at someone's mercy

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

While it's unusual and a little unnerving (purposefully so) to see our heroine at someone's mercy and truly unable to gain the upper hand, that inherent wrongness only served to highlight how thoroughly Nikita has lost control -- of both Division and her personal relationships.

It places Ms. Lovato somewhere unusual: at someone else's mercy — "Strong enough to leave you, but weak enough to need you".

Not that long ago I got sick and tired of being at someone else's mercy, so I broke away from the herd.

Chelsea is at Mourinho's mercy.

We are at Washington's mercy.

As it stands, we're at Adobe's mercy here.

Before yelling at someone.

Yell at someone.

Stare at someone.

Stare at someone intently.

Then, in September , 2002 a fax arrived from someone calling herself Mercy Nduka, who claimed to be a confidential secretary at the Central Bank of Nigeria.