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
Also,” he added, his brow darkening, “we give quarter, and your people do not.”
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
Indians will recognize this as the sign of surrender, and will give quarter.
From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams
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
