Examples of merciless in a Sentence
the merciless killing of innocent people
He has been merciless in his criticism of his opponent.
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By enumerating the many merciless changes in our government since January, the Rev. Michael Pleger is not making a political pitch.
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Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Waltz lends a slimy charisma to the merciless SS colonel, who gets a satisfying comeuppance via carving knife.
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—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
At the instructions of Donald Trump, the United States government embarrassed all Americans yesterday at the United Nations by siding with Russia on the third anniversary of the Kremlin’s merciless invasion of Ukraine, the worst fighting in Europe since World War II ended in 1945.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
This seeming ideological steadfastness may help explain the merciless march of Kaczynski and his party through Polish institutions between 2015 and 2023.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Waltz lends a slimy charisma to the merciless SS colonel, who gets a satisfying comeuppance via carving knife.
4.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
At the instructions of Donald Trump, the United States government embarrassed all Americans yesterday at the United Nations by siding with Russia on the third anniversary of the Kremlin’s merciless invasion of Ukraine, the worst fighting in Europe since World War II ended in 1945.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
This seeming ideological steadfastness may help explain the merciless march of Kaczynski and his party through Polish institutions between 2015 and 2023.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Merciless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merciless. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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merciless
adjective
mer·ci·less
ˈmər-si-ləs 
: having no mercy : pitiless
merciless slaughter
mercilessly
adverb
mercilessness
noun
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