no quarter
Example Sentences
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Even off the field no quarter is given.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025
From the award-winning author of “The Book of Goose” comes a collection of short fiction with unexpected power, though its economy is no surprise: Li’s elegant prose gives no quarter to the superfluous.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023
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
Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair; and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
