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
Cray's presence on the bill highlighted his own drift into rock, in abundant evidence on the Strong Persuader album, where the blues give no quarter but are suddenly danceable.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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Suspense is a duel carried on in the heart, and we give no quarter to ourselves.
From Letters of Two Brides by Balzac, Honoré de