have mercy
Example Sentences
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What an incredible controversy, that an episcopal bishop should be calling on us to have mercy and to love one another.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025
Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, publicly asked Trump during a prayer service on Tuesday at the National Cathedral, to "have mercy upon people in our country who are scared now".
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
“We ask the people to pray for those who are behind the maintenance we’re witnessing now and to make the country look better than it was. May Allah have mercy upon them,” he says.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024
He sentences Antigone to death, even as the chorus of citizens implore him to have mercy on her.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2024
They cried to each other, “Come, have mercy on this poor maid and help her diligently.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
