unmerciful

Example Sentences

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You remembered the halcyon days of the first coming of Brendan Rodgers and the unmerciful hidings his team doled out to their chums from across the city.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023

In March, Manchin told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the 4th Circuit "has been unmerciful on allowing any progress" by Mountain Valley Pipeline.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2022

Doing stand-up, Leggero is observational and unmerciful, lampooning everyone from Rite-Aid cashiers to typewriter-toting hipsters, a dumpster-diving Burning Man attendee named “Flapjack,” and, naturally, Kasher.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

In a sports town that can be unmerciful in its vitriol, Simmons, traded from Philadelphia to Brooklyn last month, fist-bumped his new teammate Kevin Durant.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

The Reverend Mr. Helmuth was pondering “this unmerciful enemy” as he made his way through the city.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy