruel eyes watching!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I mean like this—if you heard something bad or cruel or ugly, would you keep it from him?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It is cruel of me, but I don’t care. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Whatever she was, this cruel little girl—his own would-be murderer, not least—the sight of her sprawled out like that at Rasalas’s mercy shamed him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But they woke him with words, their cruel, bright weapons. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And while he has done cruel, evil things, our society is not divided into “good” and “bad.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z No off day justified making fun of someone’s appearance or being as cruel or vulgar as they had been. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The story got some laughs, but it was too mean, almost cruel. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z That I, in fleeing from one cruel master, should be bound to another, was almost too much to endure. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Because you’re cruel. Because you like to hurt people. And you think you’re special, you think everyone around you is a bunch of sissies who can’t make the tough choices like you can.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when I’m punished like this, Amá doesn’t even let me go to the library, which I think is the cruelest kind of torture. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She would have fallen flat on her face if her arm weren’t being held at a cruel angle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Even the jokes about him seemed bitterly cruel. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s the one whose tactless comments and cruel jokes about matters I don’t think are funny have made me insensitive to any sign of love on her part. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The gaslight burned harsh on Frankie’s face, stoking a fire in his tawny eyes and carving his features into cruel angles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, I know. You think the circus cruel. Well, just between us, so it is, but that is what keeps the people entertained.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When Sarai was young and cruel, she had tried to make him, ever without success. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was all so stupid and childish…and cruel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “This is too much to ask of you. It is, I know it is. It’s unfair and cruel and not how things should be.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Uncle Cotton grimaced, a cruel twist of the face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z No amount of surprise would make up for the cruel pretties’ superior strength and reflexes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His face was cruel and pale green, his eyes as white as the Mist. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe that Americans could be that cruel to other people just because of religion, or race, or anything. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The Taliban were cruel; but even they wouldn’t hurt a child, he wanted to say. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We made our government write new laws to alter some of the cruelest injustices that affected us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It seems cruel of Luke, to forget his girlfriend like this. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Fair is my love, and cruel as she is fair” Gertrude read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Nationalists were creating a cruel jigsaw puzzle out of people’s lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was cruel, I knew that, but right and wrong were somewhere else. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You wouldn’t like that, would you? They’re cruel to people in the asylum,’ she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A constant rain and shrouded gray sky masked the passing of hours, leaving Cole in a cruel time warp with only one possible end. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I have seen you cry when people were cruel. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As a result the Japanese had been very cruel to them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Other scholars maintain that the world of the ancient foragers was exceptionally cruel and violent. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The curtains were almost always drawn, leaving the house in a tenuous darkness that kept the cruel desert light at bay. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the buyer’s eyes had become as steady and cruel and unwinking as a hawk’s eyes, while the rest of his face smiled in greeting. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Alas, my cruel fate condemns me to remain here till my tyrant is destroyed.’ Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z In a universe so cruel and unfair, so designed to torment him, he’d been given a mother who cared for him, deeply and completely. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When the trail exits the meadow, it turns cruel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Banda may have been a cruel dictator, but he did care deeply for farmers and the land. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z How was she going to overcome this cruel pretty? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Legends were still told of the strange and deadly people who dwelt there—the cruel and bloodthirsty descendents of the fallen Witch Kingdom. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Would it be possible that Anise convinced Kalinda to play a cruel game on me? Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They’d been the creatures of her nightmares with their white wolves and their cruel knives and the horses they bred for battle with Grisha. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But all Tally could hear was the razor sound of a cruel pretty’s voice. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “They didn’t have to blind you,” he said sadly, “but people are cruel.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “They say the Russians will soon be here. Hitler was very cruel to the Russian people, and everyone is afraid.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew I was being cruel, like when I’d taunt him if he didn’t know some big word. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, well,” the king said with a cruel smile. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But I think we can all help, at least a little bit, to make it less cruel. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She was a big girl with cruel eyes like her fathers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I have been striving for over sixty years for a little bit of justice no bigger than that, and yet I must die without obtaining it....It seems so cruel.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A smile broke out on the Special’s cruel features. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Which may be a cruel thing to do, but I’m hoping he will use his longing to get out of this small, small house. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She sat and stared, having to remind herself every few minutes that it had all really happened: the cruel pretties, the strange buildings on the edge of town, the terrible ultimatum from Dr. Cable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Frigg said, “Who among you wants to win my good graces by going to Hel? Perhaps she will let Balder return to this world. Even Hel could not be so cruel as to keep him...” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He had meant to be amusing; it sounded cruel. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He had it himself, and the only difference between him and the crowd in all its cruel bloodlust was that he knew it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Even before the riots, the city felt like a cruel, unwelcoming place to be. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Front Two: Operation Baldy: Wherein Lara flies solo in a retaliatory mission so elegant and cruel that it could only have been the brainchild of, well, me.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z From dawn to dawn there was not a cloud, and at night the stars hung out of the sky, golden and cruel in their beauty. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She was like something that was thrown aside after she became useless to someone cruel. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Unless, it suddenly occurred to me—and here was an arresting notion—unless persuading yourself that you are not confused is merely a cruel, early symptom of confusion. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the “cruel irony” that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: “The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Telling him would be cruel, it would break his heart, and I don’t want to hurt him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Isn’t it a shame about his poor hand? But I hope he’s all right otherwise. He’s had a cruel time.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Tally wondered if this was someplace where people were taken when their operations went wrong, when beauty turned cruel. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Every letter had been a slap in the face to Wylan, a kind of cruel joke. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cruel reality of summer was that bedtime often preceded actual dark. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z This will be the age of cruel winds, the age of people who become as wolves, who prey upon each other, who are no better than wild beasts. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z So spoke the kind and gentle reed, and Psyche, following the directions, was able to carry back to her cruel mistress a quantity of the shining fleece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked thinner than the last time I’d dreamed of him, and his sandals were spattered with mud, but the same cruel light shined in his eyes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This was surely some cruel joke of his. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The yellow dog had hated her, perhaps even meant to kill her, but Omakayas hadn’t counted on such a cruel and sudden end to the dog’s cowardly life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He looked like the typical SS officer: a cruel, though not unintelligent, face, complete with monocle. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s cruel to have them believe she’s coming on the plane,” I said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet somehow, after five cruel winters of war, I was still alive. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The twins grew strong and cruel in the games typical of their age. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are very cruel,” said her sister, “you will not let me smile, and are provoking me to it every moment.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He had never been cruel to his slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z No, she couldn’t be so cruel as to say that. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly I see New York as something different: a cruel, real-time video game, where you might get second chances but you only get one life. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The “slavers” then loaded their ships with barrels of sugar and sailed back to Europe to begin the cruel process all over again. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As I said, they were not cruel; neither were they kind. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z "My sisters will be harsh, but cruel," said the old witch-queen. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Just about any cruel word or insult could start me crying, even if it was aimed at someone besides me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Not all agricultural societies were this cruel to their farm animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He swings his arms as if knocking the cruel master from his horse once again. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He fixed his eyes on the back of Hume’s neck and focused his mind on the simple, cruel necessity of taking the next stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Although it was a cruel and ugly routine, it had a purpose and a progression. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the people there were pretty cruel to me because I was a black person and they weren’t used to that, but others were very kind. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom saw Quentin, she admonished me for being heartless and cruel to the poor boy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But for those who have actually tried to prove race discrimination under the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court’s remark amounted to cruel irony. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It seems very cruel to keep us alive. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This was a long time before us, when the guardians were much stricter, cruel even, and when she tried to get back in, she wasn’t allowed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were long and cruel and had eyes that glittered red. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The world was a terrible, cruel place, a dark pit jawing open to swallow me in perpetual despair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Sir,” I interrupted him, “you are inexorable for that unfortunate lady: you speak of her with hate—with vindictive antipathy. It is cruel—she cannot help being mad.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z An imp turned and let out a disgusting yowl, and others spun to face the intruders, revealing cruel, devilish faces. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z From what they said, the man had been cruel and brutal. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But Rosa had been a real, though cruel and violent, person. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen,” he said, the razors in his cruel voice sharper than ever, “I don’t want to hurt you, but—” “You will if you have to.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There were many more folk ditties, some mean, others filthy, all of them cruel. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will take care of that, sir. I will take care of that, sir,” Jonas mimicked in a cruel, sarcastic voice. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But inside the quiet young scholar there existed a second, unsuspected personality, one with stunted emotions and a distorted mind through which cold thoughts flowed in cruel directions. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z "He likes to play his cruel little games," said Ishtar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I scarfed my piece of bread and washed it down with that delicious, meaty soup, but an hour later I learned that even in kindness, the Nazis were cruel. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “No! Ngozis can no longer demand human beings as payment! That custom is illegal—and it’s stupid—and cruel! I will not agree!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes—not very often, for inevitably it caused sadness—people described their places of origin: places with cruel governments, harsh punishments, desperate poverty, or false comforts. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z It was someone too cruel and cold to be her friend. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The soldiers were no more than violent, cruel bullies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z These men are cruel—and they have Frightful. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “The gods are playing tricks on us. How could they be so cruel and still make the sky so lovely?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I look up to see him watching me with cruel delight, like a raptor bird trying to decide whether to be bothered devouring a small mouse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Maybe he means to kill me in some crueler way. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I would not listen to her, I thought her hard and cruel. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But we could not say it was being deliberately cruel. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Someone on the street said why don’t you put the bag on the donkey? And he said, ‘That would be cruel, I’m heavy enough already for the poor thing.’ The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She was a sort of cat goddess, and there was a famous statue of her as a cat, with cruel mysterious eyes and earrings in her ears. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, that was cruel, and I shouldn’t have said it.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In many respects, release from prison does not represent the beginning of freedom but instead a cruel new phase of stigmatization and control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I fought back glimpses of my daugh-ter’s birthday party in its cruel contrasts to our party here tonight. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob’s heart is pounding as he looks between the cruel men with their lazy sneers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And although I knew he gave them a $100 bonus every now and then I never let on that I felt he was anything but cruel to his workers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The name Green Lake was a cruel joke. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It was a cruel face, but his manner was pleasant, and this was an attractive combination, Lola thought. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I thought of the many ways we’ve legalized vengeful and cruel punishments, how we’ve allowed our victimization to justify the victimization of others. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Every cruel deed with which he had ever credited Basta was probably going through his head. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The idea was sort of funny, but he wasn’t that cruel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel? The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “A hero is not afraid to face cruel truth.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z For a panicky moment, he wondered if Grandmother had played some sort of cruel joke on him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Which is a cruel and ridiculous thing to do. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Nowhere. Nature is beautiful, but she can be cruel. Just like a woman,” Hamlet mused. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “If it was not true, it was cruel to say so. Why did you say it?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Supreme Court announced its decision: Life imprisonment without parole sentences imposed on children convicted of non-homicide crimes is cruel and unusual punishment and constitutionally impermissible. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At that moment, if you looked in her eyes, past the tears, I bet you wouldn’t even see the pain of a severed finger, but the shock of how cruel people can be. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The snickering that followed was furtive and cruel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’s a stern man, but he doesn’t seem like a willfully cruel one. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “You had no way of knowing this. I didn’t know it myself until recently. But it’s a cruel game. In the past, there have—” “I said I apologize, Jonas.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She could still feel the cruel pinch of fingers on her wrist as she lost her balance and began to fall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He reminded me of Apollo, God of the Sun, except the Titans light was harsher, and his expression crueler. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z If he was not horrible to look at, then he was cruel to forbid her ever to behold him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then more silence and the cruel unwinking minds and hands jerking into the silence. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The three left their captive behind, their cruel grace marked with a touch of hurry. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The shy girl she had known at Riverrun had grown into a woman who was by turns proud, fearful, cruel, dreamy, reckless, timid, stubborn, vain, and, above all, inconstant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I learned how mindlessly cruel some children could be. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The sun was cruel enough that day to bloat the body quickly. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I also told the Court that to say to any child of thirteen that he is fit only to die in prison is cruel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Their teeth are cruel and their temper fierce, so they are not made pets of. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I am annoyed by those who love mankind but are cruel and discourteous to people. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Vines dotted with cruel thorns ran through the semidarkness like barbed wire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I suppose it is a bit cruel,” Ruth said, “the way they always work him up like that. But it’s his own fault. If he learnt to keep his cool, they’d leave him alone.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The latter sat facing Poirot, and for the second time Poirot studied that unprepossessing face, noting the false benevolence of the brow and the small, cruel eyes. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow that made the maze seem like an even crueler place. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I cried for Sir Savien and Aloine, for love lost and found and lost again, at cruel fate and man’s folly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mayhem and destruction were too chaotic for her tastes, and she did not have it in her to be cruel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then a more horrific thought came to me: The sun wasn’t being cruel at all. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As they walked along the highway, some cars came perilously close, as if the drivers were playing a cruel game with them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The racetrack casualty list was full of stories of the cruel, the bizarre, and the miraculous. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Even though it was a donkey that unseated me, I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This strange god, the gay reveler, the cruel hunter, the lofty inspirer, was also the sufferer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The people loved peace and quiet and, because of this, they were pleased by decent princes, while the soldiers loved a prince with military spirit who was cruel, arrogant, and rapacious. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He is not in the least a cruel or ill-tempered man.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I turn to Jake, shocked that he could be so cruel after what almost happened. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that he was heartless or cruel or anything like that. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z This fairy was a shape- shifter, and a cruel one at that. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn to Jake, shocked that he could be so cruel after what almost happened. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The wildlings were cruel men, she said, slavers and slayers and thieves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was an ugly face, pale, coarse, and cruel, but Ged feared no man, though he might fear where such a man would guide him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But the girl dropped her hands from her face and she cried more passionately than he had ever heard her cry, “Young men are so cruel—I like old men best!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Matthias walked onwards, ignoring the cruel jibes of the owl, through the farmyard and across the grassland, not stopping until he arrived at the fringe of Mossflower Wood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “One more thing. Why do you think people can be so cruel to each other?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z That year was most dreadful and cruel for mankind over all the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In each case, the high court had cited the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution, which bans “cruel and unusual” punishment. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It was organized if this guy sets up fights. There are laws against that. It’s cruel.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sigurd’s cruel, cold eyes forced themselves into her mind. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The god twisted his mouth in a cruel smile. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was cruel to desert the helpless sufferer, but they were desperate to get on to Troy, and with his bow and arrows he would at least never lack for food. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Beauty like that was never meant to last in this cruel world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Exiling your own son here for centuries—that was beyond cruel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He said from the bench, “The Court believes that to sentence Mr. Angelos to prison for the rest of his life is unjust, cruel, and even irrational.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Almost beyond hearing he thought he caught, high and far up in the heavens, a cry: faint, but heart-quelling, cruel and cold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Before hanging up, she told me that in a cruel twist of fate her mother had fallen gravely ill as well. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It’s especially cruel to pen up young pigs, for they are very playful and love to run and chase each other. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When she met the young man, who was a student and who loved her very much, she was very cruel to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And no one in our kingdom was cruel. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was regarded as thick-skinned and insensitive—even cruel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And Herbie, who only yesterday had dreamed of wringing all their necks, dreamed today of kidnapping them so no more would die such cruel, degrading deaths. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Were you there? It is only gossip. Vicious, cruel gossip. Rumors. Shmuel, tell him it is only that.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hard and cruel and bitter was the land that met his gaze. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Outside, one of the guards looked at him and said, "Be strong, boy. The gods are cruel." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t want this cruel boy to be my future husband. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This will cause a lot of pain, but it is not a deliberately cruel act. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It was for the strange reason that he was cruel, that the poor fellow never killed a man who asked for mercy, or committed a cruel action which he could have prevented. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But having a cruel and bestial spirit, in order to practise his greed upon the people, he turned to pleasing the armies and to making them undisciplined. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “She is cruel. She is more powerful than anyone I have ever encountered, except for the Fairy Queen herself.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the cruel light of the morning, it looked squalid, neglected, overgrown, and there was something worse: the steps of the little mausoleum were stained with blood, a great deal of it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a wild, cruel face that the Siamese saw, and he recognized instinctively a wanton killer—and one that could easily outclass him in strength, ferocity and speed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was not a good face; it was hard, and cruel, and sensual, and his big white teeth, that looked all the whiter because his lips were so red, were pointed like an animal’s. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Gradually the sufferer grows thoroughly disoriented and subject to increasingly dangerous hallucinations—including the decidedly cruel misconception that he is not freezing but burning up. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z After a minute or so, he looked down at Harry again, a cruel smile twisting his snakelike face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The comparison between them and the white racists was cruel indeed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight of this poverty was so cruel and hopeless that Jake snarled and clenched his fists. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Fiona turned out to be a good mimic, and for all her merriness, there was a cruel touch to her humor that Briony liked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Or suppose it was someone mean, or even cruel, and brutal? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z "That's a long cruel climb by night," Ebben said as he eyed the distant spark through a cleft in the rocks that sheltered them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In charge of them all and entrusted by the legislature to build the new prison was a cruel but innovative disciplinarian, Elam Lynds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He may have been married already, and her cruel mortification may have been a part of her half-brother’s scheme,” said Herbert. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It was cruel and slimy and its eyes shone green. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s cruel and appropriate; we snort with laughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When the man was Lancelot who was mad on God in any case, you had to be both sanguine and cruel to expect him like that at alL But women are cruel in this way. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then suddenly he seemed to see me, and he laughed at me. It was cruel. It was like being stabbed with knives. I struggled. But he said: “Wait a moment! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She had been taught that the Matabele, traditional enemies of her people, were as cruel as hyenas. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In one particularly cruel case, Klansmen shot a black woman and her five children, finishing off one of the children by stomping him to death. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It will be a cruel death,” he said. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Frostfangs were as cruel as any place the gods had made, and as inimical to men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Unable to afford the suit's matching top, she's been reduced to waddling the streets much like two women fused together in some sort of cruel experiment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The radicals who cause this destruction of lives are so nasty and cruel. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I will auction you at dawn on Monday. I’ll sell your demon sister, too, to the most cruel, heartless master I can find, the Devil himself if he wants.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z To agitate him thus deeply, by a resistance he so abhorred, was cruel: to yield was out of the question. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps for this reason she always thought of him as having candy in his mouth, candy staining the edges of his straight, cruel teeth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She doesn’t mean to be cruel, she doesn’t know she’s just relegated me to the dust heap along with crank telephones and whalebone stays. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I squeeze Alan against me to protect him from the cruel words. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z What had she ever done to make the gods so cruel? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At her touch, I remember the mestiza teacher and her cruel nails that pinched me and called me a stupid longa whenever I spoke Quichua. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The staff thought Rumfoord was a hateful old man, conceited and cruel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your generous purse and the circumstances of your arrival suggest to me that you are a gentlewoman of means. Do you flee a cruel father or a forced marriage?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "I was grievous sad to hear about your son. And him so young.. The gods are cruel." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Let the end come, however cruel; at least then we’ll know whether we are to be the victors or the vanquished. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She could hear sniggers, far off and cruel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All around her, the riders raised their lances, and the dirt and leaves that had buried the cruel bright points fell away to reveal the gleam of sharpened steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The part of him that was still dry was covered in goose pimples; half immersed in the icy water, a cruel breeze lifting his hair, Harry started to shiver violently. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I — I thought she might be useful, my Lord —” “Liar,” said the second voice again, the cruel amusement more pronounced than ever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z So Narcissus went on his cruel way, a scorner of love. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that if my Ups were frozen on something and everybody was shaking too much to pour water on them except for Byron he’d do some real cruel stuff to me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She called Antonina cruel and said she had “no woman’s soul.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Comparing Chout with Chaplin’s The Kid of the same year sheds a cruel and amateurish light on the former. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Even his teachers sometimes made cruel comments without realizing it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Your captain lives to serve his cruel queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sam, you sweet fat fool, you played me a cruel jape when you made me lord commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While the grey light lasted, they cowered under a black stone like worms, shrinking, lest the winged terror should pass and spy them with its cruel eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "A cruel maid. My ship is well named. If I steer her onto the rocks in my distraction, you'll have yourself to blame." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After her father’s cruel remarks, Stone told him that she had no intention of ever marrying and that she wished she were even plainer so that no one would ever ask her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z If one partner found his or her chosen mate to be unacceptably old, cruel, or ugly, guards would sometimes cancel a marriage. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She saw: the knight in his pale armor head to foot, legs, throat, and hands sheathed in metal, eyes hidden behind his high white helm, and in his hand cruel steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Who is this new Maddy that is cruel for no reason? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And again, he stopped often simply to absorb by osmosis the immense grandeur, loneliness, majesty, and both frail and cruel beauty of his surroundings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The email that was sent out last night was cruel and cheap, and could be considered criminal if reported to the authorities,” Headmaster Clarkson continued. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “How can you be so cruel to me?” he whispered, under cover of a lively chorus. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Garth would not be so cruel as to deny him that, he hoped. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Stop!” a voice like sandpaper yells from behind us, flooding the darkness with a cruel light. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The emperor laughed, a cruel, cold laugh that filled the sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Looking at it below, she could hardly believe that it had been so cruel as to sweep Papá away. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Her story is the only one in which the good goddess, Ceres, appears cruel and vindictive. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed unbelievably cruel to put that photo on the cover of your program for everyone to see. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I like to hurt people too. I can make the cruelest choice. The difference is, sometimes I don’t, and you always do, and that makes you evil.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Even here, most people had never seen a cruel pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The razor voices of the cruel pretties set Tally’s teeth on edge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Armed resistor,” he said to the two cruel pretties who guarded this end of the pen, and shoved her down to the ground among the others. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z "We have now seen him for what he is: that is, a most proud, bloody, luxurious, cruel and self-pleasing tyrant." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Today the toilet is really getting back at us for all the years of cruel and unsanitary labor. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A girl who saves her life by telling a cruel sultan a bunch of stories? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z This time they did not heed the cruel pellets that swept over them like hail. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and it’s been played on me twice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Yes, I see from your eyes that you think I was cruel to my Daniel. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Instead, sleep sneaked up on him, and the next thing he knew he was dreaming of a tapping, a cruel dream of a pigeon tapping on the window. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Gold for gruel, and boys... a cruel price. Whatever happened to that sweet lad I knew?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Malfoy started taking pictures with an imaginary camera and did a cruel but accurate impression of Colin: ‘“Potter, can I have your picture, Potter? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He was possessed of that cold, cruel sense of purpose that preceded murder. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But she is cruel because she doesn’t care what she does, as long as it fascinates her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But his arms simply grabbed her as if scooping up a mound of snow, and his cruel laughter boomed in her ears. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a body capable of enormous leverage--a cruel body. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Kids are cruel. Adults too, for that matter,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z What he was seeing right before him were real enemies, foreign ones, the most awful ones, the cruel German-speaking kind. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “It was like,” Rachel said, “she was trying to look like something she wasn’t. Like she was in disguise. Anyway, it got cruel. Everyone started laughing at her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I couldn’t understand how kids could be so cruel for no reason. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She could still recall the Red City as she had first seen it, dry and dusty behind its red brick walls, dreaming cruel dreams, yet full of life. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His kisses would be hard and cruel, she told herself, and he would not care if I cried out or commanded him to stop. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If we examine this carefully, we shall see that he was more merciful than the Florentine people, who allowed the destruction of Pistoia in order to avoid being considered cruel. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Candor is cruel for forcing them from him, for taking away his freedom. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s cruel,” replied Wilbur, who did not intend to be argued out of his position. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z An elderly veteran of the provincial forces in the late war recounted the peremptory cruelties and unmerited debaucheries of his officers in the King’s Army, sparing no cruel details of the lash and noose. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And as such, we do things a little differently than some people, but I never understood why that was justification for others to be cruel. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The cruel overseer had screamed and hauled the boy before a sort of agent. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There was some cruel intelligence in its jaundiced eye that made me ponder this and made me grateful for the chain. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Maybe, he thought, this was just one soldier, ignorant or cruel, wanting to stir things up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In the movies there is always one with red red lips who is beautiful and cruel. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how formidable cruel pretties were, surprise still had its advantages. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was the saddest and most cruel April of the five. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I hate that I’ve lost my looks and failed school and quit sports and am cruel to my mother. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Whether he was clumsy or cruel makes not the slightest difference to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “More cruel than ever. Don’t you see how I’m pining away?” and Laurie gave his broad chest a sounding slap and heaved a melodramatic sigh. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z If the businessmen made fun of Adam, the high-school group was much more cruel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We stared at the cruel sky, calm, blue, indifferent to our need. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But poison things and ugly things and cruel things kept crawling through her mind. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But it was a cold mind, Reuven, almost cruel, untouched by his soul. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Some progress was made in the dry frosty weather that followed, but it was cruel work, and the animals could not feel so hopeful about it as they had felt before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z "That is no mercy. These northern gods are cruel to let the child Unger in such pain." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I walk by them, my ears ring from their cruel words and their spit eats through my skin like acid. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Elizabeth, how could you do this? The last thing I wanted was to be cruel to that girl.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Whenever she did, I would say, “Treat me like a fool. Treat me mean and cruel, but love me.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z If only he could strip it off, be free of it, five solely and forever as a sort of cruel essential ghost or demon of himself... Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether even a heroic level of leadership stood any chance was uncertain because—and here was the cruelest irony—the effort to make the Revolution truly complete seemed diametrically opposed to remaining a united nation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You are a very cruel woman,” said Michael, clenching his fist, as though at any minute he would have to strike her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z In a sweet, cruel, beautiful moment of clarity, I smile, watch a crack in the cement, and speak to Audrey and the sleeping Doorman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The ban on remote detonators was adopted—not because of bribes from the gun lobby, but because blowing people up was determined to be crude, cruel, and beneath the Scythedom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This final revelation pierced my heart more painfully than the cruelest words Ucho had ever snarled at me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The faces here looked very strong and proud and happy, but they looked cruel. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He tried to make his voice sound as coolly cruel as he felt; just as he tried to frighten her by stepping out suddenly from behind the tree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I may not like the little sprit very much, but I’m not cruel enough to buy him a lute with a sour neck.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z People sometimes assumed I had been playing a sport when I was “injured,” which seemed unfair—even cruel—when I wanted to play so badly and wasn’t able to. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z According to historian Joel Williamson, the idea that a particularly cruel racism was somehow unique to poor white farmers and laborers was an upper-class myth. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z At the moment, he did not have the patience to try and coax a thought out of the lad, whom he suspected had been inflicted on him as a cruel jape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I thought about this more often now that I was an adult, especially when people applauded me for my achievements, as if there weren’t a strange and cruel randomness to it all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A flat nose and a drooping mouth gave him a cruel look, and one of his ears was missing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now Pong understood what sad, cruel words they were. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Is it not a cruel thing you boys do?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A small, malicious, treacherous man, as stupid as he is cruel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then the jokes started, more and more cruel. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Telemachus cried out at her: “Mother, Mother, oh, cruel! What other woman would hold herself aloof when her man came home after twenty years?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was cruel, Daniel. You know better than that.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Either I’ve been too sick, or he’s willing to give me space, or he knows it’s just too cruel with Peeta in the hands of the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They were taken one by one to a laboratory, and of course this made them all very frightened; how cruel it would be, Lyra thought, if she perished without striking a blow at them! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Treat me mean and cruel, but love me...” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Gilly is giving suck to Dalla’s son as well as her own. It seems cruel of you to part our little prince from his milk brother, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Underneath her rather bold and cruel exterior, she had a kind heart, and she was to prove loyal and true to the very end. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Actually, I think it’s cruel to keep them in the city.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Even when she was yelling at Natalie, Finn had never heard the real Ms. Morales sound so cruel. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My cruel words did their job — Charlie stayed frozen on the doorstep, stunned, while I ran into the night. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But she didn’t punish the other boy for being cruel. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Edie sang the song quick and cruel, with sharp metallic sounds from her instrument. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I know not what hath alter’d my Boy, that he be so cruel. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Frannie Thompson had been wicked cruel about my being an orphan, and one day I couldn’t let it go. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, there are a few tales told of him which show him pitiless and cruel. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Windows exploded, beams crashed, and trees split, their crowns ablaze like torches in the hand of a cruel giant. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z That ugly painting above my bed was just so cruel. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z What if it was some cruel jape of Joffrey's, like the day he had taken her up to the battlements to show her Father's head? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Helene has seen me naked dozens of times—when wounded, or ill, or suffering through one of the Commandant’s cruel strength-training exercises. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And if he and Emilia had ignored Matt since, neither had they been cruel. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The two little boys accepted the distance, but Rocky was never cruel to Tayo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When I look back at Thomas, his hair has fallen across his face and a cruel pleasure has replaced his usual kindness. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He was so kind to come into the kitchen and apologize for his mother’s cruel behavior. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then before any could look away he held up the Gorgon’s head; and at the sight one and all, the cruel King and his servile courtiers, were turned into stone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally sighed Maybe her reluctance was just because the cruel pretties had scared her so much. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z How cruel to let her look like that. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She must make a skin for herself against a world that could be so suddenly and unexpectedly cruel. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Stern. Very stern and cruel. I couldn’t bear it, so I left,” the woman said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She strained against the ropes, as if they were holding her back from everything she cared about How could you be so cruel? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The bed frame was nearly twice her body weight and the ridges were tearing cruel welts in her palms. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I knew that whatever was about to leave Chubs’s mouth would not only be sharp, but cruel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was a survivor of a criminal justice system that had proven, in his case, just how brutally unfair and cruel it could be. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She thought I was dead and that some impostor was trying to pull a cruel joke, or that Goi and Aleer were lying to her to make her feel better. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Supreme Court, where it was argued that electrocution would constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This has to be a cruel prank from her ex, a Death-Cast employee trying to scare her since she called off their year long engagement last night. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z So cruel you’d never think that people could do such a thing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In a cruel irony, ballet commentators back in Russia were irked by Western reviews of the Stravinsky- Nijinsky ballets, which used adjectives such as 'barbaric’, ‘primitive’, ‘wild’ or ‘savage’ in almost every paragraph. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Cardan’s cruel mouth is surprisingly soft, and for a long moment after our lips touch, he’s still as a statue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Older women lowered their eyes in sympathy; many of them had lost children in cruel ways and they knew what strong, lasting grief came with such a loss. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In a cruel irony, it was not the Union army that laid waste to the city. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The Day that killed my brother is a cruel, ruthless criminal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She was not overly cruel to Aunt Elizabeth, she allowed her to put on her own red dress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Not getting what you want can make you cruel. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “So you’re planning on busting us all out of here with your cruel, cutting words? What is brewing in your brain?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There was nothing cruel about him, no ignoble passion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no last-second shot, and we all wear its cruel midnight uniform, starless and unfriendly. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “He’s not the Greenie anymore,” Gaily said, his scratchy voice so low and cruel it was almost comical. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Two giants sat on the outskirts of the group, casting massive shadows over the scene, their faces cruel, rough-hewn like rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It would have been too cruel to say so, however. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, hoy” Dr. Thorn said with a cruel smile. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He had thought how he would like to chain the deputy sheriff behind his own wagon and then scare the horse so that it would run faster than the cruel man could. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And one felt that if one had had that white man’s worldly advantages, one would never have become as bewildered and as joyless and as thoughtlessly cruel as he. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He felt them clawing at his skin, sharp and cruel, saw the slow trickle of blood run down his fingers, and woke, trembling, in the dark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This way was much crueler, making me face the waste of my life before me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Never, I ... his fool, he made cruel japes sometimes, and I . . ." "Someday you must sing for me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tally looked up, trying to see through the tears that were flowing freely now, to peer past Dr. Cable’s cruel mask and find the truth. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She looked at me, and looked at Sarah, and Sarah’s countenance wrung out of her watchful face a cruel smile. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “For the seeking of a piggy, there are many great lords in the forest, riding with frightening shouts. They would not be cruel to starving Gurgi—oh, no—they would feed him...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z At most the two boys in Wang Lung’s house crept to the door and sat in the sun, the cruel sun that never ceased its endless shining. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Dimple really wished she could do this ice breaker thing with someone else, someone she’d be working with for the rest of this project, but asking him to leave right away would just be cruel. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z "A love so true and innocent, Your Grace, it would be cruel to deny it . . . and yet, what can we do? Her father stands condemned." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He isn’t being mean or cruel on purpose—only truthful. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Balekin is cruel and volatile, two qualities not preferable in a monarch. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Only fractions of an inch kept him from cruel good looks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We argued that without anesthesia, the procedure would be needlessly painful and cruel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It had been five years, in truth; five cruel years, for Lysa. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was a victim of fate and cruel circumstance, like everyone else. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Pontellier, you are cruel,” he said, with feeling, closing his eyes and resting his head back in his chair. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally looked up at the cruel face through a prism of gathering tears. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And, he added, “This conduct is very egregious and I don’t think anybody would argue that if it were committed by an adult that the punishment would be cruel and unusual.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z How could the white community ignore the cruel injustices and pain suffered by those families? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Wake and sleep and wake again, every night was broken into pieces by the rough hands of her tormentors, and every night was colder and crueler than the night before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He would not have said such cruel things normally, but he was worried about Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z To find out, after so many years, in such a cruel way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As they entered March the weather became drier, but cruel winds skinned their hands and faces every time they went out onto the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z How could he treat her with such cruel and callous contempt? Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Though not you, of course. Cruel, I mean. That is, you are beautiful, but not cruel.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But she can be so cruel and it comes so suddenly and such birds that fly, dipping and hunting, with their small sad voices are made too delicately for the sea. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think I’m being cruel, but I’m not. I’m telling the truth. That’s what you want, isn’t it, Anna? You asked me not to lie.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As a punishment the ride would have been cruel and unusual, but it was a prize, a gift, an honor, and an eminence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He could also be cruel and drive men on to frightful deeds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z You will become everything you hate—evil, merciless, cruel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s like living with a cruel boarding school teacher inside your own mind. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z ‘Go away! Be off! I don’t trust you, not as far as I could kick you; but be off. Or I shall hurt you, yes, with nasty cruel steel.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Dawn Madden's got cruel eyes like a Chinese empress and sometimes one glimpse at school makes me think about her all day. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She looked at Yishan and saw the boy who had pulled her out of a fiery hut and away from the hands of a cruel soldier. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Cesare Borgia was considered cruel; nonetheless, this cruelty of his brought order to the Romagna, united it, and restored it to peace and loyalty. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Vera might have been in love with Bodega all along but somehow I didn’t think she meant to say all those cruel things to her husband. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Why would any mother say something so cruel? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He had traveled its paths for years, six years now, since that first time, when he was still very young and had left the home that had been cruel to him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Guiltily she realized it had been cruel to be so gleeful over the strength and agility of her feet to someone who had lost his own. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Folks been cruel to me, and I don’t want ever to be cruel to my child. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Court found the sentences imposed in those cases “reasonably proportionate” to the offenses committed—and not “cruel and unusual” in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As long as she lived, she would never forget Matthias’ face at that window, how cruel he’d seemed, or the doubt that had sprung up in her heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You ladies are cruel,” cried one of the youths, slapping his chest. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Finally an emperor outlawed this cruel knot, and the nobles could not order it anymore. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The cruel things Miss Peregrine had done recently made more sense now—that hadn’t been Miss Peregrine at all—but I was still left with a million questions. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z All around the walls and on the floor was the evidence of the lowest impulses to which humans could sink: one could not call the cruel remains of sacrifices bestial, for beasts have dignity. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Many others, employing cruel means, were unable to hold on to their state even in peaceful times, not to speak of the uncertain times of war. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z All that stands in the way of our assessment of our sixteenth- and seventeenth-century ancestors as cruel, barbaric monsters is what they produced in art, poetry, architecture and music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was a cruel kind of thievery, stealing into someone’s worst memories. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “You must really hate demigods,” Hazel said, trying to mimic Pasiphaë’s cruel smile. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t mean, just...honest. Wouldn’t it be crueler to make him think there was some hope that I’d come around and just embrace all of this?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I think he might be some of those other things, and cruel as well.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The only wrong I have done is to take shoes to the children in Colliers whose bare feet are blue from the cruel blasts of winter,” Fannie said. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z We stood bunched up beside the great truck, all of us naked and stinking, our little whole, our night-entity exposed to the bright cruel daylight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Look, they don't know anything about it,’ he said, ‘it's very quick. It's not cruel.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z So they would tell each other it had happened, a lovely miracle which made the cruel death seem less cruel. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Like sheep they followed her, but I saw cruel deceit, and stayed behind. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The gods were cruel to let a man sail across half the world, then send him chasing a false light when he was almost home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t believe how cruel they can be. You wouldn’t believe it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It seemed beyond cruel to leave the word behind where no one would ever hear it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I thought you were a kind boy. You wouldn’t be so cruel as to leave a girl and her parents waiting alone, would you? You’ll break her mother’s heart!” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Only sugar—the sweetness we all crave—could drive people to be so cruel, and to combat all forms of cruelty. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Moonlight silvered the cruel edges of the spikes that lined its bed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the movies the landlord’s wife was ugly, cruel, and stupid. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So everyone laughed and left him alone and he didn’t care because everyone said cruel things to everyone in the neighborhood. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But many of the drivers of these trucks were cruel. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But over the summer his encroaching dementia had taken a cruel twist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so, but that’s only a matter of time. You know how cruel children are. Someday in the schoolyard it will be shouted at them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It is a cruel thing in the evening of our lives.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Fie had bombed the school at night, when it was empty, but how cruel this man was, hurling firebombs at a place where little children wanted only to learn to read and write and add. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It feels cruel, like I’m saying one type of face is better than another. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Hades allowed himself the faintest smile, but there was nothing cruel in his eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The deserter knows his life is forfeit if he is taken, so he will not flinch from any crime, no matter how vile or cruel: "The pin, lad," the big man said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z While Nicole was in surgery and Dave Bendix at the police station, I was home in my dumpy little bedroom, doing my thing, remotely scanning cruel people’s phones and computers, looking for nastiness to leak. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Stalin, who led the Soviet Union until 1953, was a cruel dictator who ruled by terror. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “To think that when I first met you I thought you were cruel and bloodthirsty!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I wondered if she was aware of just how cruel her son had been to me all these years. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Its beauty did little to lighten her mood; it seemed cruel for a day to dawn so fair and end so foul as this one promised to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I had no job at the time and was living off the cruel joke I referred to as my savings. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Not far away was my basket, overturned in the dirt, a reminder of Ucho and his cruel words. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Being close to suffering, death, executions, and cruel punishments didn't just illuminate the brokenness of others; in a moment of anguish and heartbreak, it also exposed my own brokenness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She crossed over the dry moat with its cruel iron spikes and made her way up the narrow turnpike stair, but when she reached the door of her bedchamber she could not bear to enter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To say that to me—someone who’d never experienced a popular minute, much less a popular day—was beyond cruel. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z By quitting time Lupita’s hands ached as much as before, and her fingers were blistered in new places, a cruel gift of the cutters. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Though she knew it was meant to be a cautionary tale, now that she had seen that fairy, she thought that Kathleen’s fate was not so cruel after all. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But she realized then the magnitude of the cruel exchange Trademaster had offered her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Not—cruel, not—mean; can’t you understand I’m...” and here his voice trailed off for a moment as he squinted. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Jordan’s cruel life was housed in a small redbrick bungalow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z No one could be so cruel as to sever such a deep bond. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He had changed; it was cruel to pretend he hadn’t. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Earlier writers thought of Indians as important, though uncivilized, but later books froze them into a formula: “lazy, childlike, and cruel.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If he had never been warm, he had never been cruel either. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The roar still echoed around us and was joined by a cruel, deep, and hungry growling. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Murder is a cruel trade,” says the Ghost. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In a funny way, his eyes held the same intensity that the cruel pretties’ had, though without their coldness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He fell the daw which took him in the chest He felt himself turning somersaults slowly, with a cruel weight on top of him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In my room, I thought my father was mean and cruel. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your cruel gods and the Knight of Flowers altogether did me in." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Probably the ruffians of that time so marked innocent people as a cruel joke and the practice had persisted down through the centuries to be distorted into a meaningless Halloween prank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira lowered her head and limped past them, ignoring the cruel laughter. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not now I’ve brought Boots back. Not after I told you that it was me who let him escape. You can’t hurt Julius now. It would be too cruel. Too unjust.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “You’re a saint to put up with it, Soph. This is cruel and unusual.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z After Luke was cruel to their dog, the Hudsons admitted that he may have not been ready to live with them, and he returned to The Children’s Home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I cup my hands over my mouth and scream out in pain over the cruel death of my sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I became an obstacle, not a teammate, and the treatment I received from my coach and the rest of the team grew increasingly harsh and cruel. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A heavy and cruel hand has been laid upon us. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z You had to know who was lazy and who was cruel, who was smart and who was stupid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They climbed on to the causeway and trudged along, down the hard cruel road that led to the Dark Tower itself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She carefully selects an almost dainty-looking number with a cruel, curved blade. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He could finish me easily but was having too much fun and wanted to play his cruel little games even now. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s say her village wasn’t as kind to Jews as Zmeyreka has been. Her parents were killed. Lena was sold to a jarl who came through. She was lucky. He wasn’t cruel to her.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But the cruel, stinging barbs dug in farther, and their stinging torture spread through his face and jaws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No, the old maester thought, this is not you, not your way, you were always just, always hard yet never cruel, never, you did not understand mockery, no more than you understood laughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Along the banks of the Wooded Island ice two feet thick locked Olmsted’s bulrush and sedge in cruel contortions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She did not know how it would look, if it could capture the cruel mix of emotions she felt, the desire to cry and slap him and steel herself all at once. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The stench was cruel, insinuating itself into the folds of his clothes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “No, I know that smile. It is a cruel queen who dices with men’s hearts. Humble merchants like myself are no more than stones beneath your jeweled sandals.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The Lannister woman has seen to that. How can you be so damnably cruel, Catelyn? He is only a boy. He—" His fury was on him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The takeover of Attica by inmates allowed the country to learn about cruel practices within prisons such as solitary confinement, where inmates are isolated in a small confined space for weeks or months. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The mask was a human skull; from it, the great antlers rose in cruel curves. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z True, some slaveowners and their overseers were brutal and cruel, but the same was true of some Westerosi lords and their stewards and bailiffs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It seemed like cruel fate that we’d come to Hoover Dam, one of Annabeth’s personal favorites, and she wasn’t here to see it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Turning to the other qualities mentioned above, let me say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel; nevertheless, he must take care not to use such mercy badly. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z For a second I thought he was Ares, because this guy looked exactly like the god of war—tall and buff, with a cruel scarred face and closely shaved black hair. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z This is what Margaret asked: “Have you ever heard the saying ‘The cruelest lies are often told in silence’?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Guests and servants standing around us, silent as they witnessed these cruel solemnities, Lord Cheldthorpe’s valet and his footman took turns whipping us with the rod. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A scar clung to the side of his face like a giant worm, and a cruel smile twisted his mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The bag thing is manageable, but having to actually clean the bowl in its current state is just cruel and unusual punishment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And I for sure know what cruel means. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z By then, having consulted her American education, my mother decided it would be cruel to press charges. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But the one about the cruel hunters in their red coats and the nice boy who felt sorry for the fox and refused to tell them which way it had gone. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Be very careful, senorita. The soldiers of the English are cruel and dangerous. The river you need to cross is not far.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed a particularly cruel place to be. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They pelted me with stones and called me names that were cruel and hurtful, names like "Christ killer." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Drowning is bad enough, he reflected sourly, but drowning sad and sober, that’s too cruel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the ones who want a god who speaks are cruel. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A tingle runs up my spine at the sight, and I hear a low, cruel cackle. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "You must think I'm truly cruel sometimes now," she says quietly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "You are a cruel man, to make the Grand Maester squirm so," the eunuch scolded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z |
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