| The Mighty alone can afford to be merciful and therefore where else can the prodigal son return but to the parental doors of the Government? |
| Ariadne poses against a rocky outcrop and raises her hand in a rhetorical gesture that makes her seem irate and merciful, proud and humble. |
| Though it was a numb, lack-of-all sensation that laid claim to his body, it was far more merciful than the excruciation of the previous weeks. |
| I'm happy and glad to see that God is merciful and generous towards all people, whether they are religious or not. |
| It was perhaps merciful release for Wright-Phillips when his number was held up by the fourth official. |
| The difficult task is to find ways of being merciful to the guilty without being cruel to the innocent. |
