ruthful

Example Sentences

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Solskjær’s side are too ruthful in attack and defence, but can offset these weaknesses by dominating opponents in midfield.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2020

What doleful sight, what ruthful spectacle Hath fortune offered to my hapless heart?

From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

Long did I stand, in the sunshine of that day when first I saw the ruin, wondering and distressed, ruthful, indignant that such things should be.

From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

Sweet Almeda, pity the ruthful plight Of Callapine, the son of Bajazeth, Born to be monarch of the western world, Yet here detain'd by cruel Tamburlaine.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Marlowe, Christopher

O that my death would stay these ruthful deeds!—

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William