Sentence examples for cruel competition from inspiring English sources

There exists unprecedented pressure to be perfect and cruel competition.

In physics, as in politics, the competition is crueller in lean times.

"The competition can be cruel".

"Harmony Lessons," a powerful film showing out of competition, observes the cruel pecking order and bullying at a school in rural Kazakhstan where a 13-year-old loner is persecuted by older classmates who operate an extortion racket.

And in a world in which the competition grows ever crueler and the jockeying for advantage more intense, parents feel it's more incumbent on them than ever to leave no stone unturned and to play an error-free game.

But, he says, the growth of comedy panel shows makes comedians dependent on one-line quips that, in an atmosphere of usually male competition, often become progressively cruel.

"It's a cruel way to go out of a competition," concluded King.

"It's a cruel way to go out of a competition, yet we came so close to winning it in normal time.

Competition shows used to be much crueler.

She had her hiccups in her effort to lead the women to the medal stand (they were fourth in the team competition), but also had to endure the cruel twist of a mismeasured vault in the all-around competition.

Another song, "I Wanna Be Cruel," became a finalist in the 2013 UnSigned Only Songwriting Competition.