How to use "cruel" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "cruel" in popular movie and book plots

  • In a cruel twist of fate, the person who perfected the synthesis was Dietrich Bauer.  - Making History (novel)
  • He manages to save several puppets from being burned by the cruel Lorenzini who accidentally sets the theater aflame.  - The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 film)
  • She tells him that to have her, he must be as cruel and ruthless as she is.  - The Stars My Destination
  • Paule seizes any pretext for being cruel to her sons, and especially to Jean.  - Viper in the Fist
  • Chucky later kills the cruel camp barber Sergeant Botnick (Andrew Robinson) by slashing his neck with a razor.  - Child's Play 3
  • However, she fears her husband has too much good nature, and vows to be cruel for him.  - Macbeth (1971 film)
  • Guy and his ally, the cruel Raynald of Châtillon, attack a Saracen caravan, and Saladin advances on Raynald's castle Kerak in retaliation.  - Kingdom of Heaven (film)
  • If Paul were ever moved to be extremely cruel to her, the cruelest thing he could do.  - Player Piano (novel)
  • The cruel giant swallows the tiny boy like a pill.  - Tom Thumb
  • In the original 1960 edition, Tenma rejected Astro and sold him to a cruel circus owner, Hamegg (the Great Cacciatore in the '60 English dub).  - Astro Boy
  • Calling him cruel and vengeful, she leaves McLeod for good, not wanting to be "driven to a lunatic asylum".  - Detective Story (1951 film)
  • A childishly cruel white vigilante, Percy Grimm, follows him there and, over Hightower's protest, shoots and castrates Christmas.  - Light in August
  • Disoriented by the attention and the cruel remarks about her haggard appearance, Jane retreats back into her fog of delusion.  - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (novel)
  • Many popular new works based on the story feature one step-sister who is not as cruel to Cinderella as the other.  - Cinderella
  • Spit is a bit malicious with a cruel streak and initially bullies the newcomer and takes his pocket change.  - Dead End (1937 film)
  • When Fantine arrives at Montfermeil, she leaves Cosette in the care of the Thénardiers, a corrupt innkeeper and his selfish, cruel wife.  - Les Misérables

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