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There’s a pitilessness in all of it, typical of the Coens, suitable in this movie to situations in which few favored character get out alive.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2018

Curran’s depiction of this moment is harrowing in its pitilessness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2018

Its Har-Tru American clay courts are precious enough to elicit a certain pitilessness in its patrons.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012

The phrase is supposed to evoke the pitilessness it takes to survive in “the ultimate jungle,” but we don’t actually feel much compassion for the losers.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2012

But as it is I perceive behind them only the suffering of the creature, the awful melancholy of life and the pitilessness of men.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque