But nature was cruel. By the nineteen twenties, erosion from winds and weather had removed a large part of the land.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Parents of children age ten to seventeen were asked whether their child bullies or is cruel or mean to others.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

For example, the reporter Nellie Bly was working for him when she investigated the cruel treatment of patients at a mental hospital.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

The Society's plan ended a cruel life of slavery for many negroes.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

This cruel cold could make a man afraid of his own voice.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

"There are U.S.troops who are incredibly crass and cruel in their treatment of citizens and journalists as well."

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

But,contemporary forms of slavery are often as cruel and dehumanizing.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21