no quarter

Example Sentences

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Perhaps the real hero of the play is the playwright, who panders to no quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

While the Yankees' fielding and baserunning was occasionally sloppy, the Dodgers gave no quarter, and this final game exemplified how their injury-hit pitching staff collectively pulled together to help deliver the title.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

David Friedman, Trump's former ambassador to Israel, said that "Antisemites deserve no quarter among American leaders."

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022

David Friedman, Trump's former ambassador to Israel, said anti-Semites "deserve no quarter among American leaders, right or left."

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2022

If I were caught there would be no quarter, but I’m beyond caring.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood