Sentence examples for ruthless action from inspiring English sources

He was an intensely shy, soft-spoken, man, but capable of decisive, occasionally ruthless, action.

This ruthless action excited widespread horror but strengthened Alexander's position relative to his critics and those whom he regarded as his father's men.

Boniface's handling of missionaries whose methods he deplored sheds light on his personality and temperament: he turned immediately to Rome, he expected prompt and ruthless action, and he seems at times to have been excessively severe in his judgments.

His ruthless action probably hastened the conversion of many rural and small-town Frenchmen to the idea of a republic, because the regime had proved its toughness in handling subversion.

Third, some Athenian subject allies joined in coercing Melos in 416, evidence that Ionians and Aeolians could be mobilized against Dorians and perhaps even that they positively approved of all the implications of a notably ruthless action.

The man had been trying to tell her about a case he had been working on & she felt that his language had reached a point of obfuscation which called for ruthless action.

The latter shames Proteus into penitence for his ruthless actions and inconstancy.

Phones 4U founder John Caudwell blamed the demise of the company on the "ruthless actions" of "predatory" mobile phone networks.

John Caudwell, the founder of Phones 4U, has blamed the demise of his former company on the "ruthless actions" of "predatory" mobile phone networks.

When reports began to surface that Nikola Radosavljević believed that a Vlach black magic spell was the cause of his ruthless actions, a media frenzy erupted.

While never condoning the Assad regime's ruthless actions against its own population, eradicating ISIS, and drying up its violent, exported hate-filled swamp should be our #1 priority.