have mercy on
Example Sentences
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In letters to the judge, DePape’s mother, Shirley Jean Lawrence, asked him to have mercy on her son, stating that he’d “messed up big time.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024
He sentences Antigone to death, even as the chorus of citizens implore him to have mercy on her.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2024
"I wish God will have mercy on us and the war stops," said Rami Al-Erqan, a father cradling his daughter, one of his six children.
From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2023
"In the lower parts, I don't think anyone on the fifth or sixth floors has survived. I think they are all dead. May God have mercy on their souls."
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
I go without food and drink and wherever I find a quiet place I cry and beg God and theVirgin Mary to have mercy on the soul of Theresa Carmody.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
