iron-hearted
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of iron-hearted
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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At last, as numerous members of the audience began to weep, that iron-hearted Liberal, Viscount Grey of Fallodon drew forth his handkerchief and wiped his eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is the enemy of conjugal love, and is the Jupiter of the Greeks, an iron-hearted tyrant, the ruiner of ancient Greece.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
The interest of the press and the public approval of the National Irish Players had not proved sufficient to propitiate that iron-hearted monster, Financial Success.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
Alas! humanity is weak: we are compelled to say that the heroic knight, the ardent lover, the iron-hearted rebel, suddenly changed his device, and took for his crest a lion no longer, only a hare.
From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous
Do you shut your door against the houseless and the homeless, O iron-hearted innkeeper?
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
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