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

These men will stick at nothing to ferret out the secret if they can.

From The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam by Goldfrap, John Henry

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

What's happened since only shows that she will stick at nothing.

From The Honour of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald

They have as good as told me they will stick at nothing.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.