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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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
There’s little doubt Curtis Windom perpetrated an unjustifiable evil, killing three people, including his girlfriend and her mother, shooting them in merciless fashion on Feb. 7, 1992 in Winter Garden.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Here’s a primer for fellow migraine sufferers, roughly 60 million (around 20 percent of the population) in this country alone, to better understand and combat this sneaky, merciless foe on all fronts.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
But even the great players have been on the receiving end of merciless boos.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Merciless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merciless. Accessed 21 Aug. 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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