Cruelly

Examples

• How unjustly, how capriciously, how cruelly, they have commonly exercised it, is too well known from recent experience. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Do I mind being cruelly treated by Somebody Else? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In the matter of slavery; all nations had slaves; some treated them very cruelly, some with moderate cruelty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Yes, you served me cruelly enough until I thought I had found someone fairer than you. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But no--I am cruelly limited to my actual experience of persons and things. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He was sorry ere the words were spoken though he did not know how cruelly they had cut the girl. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I did not so much think his pride was hurt, as that his affections had been wounded--cruelly wounded, it seemed to me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Franklin has hurt Rosanna cruelly, without intending it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The unvarying gentleness and patience which long misfortune had tried so cruelly and had never conquered yet, seemed now to have suddenly failed her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Fate has treated you cruelly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It would be cruelly wicked to leave poor Esmeralda here alone, and three of us would be no more successful than one. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Has this cruelly treated girl been able to walk home? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I have had so many griefs and wrongs, Joseph Sedley; I have been made to suffer so cruelly that I am almost made mad sometimes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But I have been suffering cruelly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• What can have induced him to behave so cruelly? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It sickened her, for blows fell heavily and cruelly on the quiet of the night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• However, right or wrong, the information served to agitate me most cruelly! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It is you, Mr. Street, who cruelly neglect me, on the contrary, said Fanny, laughing. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• All such bright anticipations were cruelly dashed that night at Varennes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I have been cruelly used and cruelly wronged. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then, in a rush, it cruelly taunts him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Oh, and you think Caliphronas is— Very nice, interrupted Helena cruelly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She put out her hand, and Will took it for an instant without speaking, for her words had seemed to him cruelly cold and unlike herself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It seems so cold and so unfeeling to be looking at the future already in this cruelly composed way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Gunto, her husband, has cruelly bitten her! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• You have been cruelly used, said Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Tapeworm, the Charge d'Affaires, who had abused her so cruelly, came to dine with Jos, and then came every day to pay his respects to Becky. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am cruelly used, nobody feels for my poor nerves. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Mr. Sam often flogs his pointers cruelly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Edited by Angelina