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Recent Examples of heartless The pope also came in for criticism from right-wing commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, who labeled Francis a Marxist because of his blunt condemnations of heartless capitalism and the concentration of wealth in the hands of so few. Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025 Since then, the poster has been inundated with calls and messages accusing him of being heartless—including from her family. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025 Many of my family members are still upset with me even as far as calling me cruel and heartless. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 The husband suggested her friend should help with the bill, and the wife retaliated by calling him heartless and petty. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for heartless
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Adjective
  • The ruthless, physical Panthers will get a strong Oilers squad, with Ekholm back on the back end, Skinner emphatically taking back his net from Calvin Pickard, and both McDavid and Leon Draisaitl on top of their games.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • As with everything Banksy, siting and context are chief among the avenues of investigation into the man’s intent and into his his hilariously ruthless nocturnal execution of his art.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • The reason Evin is infamous is because of its terribly cruel high security detention centers that are poorly supervised by the Prison Chief.
    Jeff Kaufman, Time, 30 May 2025
  • But then perhaps that is her unsatisfying but depressingly undeniable point: there is no challenging minds this small, behaviors this cruel, spirits this mean.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Heat’s roller-coaster season has come to a merciless end.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • This time, his assignment takes him to Serbia, as he is tasked with assassinating the merciless General Mile Valstoria (Peter Linka).
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • Lori survives the brutal events of prom night, but not without a fight.
    Jane LaCroix, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • Would a Venezuelan contestant who rolled off her log need to use her airline miles when forcibly flown to the waiting arms of Maduro’s brutal regime?
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2025
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  • The original 2006 film, which was adapted from Lauren Weisberger’s book of the same name, starred Meryl Streep as the powerful Miranda Priestley, Anne Hathaway as fashion newbie Andy Sachs, Emily Blunt as vicious assistant Emily and Stanley Tucci as Miranda’s right hand man Nigel.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • Wolves are vicious and intelligent group hunters, but dogs and thunderstorms famously do not mix.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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  • As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022

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“Heartless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartless. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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