How to Use heartless in a Sentence

heartless

adjective
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  • But the fact that this ever happened drove the left to cry Trump's a heartless guy.
    — Fox News, 26 July 2018
  • What kind of heartless robot wouldn’t care any how the teams around here do?
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Trump, of course, has said all manner of heartless things.
    — Laura McGann, Vox, 24 June 2018
  • The contrast between the warm tone of the music and the lyrics full of heartless words was both shocking and amusing.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 14 June 2022
  • Still, the question remains: How could Luyendyk have been so heartless?
    — Amy Kaufman, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The heartless old thing was killed when someone thrust an icicle through her heart.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Maybe that’s why the new version feels just a little more hollow and heartless.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 June 2017
  • And part of the problem with the heartless felons is people were petrified of them and wouldn’t talk to police.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
  • In 1997, outrage greeted what seemed to be her heartless response to the death of Princess Diana in a Paris car crash.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Dear Hurt and Confused: What your husband did to you was heartless and cruel.
    — cleveland, 25 Nov. 2021
  • All of this was predictable, which doesn’t make the NFL a heartless, greedy monster for trying to play a season.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020
  • This type of heartless act has the potential of ruining years of progress.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • This stunt may have been designed to show up the islanders as heartless liberals who talk a good game but don’t walk the walk.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • If the world sometimes seems cold and heartless, filled with animus and divide, take heart.
    — Ken Roberts, Forbes, 16 July 2022
  • In his best sketch, Glover was the heartless and inept attorney for Jurassic Park.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • The heartless street reveals itself as a brimful dungeon to those who look.
    — Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • But dozens of readers agreed with you that my reaction seemed heartless.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
  • State health care advocates labeled the Senate plan as heartless, the same way the House bill passed last month was received.
    — Bill Dentzer, idahostatesman, 22 June 2017
  • Next time your woke friends try to tell you Kevin de León is some heartless anti-homeless monster, tell them to drive up to Cow Town.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
  • So, the fact that Duy continues to pressure her to have more children seems nothing short of heartless.
    — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The calculus may be heartless but the results are lovely.
    — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 21 July 2021
  • It’s run by Dreykov (Ray Winstone), a heartless man who has developed a way to control free will.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2021
  • And while these creatures have been painted as heartless predators on the hunt for human blood (thanks, Jaws), that couldn't be further from the truth.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Written and directed by J. Blakeson, the film is in love with its heartless heroine, loath to let her out of the camera’s sight.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2021
  • But demanding a present back in the face of a death is heartless, petty and cruel, none of which etiquette condones.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
  • That someone could be so heartless and cruel is deplorable.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The pranks that go viral now, compared to the ones popular on YouTube and Vine five years ago, aren't so blatantly heartless.
    — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Now Kimmel’s late-night brand is no longer just heartless pranks and pretend-hatred of Matt Damon.
    — Elahe Izadi, The Denver Post, 3 May 2017
  • Your sister’s behavior all these years has been relentless and heartless.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Most media reports in 2015 painted Mukerjea as a heartless woman willing to sacrifice her emotions for the sake of power and money.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024

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