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
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
And then in a few minutes, from across the road again, and near where he was at first, came these soft words: 'Mr. Rollo—will you give quarter if I surrender at discretion?
From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan
Indians will recognize this as the sign of surrender, and will give quarter.
From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Adams, Francis A.
