unmerciful

Example Sentences

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On a bleak night, there was a moment of dark comedy when Brendan Rodgers sat down to assess the unmerciful hiding that had just been inflicted on his team.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024

In March, Manchin told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the 4th Circuit "has been unmerciful on allowing any progress" by Mountain Valley Pipeline.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2022

Doing stand-up, Leggero is observational and unmerciful, lampooning everyone from Rite-Aid cashiers to typewriter-toting hipsters, a dumpster-diving Burning Man attendee named “Flapjack,” and, naturally, Kasher.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

It took the huge and sudden migration of the Gold Rush for the tribe to be confronted by unmerciful invaders.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021

Big Ma said we would cause her slow and unmerciful death, but we knew she didn’t mean it.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia