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
Wait a bit—but I don’t know how I am to ask you to give quarter to the fiends who did all this.
From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.
He has never been known to give quarter to any one.
From The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Alack that my sorry need of medicines compels me to give quarter!
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle