Definition: 1. A kind or forgiving attitude towards sb that you have the power to harm or right to punish. 2. A disposition to be kind and forgiving. 3. The feeling that motivates compassion. 4. Something for which to be thankful.
Use 'mercy' in a sentence:
1. Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather.
2. Ordinary people are at the mercy of faceless bureaucrats.
3. Farmers in South Africa are more at the mercy of nature, especially inconsistent rainfall.
4. The Emperor must realize that he has us at his mercy.
5. The trembling Chancellor answered, "Good your Majesty, I cry you mercy!"
6. Justice must be tempered with mercy.
7. I'm not going to put myself at the mercy of the bank.
8. He knelt down and begged for mercy.
9. That stupid horse, with his heavy hoofs, has been treading down my people without mercy!
10. For others, especially the young and foolish, the state will temper justice with mercy.
11. The young lady was Mercy Chant, the only daughter of his father's neighbor and friend.
12. Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy.
13. The prisoner begged the judge for mercy.
14. There is no mercy here, Pinocchio.
15. Captain White scourged his crew without mercy.
16. He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court.
17. They meant to finish her off, swiftly and without mercy.
18. The profession is very much at the mercy of the market place.
19. We were at the mercy of the weather.
20. May God have mercy on your soul.
21. It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end.
22. Thou hast governed the realm with right royal gentleness and mercy.
23. That day, she went on her errand of mercy, and knocked at the door of Toad's cell.
24. They set off up the road on their mission of mercy, Badger leading the way.
25. The female fox bites and chases without mercy.
26. Kelly prayed that God would judge her with mercy.
27. They were treated with mercy.
28. It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt.
29. Mercy on us, who is she!
30. Lord have mercy on us!
31. He ran off to the village on his errand of mercy.
32. They were at the mercy of informers who might at any moment denounce them.
33. So cruel is the man that he never shows any mercy to whoever is against his opinion.
34. In him the polarities of life are resolved and balanced: male and female, strength and compassion, severity and mercy.
35. He wants to see them beg for mercy.
36. They showed no mercy to their hostages.
37. I will show no mercy to [ on] him.
38. It really was a mercy that he'd gone so rapidly at the end.
39. He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy.
40. The two cars finished up in a run-off area, clear of the circuit, and that was a mercy.
41. We never show mercy to bad people.
42. He showed mercy to the thief and let him go.
43. God have mercy on us.
44. They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter.
45. In The Prince, he championed cunning, ruthlessness, and boldness, rather than virtue, mercy and justice, as the skills of successful leaders.
46. It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.
47. But so low has morale sunk that the team and the fans would have been grateful for small mercies.
48. She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa.
49. The troops are on a mercy mission in the war zone.
