How to Use mercifully in a Sentence

mercifully

adverb
  • His crimes have been dealt with mercifully.
  • Mercifully, the professor always makes our tests easy.
  • The first stop on our noise tour was, mercifully, a place of quiet.
    — Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Not quite four air miles from the ocean, the site is mercifully cool for the players.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Next up is the chorus, which is mercifully the same, but longer.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • He was mercifully replaced at the end of the inning but left the field in tears.
    — Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • The call was overturned to an out on review and mercifully brought the first frame to an end.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2019
  • The new room has the same roses on the wall, but mercifully faded.
    — Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The Packers drove to the two-yard line and then mercifully ran out the clock.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The voodoo has mercifully fallen by the wayside, for the most part.
    — Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Randall tries to change the subject and then mercifully is called away.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 May 2021
  • On your device’s home screen, the name for each will mercifully remain the same (for now).
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Fox, mercifully, missed the open fastbreak layup on the other end.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
  • With the right software, the process can be mercifully simple.
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
  • The Pistons mercifully end this five-game road trip in hopes of one single win.
    — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021
  • And there’s mercifully a whole lot available on not just the internet, but lots of books.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • My daughter mercifully missed the land grabs and the water wars fought above the rasping aquifers.
    — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Both are rich, creamy and a little spicy, and for a few hours the voices in my head are mercifully quiet.
    — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Her young son and daughter began to wail and then, mercifully, scampered out the front door.
    — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
  • By far the biggest change though comes in the circle, where Dail is mercifully no longer alone.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The time when most restaurants were reluctant to split bills has, mercifully, come and gone.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The youngest, 4-year-old Prince Louis, is, mercifully, at home.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • While tax brackets are mercifully indexed for the cost of living, other parts of the code are not.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 12 May 2021
  • The rest of the staff, mercifully, takes a more pragmatic approach.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • Believe it or not, Jerry’s first-round record in the decade that just mercifully left us was the best of the last three.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2021
  • After a flyout and two walks, he was mercifully removed.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But finally, mercifully, things have turned a bit at the plate for Omar Narváez.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The concession stand has hot dogs for sale, but the concept also is mercifully not carried too far.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • The Detect app—which mercifully includes a step-by-step guide—will alert you when the tube is ready to be taken out.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
  • In fact, Mitchell won’t be on the floor the rest of the season – which, perhaps mercifully, is only more four games.
    — Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'mercifully.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: