| Blows rained down on me from all sides and I fell to the floor under a merciless avalanche of abuse. |
| The first test of his leadership, when he will be held up to an hour of merciless scrutiny by the electorate, comes next Saturday. |
| Social hypocrisy, and the sexual double standard, are central Wildean targets, and he is merciless in his attacks on them. |
| The music is stark and odd, composed largely of out-of-tune singing, rhythmless guitar plucking, and merciless assaults on a piano. |
| Without protection of the sails against a merciless sun, it became unbearable on deck. |
| His merciless scorn, his blistering sarcasm, his rapier-like thrusts of irony must have made many an opponent squirm. |
