no quarter
Example Sentences
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So we took that story, where the mayor’s side has no quarter for the vigilante side and the vigilante side has no quarter for the mayor’s side.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
These "gaffes" were considered deal breakers and no matter how hard they tried to show off their skills at mingling with ordinary voters, they were given no quarter.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
David Friedman, Trump's former ambassador to Israel, said anti-Semites "deserve no quarter among American leaders, right or left."
From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2022
According to Capt. Thomas Antoine Mauduit du Plessis, the French engineer leading the group, an American soldier shouted out, “Well now, is it agreed that no quarter will be given?”
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
If I were caught there would be no quarter, but I’m beyond caring.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
