stick at nothing
Example Sentences
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You appear to people who don't know you as a most conventional man. but you really stick at nothing and regret little.
From Time Magazine Archive
Believe me, they are bad subjects and rotten at heart, and will stick at nothing to prejudice you and the gentlemen of the committee.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd
He was a singularly observant and keen-minded man, with a cool, matter-of-course courage that would stick at nothing once his judgment had commended any given line of action as necessary.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford
Oh, the fellow's a desperate swindler—he'll stick at nothing.
From A Castle in Spain A Novel by James De Mille
I am fully satisfied of that," says the merchant; "but as this is a rogue who will stick at nothing, what can we say?
From The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana by Daniel Defoe
