| A bewildered self would be enthralled in its merciless depths of shadows and kismet. |
| The music is stark and odd, composed largely of out-of-tune singing, rhythmless guitar plucking, and merciless assaults on a piano. |
| The item accepted Hayward entirely on his own terms as the victim of a merciless witch-hunt. |
| His merciless scorn, his blistering sarcasm, his rapier-like thrusts of irony must have made many an opponent squirm. |
| Without protection of the sails against a merciless sun, it became unbearable on deck. |
| A girl also needs peace to reapply her lippy, regroup and prepare for the next merciless assault on some feckless tippler. |
