Whatever Scott's weaknesses, he didn't deserve the public flogging, and for a young, successful African-American head coach, the implications were excessively cruel.

Pratchett also compares the elves to cats, both being extremely stylish and excessively cruel.

His mouth was a straight line; he looked as if he could be excessively cruel, coldly cruel.

Michael was excessively cruel to his prisoners, in some cases crucifying Latin priests.

Others still have outlawed the practice entirely, believing the use of execution to be excessively cruel or hypocritical.

He is portrayed as a highly skilled martial artist, very righteous but also excessively cruel at times.

Surprisingly, even the Landooran government agreed that preventing him from attending the opening would be excessively cruel punishment for someone not yet proven guilty of anything.

I liked that about her, and hoped the audience would not be excessively cruel.

Papa realized that to condemn Jase to a life at sea would be excessively cruel!

He is alleged to have been excessively cruel to his prisoners, in some cases crucifying Latin priests.