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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But is my merciless game persona merely nurture, or does nature have something to do with it too?
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Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Here, under the merciless South Florida sun, seeds of hope were planted again Sunday with Vrabel’s first win.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Some 445 million years ago, Earth plummeted into a devastating ice age and mass extinction, followed by an even more merciless rebound back into the greenhouse hundreds of thousands of years later.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
If Hollow Knight was demanding, Silksong is merciless.
—Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Here, under the merciless South Florida sun, seeds of hope were planted again Sunday with Vrabel’s first win.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Some 445 million years ago, Earth plummeted into a devastating ice age and mass extinction, followed by an even more merciless rebound back into the greenhouse hundreds of thousands of years later.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
If Hollow Knight was demanding, Silksong is merciless.
—Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Merciless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merciless. Accessed 22 Sep. 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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