cruels

British  

noun

1. another name for actinobacillosis, a disease of sheep

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Example Sentences

Today, though, her powerful fiction is too little read, apart from a handful of eerie tales and contes cruels.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2019

Since Jackson died of heart failure at 48 in 1965, her work has never lacked for admirers, especially among aficionados of contes cruels and tales of existential disorientation.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2015

This also applied to the Intersigne, which had later been joined to the Contes cruels, a collection of indisputable talent in which was found Véra, which Des Esseintes considered a little masterpiece.

From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)

"La femelle du tigre, exhalant l'odeur du carnage, fait retentir les solitudes de l'Afrique de ses miaulements affreux, et paraît remplie d'attraits à ses cruels amants."

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

Jamais l'aimable soeur des cruels Pallantides Trempa-t-elle aux complots de ses frères perfides.

From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton