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
Intellectually, it is as absurd to give quarter as it is absurd to expect it.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by G. W. (George William) Foote
I tell the ministers, I will neither give quarter nor take it.
From The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick
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
