give quarter
Example Sentences
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Which probably explains why we give quarter to all these smelly charlatans in the first place.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2012
Yet our faith in her lies in the fact that she will not give quarter to your stupid judgments.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2012
Since she had asked no quarter, why should he give it?—above all, when to give quarter was against his principles.
From The Wild Olive by King, Basil
I tell the ministers, I will neither give quarter nor take it.
From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)
Wait a bit—but I don’t know how I am to ask you to give quarter to the fiends who did all this.
From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.
