Mercy
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449 examples of Mercy in a sentence
This leaves everyone in the region at the
mercy
of the Middle East’s oppressive regimes and proliferating terrorists.
ISIS’s manuals of inquisition have added gays to the political hit list, declaring against them the same war without
mercy.
Eastern Europe and the Baltic states would be at the
mercy
of Russia.
China is now home to more dams than the rest of the world combined, and the construction continues, leaving downstream neighbors – especially the vulnerable lower Mekong basin states, Nepal, and Kazakhstan – essentially at China’s
mercy.
As always, such a cessation would be at the
mercy
of extremists competing for power or bent on making peace impossible.
Buddhism stresses compassion and
mercy
as much as Christianity does.
Disengaging now will not leave people free from our interference; it will put them at the
mercy
of groups whose extremism threatens the very way of life that we stand for and to which they aspire.
No country wants to put itself at the
mercy
of the likes of Eddie.
So it was a
mercy
that our country chose to go the way of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – granting amnesty in exchange for the truth.
Such paranoia is widespread in Asia, where almost every country was at the
mercy
of Western powers for several hundred years.
Indeed, I have recently been reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s sublime and challenging Letters from Prison, in which he yearns for a Christ capable of offering
mercy
to a world, our world, then in the process of being martyred for a single man.
That leaves political change at the
mercy
of a system-threatening crisis, brought on by China’s failure to tackle the pathologies the World Bank has so ably diagnosed.
This leaves today’s European Union at the
mercy
of a US that has rejected multilateralism and embraced nationalism.
Now, the UK is at the
mercy
of Germany and France as it negotiates its exit.
Moreover, aid is inherently uncertain, leaving Africans at the
mercy
of outside forces beyond their control.
Her spiritual strength arose out of her deep and abiding reliance on the grace and boundless
mercy
of the god she believed in.
Many of the West’s leading financial institutions – those that have not been nationalized – as well some important industrial enterprises, will remain at the
mercy
of capital from China or the Gulf states.
Countries do not need to be at the
mercy
of major lenders like China.
Most landless farmers find it difficult to switch to different crops, being caught up as they are in the illegal opium-denominated market, which forces them to live at the
mercy
of the drug traffickers, who provide them with access to credit and market outlets.
Shielded by China and Russia from foreign intervention, Assad now has license to pursue his goals with no
mercy
for his opponents.
More importantly, Lukashenko’s break with the West left him at the
mercy
of Russia – and the Russians, sensing his weakness, decided to bargain hard.
Moreover, they are prone to being kidnapped by criminal gangs, trained to steal or pickpocket, or, worse, placed at the
mercy
of terrorists for use in attacks.
By now, there is an effective and detailed model for weaning porn-addicted men and restoring them to a more balanced mental state, one less at the
mercy
of their compulsions.
The once-almighty dollar totters at the
mercy
of China and the oil-rich states.
Whether deliberately or not, regulators seem to have missed their chance to implement serious changes to the rules of global finance, and governments are now so weakened that they are at the
mercy
of those who, not long ago, were begging them for help.
And with the emergence of new diseases such as Zika – and the revival of old foes like bubonic plague – there is no question that much of humanity remains at the
mercy
of biology.
As for Catalonia, a supposedly pro-independence and pro-sovereignty movement could end up creating a polity that is less sovereign and more at the
mercy
of international events.
Otherwise, Europe will be at the
mercy
of the interests of others.
All three are raising serious doubts, in different ways, about their commitment to the rule of law, the integrity of their judicial systems, and the quality of
mercy
in the administration of justice.
While no one doubts that they were properly convicted ten years ago, their behavior since – and questions about the integrity of the judicial process that condemned them to die but allowed others to live – has made a compelling case for the exercise of mercy, for them and for others.
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