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

While the Yankees' fielding and baserunning was occasionally sloppy, the Dodgers gave no quarter, and this final game exemplified how their injury-hit pitching staff collectively pulled together to help deliver the title.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

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

Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair; and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien