How to Use heartless in a Sentence

heartless

adjective
  • As if the force itself were a heartless heart.
    — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • What kind of heartless robot wouldn’t care any how the teams around here do?
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The heartless old thing was killed when someone thrust an icicle through her heart.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Asking these questions would just be wrong and heartless.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe that’s why the new version feels just a little more hollow and heartless.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 June 2017
  • But dozens of readers agreed with you that my reaction seemed heartless.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Those auditions that are just so ridiculous and so heartless.
    — Janelle Ash, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Nelis renders the professor a pompous and pedantic twit but not a heartless one.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This type of heartless act has the potential of ruining years of progress.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The heartless street reveals itself as a brimful dungeon to those who look.
    — Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • That's such an incredibly cruel and heartless thing to say, grief or no grief.
    — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
  • If the world sometimes seems cold and heartless, filled with animus and divide, take heart.
    — Ken Roberts, Forbes, 16 July 2022
  • Two heartless killers using every inch of the law to escape justice is a cruel irony.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This stunt may have been designed to show up the islanders as heartless liberals who talk a good game but don’t walk the walk.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • And part of the problem with the heartless felons is people were petrified of them and wouldn’t talk to police.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The contrast between the warm tone of the music and the lyrics full of heartless words was both shocking and amusing.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 14 June 2022
  • And for these people that are heartless and speaking on my daughter's name, that's disgusting.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • But demanding a present back in the face of a death is heartless, petty and cruel, none of which etiquette condones.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
  • So, the fact that Duy continues to pressure her to have more children seems nothing short of heartless.
    — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • A lot of the tellings of the story set him up as this heartless crook out to enrich himself, hurt other people, and exploit the ocean.
    — Abigail Wise, Outside, 13 Feb. 2026
  • To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Those responsible for this reckless and heartless act must be held accountable.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Michelle is a heartless professional and sees this as a battle between the wits (herself) and the dimwits (her captors).
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In his best sketch, Glover was the heartless and inept attorney for Jurassic Park.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • State health care advocates labeled the Senate plan as heartless, the same way the House bill passed last month was received.
    — Bill Dentzer, idahostatesman, 22 June 2017
  • Now Kimmel’s late-night brand is no longer just heartless pranks and pretend-hatred of Matt Damon.
    — Elahe Izadi, The Denver Post, 3 May 2017
  • It’s run by Dreykov (Ray Winstone), a heartless man who has developed a way to control free will.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2021
  • And while these creatures have been painted as heartless predators on the hunt for human blood (thanks, Jaws), that couldn't be further from the truth.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2021
  • That Malice can be heartless and brainless need not be a problem; some of my favorite shows are mean and stupid, and downright gleeful about it.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • All of this was predictable, which doesn’t make the NFL a heartless, greedy monster for trying to play a season.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020

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