It was the sort of casually cruel remark that humans often make, but that he had never thought to hear from her.

All too often, one's self-image was formed by the cruel remarks of others.

It is a cruel remark, keenly resented by the Germans.

A dozen cruel remarks danced through my head, and I kept my mouth closed.

I had found him likeable enough until then, in spite of his doings, but a remark so cruel was hard to take.

Entreri only smiled in response to the pointedly cruel remark.

In August 1912, she had a fight with her husband, in which he "made cruel remarks about his mother-in-law".

If you'll pardon the cruel remark, that really is a beauty.

Have I, indeed, said anything you should answer with such a cruel remark?

It is not moral to resort to cruel remarks about an animal that can neither help its appearance nor defend itself.