Sentence examples for a cruel start from inspiring English sources
As a forward for both Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town, he defied a cruel start (orphaned at nine, and raised in an East End children's home with his brother Edward) to become only the second black player to compete in the top division.
It was a deeply cruel start to an unbelievably cruel deed.
Then, Frank got even more cruel, starting guest features but never actually teasing new music, just letting us know what we were missing.
Volunteering, for instance, is "a cruel way to start retirement," Ms. Millen said, if it means doing menial work "for a 22-year-old boss who doesn't know you can do her job with one hand tied behind your back".
In a cruel coincidence, BBC America started showing the most recent series of The Thick Of It on Saturday night.
Three weeks later, however, a cruel stumble at the start of the Belmont Stakes prevented War Emblem from becoming part of racing history.
At first Nikki is horrified, believing it to be a cruel joke, but Jonah starts reminiscing on his childhood.
Kasparov says that he was "dead wrong" to support Yeltsin for reëlection to the Russian Presidency in 1996, even though it was a fairly open secret that Yeltsin, who had started a cruel and senseless war in Chechnya, was too addled to rule effectively.
Contemporary music at 9.30am seems a cruel and unusual way to start a long, celebratory day of 10 back-to-back concerts that won't end, albeit with some soothing Handel cantatas, much before midnight.
Directed by Lou Jacob, this 90-minute portrait of an old-time America invaded by a cruel new breed of Americans starts off much more satisfyingly than it finishes.
