| Ariadne poses against a rocky outcrop and raises her hand in a rhetorical gesture that makes her seem irate and merciful, proud and humble. |
| Having a majority of eleven against him, the wise juryman consented to a merciful verdict of death by misadventure. |
| The overwhelming consensus is that the lack of knowledge is probably the merciful way it should be. |
| 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 Mighty alone can afford to be merciful and therefore where else can the prodigal son return but to the parental doors of the Government? |
