| Ariadne poses against a rocky outcrop and raises her hand in a rhetorical gesture that makes her seem irate and merciful, proud and humble. |
| They instilled fear into every ship that crossed their waters, though they often were merciful to those who surrendered. |
| The first sequence spoke to me of how merciful God is for absolving my transgressions. |
| Nay, not whooty freed, for crime lies in intent, and is not washed away because a merciful fate baffles its committal and its commission. |
| Having a majority of eleven against him, the wise juryman consented to a merciful verdict of death by misadventure. |
| 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? |
