It was cruel of him to offer to help you.
Was it cruel of me to enjoy this so much?
It was cruel of Mother to ignore her like this.
How cruel of you two to make it difficult and force us to go to a judge.
It was cruel of her, he thought, considering all things.
It's cruel of you to try to force me into this family.
I have gone on thinking you the cruelest of men.
How cruel of him not to tell me everything about you.
"It would be cruel of you to pen one up."
It would be cruel of us to make him smell what he may not eat.