Sentence examples for has been merciful from inspiring English sources

In one field, however, he has been merciful: that of autobiography.

On the subject of suicide, the Koran could hardly be clearer: "Do not kill yourselves; for surely God has been merciful to you".

The ivory ban has not been perfect but it has been merciful, reflecting humanity's ability to appreciate the goodness of these creatures, to see the wrong done to them and to search for ways to right it.

On the subject of suicide, the Koran could hardly be clearer: "Do not kill yourselves; for surely God has been merciful to you". Faced with this explicit text, the solution of the militant Islamist ideologues has been to avoid the category of suicide altogether and to treat the bomber as a martyr rather than as one who has taken his own life.

She argues, for example, that the damage done to Hamburg and France by mercenaries and an increasingly commercial culture is far greater than the damage caused by the violence of the French revolution, writing that "the sword has been merciful, compared with the depredations made on human life by contractors, and by the swarm of locusts who have battened on the pestilence they spread abroad".

Rise joyful and confident for the Lord loves you and has been merciful.

THE years have been merciful to Sister Madeline Dorsey.

In Sikkim, landslides are the earth's accompaniment to the monsoons, but this year had been merciful, so far.

And therefore, when we receive a gift we are superficially grateful, we say a perfunctory "thank you," but it does not transform our relationship, either to God or to those who have been merciful to us.

Still, for Dickey and his fellow pitchers, Citi Field has been a merciful home, one that has allowed them to do their jobs with a certain level of ease.

"My M.S. has been relatively merciful to me; nonetheless, I feel that I am under the sword of Damocles," Ms. McNary said.