17 example sentences using merciful.
Merciful used in a sentence
Merciful in a sentence as an adjective
"Pitiful" meant "merciful", of course, not "pathetic" as we mean it today.
Sweet merciful [insert all deities here]... You've just completely ruined my morning.
Everyone has heard the story of merciful teachers and cops that don't give a ticket if you cry. At worst, they are out two hours, and at best, they may get a higher grade with very little work.
No, the motive you are looking for is "merciful allowance, with a loving hope for restoration."
The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents."
If the market rejects what you are building, it will be merciful enough to do so immediately. Build something else.
Being squashed by the boot of a shoe seems merciful in comparison to being turned into a Pokmon. Of course, the above is a response based on emotion, maybe aesthetic grounds.
Everyone wants to appear merciful after you beat the guy down, but they most certainly were seeking them to begin with. Also, this entire "judge decides" is absolute ********.
Be patient and merciful with yourself. Last year I wondered if I'd ever be able to have a job that required serious mental thought -- but this year I've successfully switched careers to become a full time programmer.
I'm opposed to capital punishment because it's irreversible, but I do believe that death is more merciful than life in prison.
I recently spent a year with an OSX laptop, and it was a merciful relief when I was finally able to get the **** out of iLand. My first love is KDE because it bows to my will like nothing else, as a good window-manager/OS should.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
A merciful end to Cyc funding might be better. Monies saved could be spent elsewhere and termination would free all involved without the expectation that they produce something of value.
Lovecraft said it best: "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
During that night she slipped into a deep coma, which was quite a merciful coincidence all things considered. Because she had made sure that she wouldn't receive any life extending treatment, the hospital staff interpreted this to mean that no treatment at all would be given.
On the other hand that might be a move to put the current user base in a merciful mood, as the userbase is probably the least likely aspect they are interested in for that takeover.
So even if you don't take it for granted the state is a shambling monstrosity that deserves a quick and merciful death, the very fact that Bitcoin ever gets to the necessary fraction of the global markets to **** it implies that people accept that and don't worry about it.
Merciful definitions
showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"
(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; "our merciful king"