Getting mercied sucks. And truth be told, mercying another team sucks.

Your refusal to carry out your duties resulted in your sacking.

He wore the scragginess of an unshaven face like a lost man in pursuit of some safe harbor.

The relative merits of the civils and the demerits of the electricals were extolled in the following challenge: “To the A.I.E.E. [American Institute of Electrical Engineers], hereinafter referred to as the mavericks of the engineering profession." '