have mercy on
Example Sentences
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"May God have mercy on you, my beloved," his sister Rahaf wrote in a post on Instagram announcing his death.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024
In letters to the judge, DePape’s mother, Shirley Jean Lawrence, asked him to have mercy on her son, stating that he’d “messed up big time.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024
He sentences Antigone to death, even as the chorus of citizens implore him to have mercy on her.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2024
"I wish God will have mercy on us and the war stops," said Rami Al-Erqan, a father cradling his daughter, one of his six children.
From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2023
“God have mercy on his soul,” someone else said.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
