Sentence examples for almost brutal from inspiring English sources

"It was almost brutal," he said.

After awhile, it was almost brutal.

Soon we turned to each other; it seemed almost brutal at first.

As a metaphorical description of the death, this line is almost brutal.

There is something ruthless, almost brutal, about the fierce internal battles she wages during shows.

On celluloid the affair seems tinnier, almost brutal, and more about Frank callously exploiting Maureen.

This kind of story shows us the almost-brutal moment when childhood seems suddenly to be gone, replaced by an often alarming, cruel, or disappointing adult world.

After all, the pre-match and post‑match spats between Jones and Clive Woodward in the runup to that extra-time, wrong-footed drop goal in Sydney and the celebratory parades through London that followed were almost as brutal and cruel as the games themselves.

At times almost too brutal for its own good, this is effective rather than inspired writing.

Instead, the royal family talked about dialogue but didn't make meaningful concessions, and the security forces remain almost as brutal as any in the region.

Yet the Cubs, the once and almost always brutal Cubs, are serious threats to reach the postseason for the first time since 1998.