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
If this were so, they would not differ much from the world in general, for it will not give quarter to any man who cannot claim it by his own might.
From The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers by Robert Luce
Since she had asked no quarter, why should he give it?—above all, when to give quarter was against his principles.
From The Wild Olive by Basil King
My opponent was not one of the sort to give quarter.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
