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

He must be utterly desperate, and will stick at nothing.

From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger

Once they have been driven by stern necessity to combine together and choose their leader they will stick at nothing and attempt almost anything.

From Russian Life To-day by Bury, Right Rev. Herbert

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

Lord Sheffield will stick at nothing to remove you.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur