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

Vance and Rubio gave no quarter, and the two emissaries were forced to return home with nothing more than a promise for a “working group,” which means nothing.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

That was a thrilling contest with no quarter given.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

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