How to Use at the mercy of in a Sentence

at the mercy of

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• The kayak shifted side-to-side at the mercy of the fish on the the end of my line.
  — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2020
• By being the renter rather than the landlord, Meta is at the mercy of those with compute.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 July 2026
• The crowd was reborn through the spread legs and stranded at the mercy of small-hours London.
  — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
• DiNubile believes Clark is completely at the mercy of the rest of the league.
  — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
• This leaves patients at the mercy of price increases and supply issues, which are common in a disaster scenario.
  — Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 8 July 2026
• The short-term rental market has always been at the mercy of seasonality, late payments and economic shifts.
  — Vered Schwarz, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026
• This could leave hundreds of thousands of students who borrow money for graduate school each year at the mercy of private lenders with higher interest rates and fewer repayment options.
  — Lauren Sausser, CBS News, 30 June 2026
• Much of the country is at the mercy of Russian missiles that have hammered its power grid since 2022, making winters almost unbearable.
  — Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026