The scissors had made two cruel wounds--one by the ankle, one on the sole of the foot.

One bare arm is free of the shroud, and the delicate hand is turned with the palm up, revealing a cruel wound.

The man lay on the ground, dying of a cruel wound, and none of the men he rode with even wanted to put him out of his misery.

The beast twists in the air, evading the killing thrust but taking a cruel wound from its snout back through its left ear.

If he could have seen the dagger in his hand, and the cruel wounds it struck in the faithful bleeding breast of his Little Dorrit!

I'm a healer of the spirit, and yours has cruel wounds, not healed, just scarred over.

Steel weapons cut cruel wounds into the loyal Aghar.

And because there wasn't, he couldn't protect his Steadholder from others' anger . . . or from her own cruel, self-inflicted wounds.

The cruel wounds left by his bonds responded to the salves Kaith had given him.