hard heart
Frequency: 7.08.0 per million words
to be unforgiving and unsympathetic
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Examples (10)
- He must have a truly hard heart to ignore their pleas for help.
- The cruel queen was known throughout the land for her hard heart.
- Only someone with a hard heart could walk past a crying child without stopping.
- Years of hardship had given the old man a hard heart and a cynical view of the world.
- She accused him of having a hard heart when he refused to forgive her small mistake.
- It takes a hard heart to be a debt collector, seeing people at their lowest every day.
- The villain in the story is a classic archetype with a hard heart and no redeeming qualities.
- Do you have such a hard heart that you can't feel any sympathy for their situation?
- His refusal to donate to the charity made everyone think he had a hard heart.
- Despite his tough exterior, he didn't have a hard heart and would often secretly help those in need.