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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While Charlie Brown played things safe, Snoopy lived an exuberant life in his imagination, casting himself as a frustrated novelist, gleeful dancer, merciless attorney and even a prolific flying ace in a World War I Sopwith Camel.
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Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Players have openly voiced their struggles with its deep rough, lightning-fast greens, and merciless bunkers.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
But in the face of an increasingly merciless healthcare system, the battered team must put aside their differences and pull together to save lives.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
The film is cold-bloodedly whimsical, asking the audience to root for a merciless man who endeavors, ever so incrementally, to understand some deeper human truths.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
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Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Players have openly voiced their struggles with its deep rough, lightning-fast greens, and merciless bunkers.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
But in the face of an increasingly merciless healthcare system, the battered team must put aside their differences and pull together to save lives.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
The film is cold-bloodedly whimsical, asking the audience to root for a merciless man who endeavors, ever so incrementally, to understand some deeper human truths.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
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“Merciless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merciless. Accessed 6 Jul. 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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