How to Use ruthless in a Sentence

ruthless

adjective

• The journalist was ruthless in his criticism.
• The chain gang is one of the most ruthless places in the world.
  — Winfred Rembert, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
• This isn’t the first time the ruthless Feyd has been brought to the big screen.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• The Celtics' fans are right up there as the most ruthless in the league.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2022
• The fight to stay at the top of the cheer pyramid is ruthless on Dare Me.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 13 May 2021
• When times get tough, Levi asks for help from a ruthless loan shark.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
• If their dues were not paid, the Mongols were ruthless.
  — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021
• The court of public opinion is a ruthless and volatile beast.
  — Naveen Kumar, Town & Country, 12 July 2022
• Knoblauch recalls the Gestapo being the most ruthless members of the Nazis.
  — Roxanne De La Rosa, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2021
• The story’s ruthless kicker about the show the next night at the Hollywood Bowl?
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
• Laser-focus, a ruthless eye for the nonessential and cutting out the fluff in favour of the substance.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• In other words, the suits would prefer to keep the right to be ruthless to themselves.
  — Emily Stewart, Town & Country, 3 June 2021
• Brolin stars as the ruthless producer of the game show, while O’Brian will play one of the contestants on the show.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
• The Dons operate out of the Wing T and Doyle’s calling card is a ruthless running game.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• The school, Lavin concedes, is not currently equipped to compete in the ruthless world of NIL, and maybe shouldn’t try.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• And then the third: the most ruthless striker in the game running clean through, the championship within reach.
  — New York Times, 7 May 2021
• Green Bay’s rushing attack was ruthless on the day, picking up 261 yards on the ground.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
• One of Gotham's most ruthless villains is getting his time to shine.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
• At the time, Spain was a fun team, far from ruthless and not hellbent on possession.
  — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• No one has that many rings without the ruthless ambition of a Slytherin.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 July 2021
• Anyhow, that's when Katie lands her most ruthless blow.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• The key to implementing deep work, though, is to be ruthless.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• Putin point-blank as a ruthless dictator who the world must unite to defeat.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022
• Raq also runs the streets of South Jamaica, Queens, through her role as a cold and ruthless drug dealer.
  — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 15 Aug. 2021
• After all, a world of magic and dragons is a ruthless one.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 29 Sep. 2022
• Devoting one's entire life to the game, and for it to suddenly be gone, can be ruthless to the soul.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
• As her success and power grow, so too does her ruthless rule.
  — Laura Zornosa, TIME, 26 Jan. 2024
• Depth charts are finalized during fall camp, and the best way to move up the ladder is be more ruthless than the next guy.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 23 Apr. 2021
• With Black Bag, Steven Soderbergh makes the case for his own ruthless efficiency.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
• Throughout its tenure, the regime was heavily armed, violent, and ruthless in its pursuit and maintenance of rule.
  — Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025