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have mercy

VERB
commiserate
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be indifferent turn away




Example Sentences

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"May God have mercy on the innocent victims, and we pray for the swift recovery of the injured."

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

What an incredible controversy, that an episcopal bishop should be calling on us to have mercy and to love one another.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

At an inaugural prayer service earlier in the day, the Episcopal bishop of Washington DC looked at him during her sermon and appealed to him to "have mercy" for immigrants, and gay and transgender youth.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

He sentences Antigone to death, even as the chorus of citizens implore him to have mercy on her.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2024

Please, God have mercy, make it stop hurting.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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