hold no brief for

Example Sentences

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Let me say that I hold no brief for President Trump.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2019

I hold no brief for Kim Kardashian, nor for the people who sustain her by consuming the media in which she so lucratively appears.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2016

I hold no brief for Hillary Clinton or anyone else in the race.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2016

Speaking for myself, I don't feel at all defensive about video games, not least because I hold no brief for them.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2010

But it was not love: I do not claim that; I hold no brief for myself, I do not excuse it.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner