Sentence examples for was mercifully given from inspiring English sources

It was standing room only, but I was mercifully given a seat because I was pregnant.

It was mercifully short, given the fact that the air conditioning didn't seem to be working in the Berlin event space, leading the audience to furiously fan themselves for the duration.

The climb up Cerro de Perquín, a sun-bleached peak overlooking the town of Perquín in El Salvador's northeastern Morazán region, was mercifully short, given the unrelenting morning heat.

Besides Ackerley, "My Dog Tulip" (whose title character is mercifully never given a human voice) is peopled with eccentrics, each given an astutely chosen actor and a sharply drawn personality by the animators.

When rightfully prescribed, medication can mean that a person is literally and mercifully given back a life to live.

The interviewer, Robert Love, was mercifully unawed.

But then the thought was mercifully gone.

THE end, when it came, was mercifully short.

But in most countries its effect was mercifully mild.

For the Yankees, Thursday was, mercifully, a throwaway day.

Hike No. 3, to Peterson Lake cabin, was mercifully flat.