However, fate (and the author's whims) would finally be kind to Jelly in a cruel manner.

He proceeded to rule in an erratic and cruel manner, causing officials to become alienated.

The doctor, it said, had "allegedly treated other inmates in a cruel and unprofessional manner."

They were concerned about the cruel manner of the uplift of the children, and that such action had been taken without proper investigation.

"Illness robbed Clarence of his physical stature in a manner cruel to behold."

He was taken prisoner and delivered up to the Methymnians, who put him to death in a cruel manner.

How could any creature treat another in this cruel manner?

Exploitation, the using something or someone in an unjust, cruel or abusive manner.

The cruel manner of Christman's death led to a great deal of media coverage in 1942.

Second, the judge found that the offense was committed "in an especially heinous, cruel or depraved manner."