You see, right there, there's the mixture, which was typical of the whole period, of cruel efficiency on the part of the Vichy police on the one hand, and an immense effort of solidarity by the people on the other.

The dwarves, blood enemies of the Firbolgs, attacked with cruel efficiency, hamstringing many of their giant opponents with the first attack.

Under the dust, metal gleamed with cruel efficiency.

Except for the random gunfire, America had been miles behind the rest of the world; on 9/11, we knew we had been bumped up, with cruel efficiency, many units.

Walter, rehabilitated with cruel efficiency by Jeff Steinbrenner, had wept as he piloted the schooner out of Manchineel Bay for the last time, outward bound for the Gulf Stream and the forbidden East Passage.

The winged hunter had crossed the water and was aiming the sawtoothed front legs at its prey with cruel efficiency.

The federal cannons rained terror on the advancing Confederates with cruel efficiency.

It was planned a week or more before mirk, and put into execution with cruel efficiency.

-"Darwin made the cruel efficiency of the process clear when he showed that every species on Earth tries to have more offspring than it needs in order to replace the prior generation.

But for the cruel efficiencies of the Greys, Taglios would have become a chaotic, murderous sink, a hellfire fueled by poverty and despair.