iron-hearted
Americanadjective
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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
There was none to plead for Tyro and her helpless children, for her mother, Alkidike, was dead, and Salmoneus had taken the iron-hearted Sidero to be his wife.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Then again they would be as iron-hearted in their demands, as though we were free from sufferings, and in affluent circumstances.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John
These words, coming from the once iron-hearted Berselius, struck Adams strangely; there was a trace of pity in their tone.
From The Pools of Silence by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
The iron-hearted Berselius, the man of daring and nerve, was not here, he had been left behind in the elephant country in the immeasurable south.
From The Pools of Silence by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
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