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
I tell the ministers, I will neither give quarter nor take it.
From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)
Intellectually, it is as absurd to give quarter as it is absurd to expect it.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by Foote, G. W. (George William)
Nor let us, while dissipating the remaining prejudices of outsiders, give quarter to those which linger among players themselves.
From The Drama by Irving, Henry Brodribb
