Lord Ghrant, while not the most prepossessing of men, had certainly not acted cruelly or wantonly, not from what anyone had said.

Many tenants complained bitterly that lawmakers acted cruelly by leaving them in agony for so long.

However, later in his reign, he began to act cruelly and bizarrely, apparently fueled by his alcoholism.

When the humans forget the rules of love and act cruelly, the river becomes a source of punishment for the immoral humans.

"We believe what they are doing is torturing the animal and acting unbelievably cruelly."

The witch acts cruelly to those who try to rebel her and those dare to disobey her, she transforms into a sculpture of stone.

"I'm sorry, my lady, but I just can't believe he would act so cruelly," Eden persisted, refusing to lose faith in Damien.

Among the criteria for murder it had to be proven that the accused acted cruelly, insidiously or with motive.

The president who ran on a platform of compassion allegedly acted cruelly to someone who came to him in need of it.

For example, someone who acts cruelly towards other people is, by that act, defined as a cruel person.