Example Sentences

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Mercifully, there is a monk who knows his stuff, and if Jacobi isn’t enough reason to watch, the costumes and landscape are pretty great too.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Mercifully, the Supreme Court may be cognizant of both the incomprehensibility of immigration paperwork and the weighty consequences of denaturalization and green card rescission.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

Mercifully for Edmonton, they have Leon Draisaitl, their German goal-scoring virtuoso and overtime reaper, who yet again found magic in the sudden-death stanza.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025

Mercifully, he wasn’t there to witness that debacle.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024

Mercifully, she doesn’t add “dick” this time, but she does grab the pink community meeting flyer taped to the door and hands it to him—like she’s doing him a favor.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman