In grade school he was often the butt of cruel pranks.

She dreams of someday being a famous tap dancer, and can be very sensitive to cruel pranks.

Was someone playing a cruel prank as Whiteley had said?

In retrospect, hiring him as a morning radio host seems like a cruel prank.

His first thought was that it had been a cruel prank.

The other thinks he is merely the victim of some cruel prank or brain-rape.

Pris is playing a cruel prank on you.

When the telefax had been delivered, she'd insisted on regarding it as some cruel prank, another nuisance call.

He would frequently insult her and play cruel pranks, taking advantage of her blindness.

Or maybe the god with the several elephant heads just enjoyed a cruel prank at the expense of his worshipers.