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
He inquired if there were any French in the attacking force, and, if so, whether they would give quarter.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur
Nor let us, while dissipating the remaining prejudices of outsiders, give quarter to those which linger among players themselves.
From The Drama by Henry Brodribb Irving
Alack that my sorry need of medicines compels me to give quarter!
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
