Sentence examples for ruthless like from inspiring English sources

"I wanted to be soft like Rothko and ruthless like Ad Reinhardt".

He is bloodless, nerveless and utterly ruthless, like Nick Faldo in his pomp.

Bobbitt thinks that Machiavelli's prince could be ruthless, like the Romans, because he invented that new thing, "the princely state," which must be preserved for the benefit of all.

Although he has overseen the Commission and the EU at its most ruthless – like the dispossession of Greece during the Eurozone crisis – he is considered in diplomatic and political circles to be a collegial, affable figure.

Its selling point was ruthless, factory-like efficiency: each customer ordered at a counter (rather than via waiters), and would be served within 50 seconds.

Much of the responsibility for the epidemic of photos depicting the world's wealthiest people in absurd clothing or settings is the work of ruthless photographers who like nothing better than to make their subjects look like idiots.

When they go up against a ruthless outfit like the Haqqanis, they tend to get killed.

For clever and ruthless entrepreneurs like Bout, this became the ultimate gold rush.

Her face grew sombre, and her mouth twisted into a ruthless shape, like a Chinese sword.

Ruthless leaders like Mullah Omar, who gave sanctuary to Al Qaeda before 9/11, deserve to be brought to justice, not given a free pass or a seat at the table.

Unlike the American screenwriters who supported Stalin, these pathetic people are not serving a powerful and ruthless master like the Soviet Union.