iron-hearted
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of iron-hearted
First recorded in 1610–20
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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
What of Andromache, Wife of mine iron-hearted Hector, where Journeyeth she?
From The Trojan Women of Euripedes by Euripedes
The great enemy of the country,—the haughty, vindictive, and cruel foe of England at this period, was the iron-hearted bigot of Spain: and upon Spain were the eyes of all men turned with apprehension.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
Oh, if she was, and I had cast her off, and made myself a cold iron-hearted brute, at the whisper of a wretch like Jeeks!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various
The book dropped from my hand as I read this dreadful story, and I regretted my relation to a race of beings, capable of such iron-hearted cruelty and infernal guilt.
From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by John N. Reynolds
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