crueler
- comparative of cruel.
Example Sentences
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I recognize, of course, that life isn’t fair and that many families are grappling with circumstances far crueler than ours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
He basically just says it in a way that’s even crueler and more callous than what Barrett says.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025
And then the even crueler twist: The threatened bolts of lightning, the thunder, rain and pea-sized hailstones never reached Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023
For a very long time, the god of pleasure who had so appealed to me as a young child was replaced with a crueler god, The Pursuit of Thinness.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022
"Yet these are hard times, my lord. His road is no crueler than yours or your lady's."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
