no quarter

Example Sentences

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These "gaffes" were considered deal breakers and no matter how hard they tried to show off their skills at mingling with ordinary voters, they were given no quarter.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

Perhaps the real hero of the play is the playwright, who panders to no quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

That was a thrilling contest with no quarter given.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

David Friedman, Trump's former ambassador to Israel, said anti-Semites "deserve no quarter among American leaders, right or left."

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2022

Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair; and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien