Explore Merciful through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like compassionate or clement. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Merciful meaning
Showing mercy.
Using Merciful
- The main meaning on this page is: Showing mercy.
- Useful related words include: compassionate, clement, humane, kind.
- In the example corpus, merciful often appears in combinations such as: and merciful, the merciful, merciful and.
Context around Merciful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Merciful
- In this selection, "merciful" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, boss, work and action stand out and add context to how "merciful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act like merciful assist features and are the merciful for they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "merciful" sits close to words such as abstractions, accosted and adair, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with merciful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Which is more merciful? (4 words)
I thank God for being merciful. (6 words)
In this circumstance, a firing would have been merciful. (9 words)
Thankfully the chaos didn’t last long, as Celebrations finally switched it up on day four, with reports of a Galaxy offering a merciful break from the coconut induced chaos. (30 words)
Once we make a wrong decision, we have to ask for God’s forgiveness because He is always merciful: we need to deepen truth in our daily life. (28 words)
He said love was the foundation and faith of the catholic church and that as priests they should show their priestly prowess by being merciful and forgiving all. (28 words)
Which is more merciful? (4 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bring happy tidings, Oh Muhammad, to the faithful; for God is the kind protector and is the most merciful of the merciful.
He is a merciful boss, and he reposed so much confidence in us who work and worked with him.
If we receive Him worthily and well, we will participate in the merciful work of His redemptive mission for the salvation of souls.
Incapable of mediating God’s merciful action, they fail to create a new future either for the wounded man or for themselves.
Most Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, You impart Your graces in great abundance to each and all.
Once we make a wrong decision, we have to ask for God’s forgiveness because He is always merciful: we need to deepen truth in our daily life.
Since his arrest, Sula has been in custody, with his barrister urging the court to be 'merciful', saying he had 'done enough' time behind bars.
The merciful three-o’clock bell freed us, and we commiserated at a pizzeria one afternoon.
There are still no difficulty levels but that’s okay since the boosts act like merciful assist features instead.
I am merciful, though, so here’s an explanation for those who aren’t so keen on spending $25 with no context.
In this circumstance, a firing would have been merciful.
Thankfully the chaos didn’t last long, as Celebrations finally switched it up on day four, with reports of a Galaxy offering a merciful break from the coconut induced chaos.
Although on reflection, it’s a merciful transition, a passable enough adventure on the small screen that would have felt stranded on anything bigger.
As we are reminded in the Scriptures: blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
He is the Most-Merciful and Ramadan is a month of mercy.
The soldiers were “merciful” with the Palestinian family that was hosting us, but the house next door was completely upturned, and their belongings were emptied out.
Which is more merciful?
He said love was the foundation and faith of the catholic church and that as priests they should show their priestly prowess by being merciful and forgiving all.
However, even in the first film we do see that he has a merciful side, like when he spares the life of Russian bodyguard Francis.
I thank God for being merciful.
Common combinations with merciful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and merciful 9×
- the merciful 6×
- merciful and 6×
- is merciful 4×
- be merciful 4×
- merciful to 4×
- most merciful 3×
- merciful in 3×
- was merciful 3×
- been merciful 2×