give quarter
Example Sentences
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Which probably explains why we give quarter to all these smelly charlatans in the first place.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2012
Yet our faith in her lies in the fact that she will not give quarter to your stupid judgments.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2012
Ever ready to give quarter, they did not strike a fallen enemy.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832 by Various
If this were so, they would not differ much from the world in general, for it will not give quarter to any man who cannot claim it by his own might.
From The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers by Luce, Robert
"Face to face shall eagles fight; will you give quarter?"
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
