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

If it was I wouldn't stick at nothing.

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

By such a Spirit of Enthusiasm, and a Zeal bordering on Phrenzy, as will stick at nothing to promote the Good of the Cause.

From An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal to Those Respectable Personages in Great-Britain and Ireland, Who, by Their Great and Permanent Interest in Landed Property, Their Liberal Education, Elevated Rank, and Enlarged Views, Are the Ablest to Judge, and the Fittest to Decide, Whether a Connection with, Or a Separation from the Continental Colonies of America, Be Most for the National Advantage, and the Lasting Benefit of These Kingdoms by Tucker, Josiah

Weak Men are apt to be cruel, because they stick at nothing that may repair the ill Effect of their Mistakes.

From A Character of King Charles the Second by Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of

I meant to stick at nothing, to satisfy him whatever he asked—and I was going to lie.

From East of the Shadows by Barclay, Hubert, Mrs.