Sentence examples for ruthless reputation from inspiring English sources

I think behind his ruthless reputation, Mr. Merrick did have a heart.

Najibullah was a tough guy, too, and in the Afghan context his strength and ruthless reputation seemed to aid his political strategy.

In Turkey, the Kurdish revolt has been led by the Kurdish Workers Party, or P.K.K., which has its own ruthless reputation.

You are exactly the type of people that have given the fashion world the cold, unwelcoming and ruthless reputation it has had in the past.

Of course, if you're the beneficiary of a £300m Swiss trust fund, courtesy of a father, James Goldsmith, who built a ruthless reputation and a billion-pound fortune from corporate raiding, if you're blessed with dashing good looks and you're not much intimidated, as most MPs are, by the thought of losing your job, then you're probably not going to win any House of Commons popularity contests.

Abramovich has earned a ruthless reputation when it comes to the removal of managers and Bevan believes this attitude led to Villas-Boas's reported power struggle with senior players such as Frank Lampard and undermined him from the outset.

Time can be ruthless with reputation.

Patrick had a reputation for ruthless violence.

He gained a reputation for ruthless suppression of Ukrainian nationalists.

Noe also quickly earned a reputation for ruthless budget cutting.

The 1981 budget contained more spending cuts, further depressing demand, in the teeth of the recession.This, more than anything, saw the birth of her reputation for ruthless decisiveness.