iron-hearted
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- iron-heartedly adverb
- iron-heartedness noun
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
Even grim Stanton, the iron-hearted, stood by his bedside and through blinding tears exclaimed: “Now he belongs to the ages!”
From The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Dixon, Thomas
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 Reynolds, John N.
Oh, iron-hearted Surja Mukhi, arise! think what you have done.
From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Knight, Miriam S.
In a recent English work we were indeed complimented for our patience, but it was reserved for Doctor Kirsten to discover in us, this degree of iron-hearted, immovable, nil admirarism.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
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