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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cruel as" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in similes to compare someone's actions or behavior to a known standard of cruelty.
Example: "He was as cruel as a heartless villain in a story."
Alternatives: "as harsh as" or "as brutal as".
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And penny-pinching at the expense of the unemployed is cruel as well as misguided.
Similarly, a prince should not care about being held cruel as long as the cruelty is "well used".
Jim Nelson, a New Jersey vet, does not think the procedure is cruel as long as it's done properly.
"Love can be cruel as hate," Masha says.
West says he was cruel, as a coach, to players.
Moreover, Judas could be as cruel as Joshua was.
The policy is as cruel as it is mendacious.
"This very cruel," as Lu Maw succinctly put it.
Ostracising the elderly is not so much cruel as stupid.
Cruel as her cat body and her sullen tongue".
She becomes as cruel as Don Lope ever was — perhaps even more so.
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