Sentence examples for rather cruel from inspiring English sources

She was, in fact, rather cruel.

That's a cool — and rather cruel — logic for you.

(A cunning, tempting, and, in fact, rather cruel strategy — Richard would have approved).

He was considered a class clown, always up to rather cruel pranks.

Did anyone see that rather cruel (tee hee!) study on the science of "dad dancing"?

He was handsome in a rather cruel, caddish way – he seemed to exude arrogance and indifference.

But religion is seldom the culprit: look, rather, for cruel autocrats, corrupt feudal systems, overbearing armies or any combination of the above.

(The British expression is "wind up": rather more cruel, when you think about it, because it treats people as tin toys).

For the film to succeed, what Henry does -- using his temporal advantage to manipulate Lucy into loving him -- must seem charming rather than cruel.

Hanson-Young indicated she did not regard such incidents as the fault of the navy or customs but rather the "cruel" policies they were forced to implement.

Again, there is the same self-consciously weak opening: "I'm sure every leader would wish to be seen as compassionate rather than cruel".