Very savagely

[namloan]

"Nowadays in Portugal there are lots of high school students who drop out of school to become prostitutes to earn a lot of more money. Sometimes they're beaten very savagely by pimps in brothels."

Are these two sentences natural to say in conversations?

Thank you so much

[Rover_KE]

"Nowadays in Portugal there are lots of high school students who drop out of school to become prostitutes to earn a lot of more money. Sometimes they're beaten very savagely by pimps in brothels."

Are these two sentences natural to say in conversations?

Now they are natural (though very depressing).

Rover

[namloan]

Now they are natural (though very depressing).

Rover

Dear Rover and other teachers,

- Instead of using "depressing" in this context, could I say "Do you think these instances deserve to be broken-hearted?" or "Do these instances break your heart?" or "Do you think these instances really heart-rending?"?

Thank you so much

[tedtmc]

Dear Rover and other teachers,

- Instead of using "depressing" in this context, could I say "Do you think these instances deserve to be broken-hearted?" or "Do these instances break your heart?" or "Do you think these instances really heart-rending?"?

Thank you so much

not a teacher

You don't say something deserves to be broken-hearted.

You can say the news is heart-breaking, heart-rending, shocking, pathetic, deplorable, lamentable, distressing, etc. if you are looking for other adjectives