give no quarter
Example Sentences
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What would it look like to express those concerns and those grievances while also making it explicitly clear that you give no quarter to these people?
From Slate • May 18, 2022
Roth would give no quarter to such claims nor to the implication that an artist carries some extra-moral burden to defend the public image of his ethnic identity.
From Washington Post • May 23, 2018
And, of course, there is that infamous Apollo audience, an orchestra and two balconies bursting with folks who give no quarter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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These last brilliant stories by the late Miss O'Connor give no quarter to pity and seldom, even, to compassion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Especially give no quarter to any unfairness arising from greed or spite.
From The Vicar's Daughter by MacDonald, George