How to Use mercy in a Sentence

mercy

noun

• She fell to her knees and asked for mercy.
• It's a mercy that the building was empty when the fire started.
• Thank heaven for small mercies.
• They came on a mission of mercy to provide food and medical care for starving children.
• He is a vicious criminal who deserves no mercy.
• As a customer, you’re left at the mercy of the brand — and that’s not good.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• The defense asked for the mercy of the court ahead of the sentencing.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 31 May 2023
• The cast and crew on this soundstage are at the mercy of a little blue ball.
  — Joel Rose, NPR, 16 May 2024
• But free-floating balloons were, and still are, at the mercy of the winds.
  — Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
• That left him at the mercy of the Maker, who rules this universe.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
• But better still are the great things, the feeling of mercy.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2022
• After a bit more of that, the judge showed mercy and called a recess.
  — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• The young artist, thirsty for freedom, found himself at the mercy of belts and whips.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Climate change will do that to a person at the mercy of rain; as will the need for love.
  — Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
• A lot of our jokes were kind of at the mercy of people being in their seats.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
• This flips the usual procedure in which the fans are at the mercy of the playlist the artists create.
  — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• Being an open-air theater, The Star is at the mercy of the weather.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 15 May 2024
• But Your mercy reaches from the heavens through the clouds to the earth below.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 19 Oct. 2022
• Cue red, flaky, sore skin that's at the mercy of damaging UV rays from the sun.
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 29 July 2024
• El Shafee Elsheikh was treated with a great deal of mercy.
  — Matthew Barakat, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2022
• There’s even, Lord have mercy, a hall-of-mirrors scene.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022
• Without a settlement, the tribes would be at the mercy of courts.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 24 May 2024
• The boy cannot be a reminder to the locals that the cartel boss ever shows mercy.
  — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• In the ship’s darkest moment, while at the mercy of the sea, a savior arrived.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
• Like the orcas, the kings are today at the mercy of years of human choices.
  — Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• In a show of mercy, Georgia punted to open the third quarter.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
• Its abandonment left the value of the ruble at the mercy of trade flows.
  — Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2024
• But the teens in the middle of it all aren't helpless victims at the mercy of black magic.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2022
• The normal defendant who is caught red-handed negotiates a plea, admits guilt, and asks for mercy from the court.
  — The Editors, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024
• Planets are largely at the mercy of their home star, and a star's high-energy radiation can cause a planet to lose its atmosphere to space.
  — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024