His executioner was quite unskilled and could not find Green's heart; the butchery, with appalling cruelty, was prolonged for nearly half an hour.

Russell Whitaker, victim of a father's appalling cruelty, marries Maria and they have a child, a boy called John.

Though few supported SR terrorism, most were outraged by this appalling cruelty to a prisoner, especially to an attractive young woman.

Mowgli's owner, Michelle Buchanan, urged the public to help catch the man responsible for the "appalling" cruelty.

Was this done by "atrocious callousness" and "appalling cruelty" alone?

Dismissed servicemen are accustomed to the most appalling cruelty.

By then, I think everyone was so exhausted, sickened by the realities of war and its appalling cruelties, that celebrations were somewhat quieter.

These executions were so extremely merry, that every horrible circumstance which Cromwell had abandoned was revived with appalling cruelty.

Translated into official policies and unofficial customs, rules of thumb about people have justified many of the most appalling cruelties of human history.

Black hair drawn up in a chignon, striking face, quiet eyes of midnight blue; strange to think that those eyes could hide such appalling cruelty.