Example sentences for: mercy

How can you use “mercy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • According to legend, the temple houses a small statue of the Buddhist goddess of mercy, found in the Sumida River by two local fishermen in the year 628 — but in fact not even the temple priests have ever seen it.

  • Although Kevorkian claims to have presided over 120-plus mercy suicides, in this most recent case, he directly caused death.

  • But he attends to the chaos of Yeats' early life, a bohemian shuffle during which he was at the mercy of his improvident peripatetic father, the painter J.B.

  • Ferries cross the lake to even more remote villages, including the temple dedicated to Guanyin (goddess of mercy) on Putuo Island.

  • Just down the hill, off Rua Galeria near the river, is the beautiful 16th-century Igreja da Misericórdia (Church of Mercy), a spectacular Renaissance edifice.


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