stick at nothing

Example Sentences

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You appear to people who don't know you as a most conventional man. but you really stick at nothing and regret little.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'd stick at nothing, for that," I answered.

From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace

I am fully satisfied of that," says the merchant; "but as this is a rogue who will stick at nothing, what can we say?

From The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana by Defoe, Daniel

I have heard him tell Mr. Pelham to his face that the water should never flow over any dam the company might build here; that he would stick at nothing to defend his property.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

They talked into the small hours of the morning, formulating plans by which to defeat Quelch, who, they knew, would stick at nothing.

From Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Stockley, Cynthia