Sentences with phrase «feel at the mercy»

People panic when they feel at the mercy of nature.

My period would come and go at random, my sleep was truly horrible, my face was full of breakouts, my weight has difficult to control and I felt at the mercy of my messed up hormones.

«Every aspect of it is skewed in favor of men, which frequently leaves women feeling at the mercy of male daters.

In Metal Gear Survive, I felt at the mercy of forces I didn't understand.

Walking through the mind - maze of this year's exhibition of four shortlisted artists, particularly the work of Dublin - born Duncan Campbell, one feels at the mercy of a lot of portentous theorising.

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There are quite a few businesses that might feel they have you at their mercy and use this fact to nibble away like rodents at your credit card.

Assuming it was Christianity, it ameliorated many of the harsh realities of human existence, such as your own death, the death of a loved one, injustice, feelings of being at the mercy of the forces of nature, and so on, gave you answers to questions about life, and so on.

What I experience as I stand in face of — and in the very depths of — this world which your flesh has assimilated, this world which has become your flesh, my God, is not the absorption of the monist who yearns to be dissolved into the unity of things, nor the emotion felt by the pagan as he lies prostrate before a tangible divinity, nor yet the passive self - abandonment of the quietist tossed hither and thither at the mercy of mystical impulsions.

Whereas ancient man felt himself to be at the mercy of capricious forces seated beyond his control in an unseen world, Israel came to recognize that man himself has been given power and responsibility to act decisively, and that it is on his own moral decisions that his life and destiny largely depend.

Even, at times when I truly begin to feel intensely guilty for my thoughts and fear punishment, I remind myself that God even has mercy towards Satan, the very enemy of God, by not utterly and completely destroying his existence but given him free will to operate in this world and to do evil.

There was no forgetting, no Korsakov's then, nor did it seem possible or imaginable that there should be; for he was no longer at the mercy of a faulty and fallible mechanism — that of meaningless sequences and memory traces — but was absorbed in an act, an act of his whole being, which carried feeling and meaning in an organic continuity and unity, a continuity and unity so seamless it could not permit any break.

Notes Karen Jobes: «Regardless of how she felt about it or whether she cooperated, Esther was at the mercy of a ruthless pagan king just as her people were.

A focal thing is not at the mercy of how you feel at the moment, whether the time is convenient or whatever; you commit yourself to it come hell or high water.

And because she is my friend, she wasn't naked, but felt stripped naked and no mercy for her at all.

Am on your side on that I all my life felt that GOD Allah was on my side in Good time and at the worst times, which makes me feel things would have been worse and deadly if it wasn't for GOD mercy whom I call upon in good and bad times... we ought to be spiritually sensitive to realize signs from GOD whether it was a sight or a over heard word or a dream... when ever feeling tight chested just pray thanking, glorifying GOD asking for pardon of our sins... Am sure many had remembered and prayed well at the moments of the Irene hurricane... towards which it contributed to it to slow down or go... although it is true that not any lives were lost thanks to GOD but many billions of US Dollars financially lost at hard economical times which means maybe to say that «Individuals are not being blamed but rather it is their governing system is...?!!

Before they were converted, many Pentecostals that I interviewed felt they were at the mercy of spirits and spells put on them by personal enemies.

I did it for a while with both of my children, and usually enjoyed it, until I couldn't take the feeling of being penned in any longer and at the mercy of the constantly ticking nursing clock.

I felt trapped and stuck and completely at the mercy of another human being.

Basically, your feelings aren't a prison sentence; you're not trapped and you're not at their mercy.

The strategy in education is to provide our clients with the tools to ensure their ongoing success, and not feel limited to or at the mercy of a vendor that may not do the same.

Even if you feel like you're at the mercy of a pattern that has been with you for a lifetime, change is always possible.

When we feel empowered to change the things that get us down, we boost our body's ability to fight disease, whereas when we feel helpless, at the mercy of life, our immune systems weaken, and we are prone to illness.

At the hospital, I felt like I was at the mercy of the whims of the doctors and nurses (like when they would check my cervix a bunch even though I asked them not to or when they kept waking my first born to check her vitals or when I wasn't allowed to push when I was ready toAt the hospital, I felt like I was at the mercy of the whims of the doctors and nurses (like when they would check my cervix a bunch even though I asked them not to or when they kept waking my first born to check her vitals or when I wasn't allowed to push when I was ready toat the mercy of the whims of the doctors and nurses (like when they would check my cervix a bunch even though I asked them not to or when they kept waking my first born to check her vitals or when I wasn't allowed to push when I was ready to).

That creates what's called a «win / win» scenario so you aren't at the mercy of the choices available and you can eat the option your know works well for your body and feel great now and later!

My heart is so full of gratitude for you and while I know I have a lot of healing and work to do, for the first time in my life I feel empowered to heal myself and not at the mercy of a doctor or a drug.

Whatever it takes to get centered so you no longer feel at the whim and mercy of your followers» ever - changing mood and interests!

I feel most at peace and most alive when making a difference in anther's life, I find the divine in nature; I value knowledge, justice, mercy and truth.

Most probably due to the sheer intensity and urgent pacing of proceedings, it feels surprisingly fitting for players to be swept along at the mercy of the situation.

Isabelle is at the mercy of chimerical fits like that cause her to chase her ex - out the door, barbs of intuition which once planted in her mind drag her hither and tither, these hard - to - define in - between feelings that are no less potent for lacking a proper name.

Many of us are detached from our bodies and the feelings that arise there, leading to a lack of clarity around issues that are causing an emotional response and finding us at the mercy of our environment.

So, they sought for things to work better for their children, but they didn't necessary feel that they had the agency to bring about change on behalf of... So, I think a really important message was that many parents believe that they were at the mercy of the system, they were at the mercy of teachers and, although they were expressing a confidence of teachers to work on behalf of their children, they felt quite powerless to be able to do that.

There's more feel through the steering and sharper response, but the overwhelming sense remains that this is a car built to cover ground very quickly and at the total mercy of the driver's preferred style.

For example, Peter Meinke's «The Cranes» depicts an impending mercy killing (and possible suicide), but at no time does Meinke state what's going to happen or what finally does happen; he merely depicts a couple talking in a car and allows readers to pull all the clues together to realize — and fully feel — the poignancy of what's at stake.

When crisis hits, Catherine finds herself at the mercy of uncontrollable feelings, leading her to jeopardize everything.

I felt helpless and at the mercy of whatever ailment might happen next, until I started coming here and getting on track with the right foods and supplements.»

'' Whether it's shelling a particularly troublesome flamethrower or healing your forces with an area - of - effect medikit, these direct actions make you feel in control, and not completely at the mercy of the game's AI.»

«Having a console update would make it feel like all of our efforts this past year weren't for naught, but ultimately we're at the mercy of The Pokémon Company.

It is by ad - hoc network constellation, not by simple formality, that I arrived at the Centre D'Art Contemporain for Feinstein's show, certainly feeling less than the sum of my anecdotal adventures and at the mercy of my carbonated mineral water.

Another benefit with de-centralized energy is that people would no longer, or at least not nearly to the degree that they are now, be at the mercy of the power giants that can raise rates whenever they feel like it.

After all — who wants to feel they are at the mercy of whoever screams the loudest for attention.

Ramsey took time to learn all he could about money, and he decided that he was the source of his money problems: his borrowing habits had put him at the mercy of his creditors, and he felt like he had no one to blame but himself for what happened.

You may at times feel like you are at the mercy of the elements — from hurricanes and thunderstorms to local corruption.

«Most people think that they go into the interview and that they are at the mercy of whatever question the interviewer throws at them, so they feel like they have to answer the question as it is posed or framed,» said Gerson.

Since 60 percent of jobs are found through networking nowadays, having a strong professional network can help get you noticed without feeling like you're at the mercy of an ATS.

In the same way, your attitudes are not at the mercy of your feelings at the moment.

At times, the hurt feelings are too deep to handle with your own mind; but the reassurance of God's teaching on forgiveness, you have the grace and mercy to forgive your partner.

You've probably already developed your own ways of coping with recurring depression, the consequences of manic episodes, and the constant, uncomfortable feeling that you're at the mercy of your emotions.

Babies live at the mercy of what they feel.

, which can be a challenge for people who feel like they're at the mercy of life's whims.