no quarter

Example Sentences

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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 that "Antisemites deserve no quarter among American leaders."

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022

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

When it comes, it gives no quarter and doesn’t care about your merits.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed