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"The fact that she was unable to cold-heartedly reject him was the problem, if one can call it a problem, and it is a little regrettable," Mr Yoon said.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2024

NURSE, cold-heartedly, 'She's sleeping, ma'am, and I have made it a rule to let her wake up naturally.

From Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

They are open to the influence of religious agents, in which they believe more or less cold-heartedly, without ever entering into definite and fixed relations with them.

From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by Leuba, James H. (James Henry)

"You can tell it before you get the biscuit," said Phoebe cold-heartedly, but she laid two crisp disks on the edge of his saucer.

From Andrew the Glad by Daviess, Maria Thompson

And yet she had cold-heartedly amused herself with him.

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.