mercy
Example Sentences
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Just days after arriving in Marseille, he threw himself at the mercy of police officers, begging them to get him out of there.
From Barron's
"It just feels like our life is kind of in this limbo state, unstable," Sanam said, adding that she and her husband feel like they are "at the mercy of what the government decides".
From BBC
It’s a hard thing as an actor to wait for things to come to you because, as any actor knows, you’re at the mercy.
From Los Angeles Times
The league is showing mercy by allowing him to take the SAT or ACT if he loses.
The judge said Smith should be jailed for 10 weeks, but dropped that to eight weeks as an "act of mercy" after hearing about his health problems.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
