mercy
Example Sentences
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He was imprisoned for almost 15 years, not once petitioning his old college friend for mercy.
"Look at me with compassion and mercy and understand me as a Palestinian mother," she said, her voice straining with emotion.
From Barron's
But Rodriguez said traffic fluctuates day-to-day and is “at the mercy” of rumors, at times false, of federal enforcement operations circulated among group chats of merchants and community members.
From Los Angeles Times
All of us “would be at the mercy of the laws of nature.”
From Salon
It’s about the children in this country who aren’t taken care of, who are left to the mercy of the world.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
