Sentence examples for begging mercy from inspiring English sources

A man is on his knees, begging mercy from the finely clothed officers on their horses, who seem amused by it all.

But the 87-year-old poet remembers the electric shocks and brutal whippings that left his body covered in sores; the hunger that compelled him to eat grass sprouting between the stones of the prison patio; his crumpled mother, clinging to the shins of a prison guard, begging mercy for her bloodied and beaten son.

It will move to the National Gallery in Washington and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.. It's a monumental show, despite the defensive subtitle, "Image of an Epoch," which begs mercy for the pictures as historical artifacts.

He sought death by the axe and begged mercy from the King for his young family.

Raymond was emboldened to invade Cilicia, but he was defeated and forced to go to Constantinople to beg mercy from the new Emperor.

He fell to his knees, begging for mercy.

Sometimes, you leave the English language begging for mercy.

There are letters from prisoners begging for mercy.

Mr. Kruger was "remorseful, chastened and begging for mercy," the lawyer wrote.

In the morning, charred bodies had crawled along the street, begging for mercy.

This is your last chance, but instead of begging for mercy you bark, Fine.