Which preposition to use with merciless

in Occurrences 14%

There had been hard places to get over; some of the boys and girls were merciless in their unconscious tests of his religion.

as Occurrences 10%

To the little beavers he had been as merciless as the gray lynx that had murdered Gray Wolf's first children on the top of the Sun Rock.

to Occurrences 9%

The French were very hard upon him when he got into trouble, and certainly his own Government was merciless to him.

than Occurrences 4%

Women can be much more merciless than men in this kind of inquisition; and Ida, weary in mind and body and spirit, suffered acutely under the ordeal.

of Occurrences 3%

How miserable she had been, though she had tried to hide her misery, lest he should never come to care for her, and she should have to suffer that most merciless of all miseriesunrequited love.

about Occurrences 2%

There was something merciless about Ina's straight regard.

for Occurrences 2%

I don't like him; he is too unscrupulous and merciless for my simple tastes; but his value to the country is beyond payment.

towards Occurrences 2%

He is said to be much opposed to Arago, and to be merciless towards his family.

against Occurrences 1%

The jokes were frightful and merciless against him.

toward Occurrences 1%

It is only when the sufferers fail to reach any height, or when they lose what little they may have attained, or when the gaze of the world wanders, that they become hard, sour, bitter, and merciless toward all who have succeeded where they have failed.

with Occurrences 1%

She deserved this revenge she knew, but not the carelessness of these kisses of retribution, each of them merciless with the burden of her awakening.

beyond Occurrences 1%

Their red foes were strong and terrible, cunning in council, dreadful in battle, merciless beyond belief in victory.

Which preposition to use with  merciless