have mercy
Example Sentences
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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
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
"May God have mercy on our citizen who lost his life in the accident," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 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 go without food and drink and wherever I find a quiet place I cry and beg God and theVirgin Mary to have mercy on the soul of Theresa Carmody.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
